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Royals Speak Out Against Wildlife Trafficking
Date: 21 May 2013
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Prince Charles and Prince William are calling upon world leaders to place the battle against wildlife trafficking at the top of the global agenda. At a May 21st, 2013, event in London hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales and the UK government, Prince Charles said: “As a father and a soon-to-be grandfather, I find it inconceivable that our children and grandchildren could live in a world bereft of these animals.
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Report Confirms Wildlife Trafficking Threatens Global Security
Date: 12 Dec 2012
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A comprehensive report commissioned by WWF and TRAFFIC confirms that the illegal wildlife trade — with an estimated value in excess of US $20 billion annually — poses a serious threat to global security. The study, released in December 2012, found that the illegal wildlife trade, including fisheries and timber, comprises the fourth largest global illegal trade after narcotics, humans and counterfeit produ
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Google Grants $5M to Help Fight Wildlife Trafficking
Date: 09 Dec 2012
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Thanks to a grant from Google’s Global Impact Awards, WWF will receive $5 million for “conservation drones” and other innovative tools to protect endangered species in Africa and Asia. WWF will use the “umbrella of technology” grant to develop a global system which will detect traffickers, monitor wildlife, and boost the effectiveness of ranger patrols. Remote aerial survey systems, wild
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‘Wildlife Conservation Day’ is Dec. 4: U.S. Launches Global Campaign Against Wildlife Trafficking
Date: 03 Dec 2012
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December 4th marks Wildlife Conservation Day — and the launch of a global outreach campaign in conjunction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s call for a multilateral coalition against wildlife trafficking. Our embassies will use every tool at their disposal to raise awareness about this issue, from honoring local activists, to spreading the word on Facebook and Twitter. We want
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Sec. Clinton Plans to Include Wildlife Trafficking on East Asia Summit Agenda
Date: 02 Oct 2012
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to “elevate” the issue of wildlife trafficking at the upcoming East Asia Summit (EAS) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Speaking at the Association of Southeast Asian National (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting on September 27th, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, Secretary Clinton said that while the top three issues on the EAS agenda will be disaste
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A Successful ‘Vietnam Bear Day’
Date: 02 Oct 2012
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Vietnamese NGO Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) recently spearheaded the country’s first “Bear Day”, which united the media, celebrities, conservation volunteers, and members of the public in one clear message: End Bear Farming Now! Vietnam Bear Day was held on September 13th, 2012, with celebrities My Linh and Minh Vuong speaking to journalists at a press conference in Hanoi about their desire to
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Two Pennsylvania Couples Charged with Trafficking Bear Gallbladders
Date: 07 Sep 2012
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission has reportedly charged Hung Quoc Pham, Van Thi Do, Bruce Dinh Le, and Tuyet “Amy” Le with illegally buying bear gallbladders and paws. During the course of an investigation spanning from November 2011 to July 2012, the suspects purchased bear gallbladders, bear paws, bear meat, and a porcupine from an undercover agent, according to PennLive.com. Meetings and transactions t
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Mass Grave of Dismembered Bears Found, Chinese Market Suspected
Date: 02 Aug 2012
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The bodies of nine beheaded bears — with their paws missing — have been discovered in the Republic of Buryatia, near the Russia-Mongolia border. According to the Siberian Times, the bears were likely trapped and shot in a remote location, and then brought to a suburb of Ulan-Ude “to be dismembered before the high-value remains were smuggled to China”. The fear is that the poaching was undertak
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China: 5 Bears Killed, 6 Suspects Arrested
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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Five Asiatic black bears — also known as moon bears — were found massacred on Changbai Mountain in China’s Jilin Province. The tragedy was brought to the attention of authorities by wildlife blogger Hu Donglin, according to AsiaOne. Jilin police arrested six suspects and confiscated a shotgun, ammunition, and two “homemade explosive devices”. They said the bears were killed by the explos
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Indonesia: Bodies of 14 Sumatran Tigers Confiscated, Suspect Arrested
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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A police raid on the house of a suspected wildlife trafficker near Jakarta yielded the bodies of 14 Sumatran tigers, three leopards, one clouded leopard, three bears, one lion, one tapir and a tiger’s head. Tigers and bears are prized in traditional Chinese medicine, while leopards and lions are frequently used as substitutes for tiger-derived ingredients. The Sumatran tiger subspecies (Panthera tigris sumatrae
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