On November 14, 2013 (rescheduled from October 8), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to crush its stockpile of elephant ivory consisting of 5.4 […]
Category: Asia
Rhino Killings Increase As South Africa Pushes Trade in Rhino Horn
LONDON & WASHINGTON, DC: The killing of rhinos in South Africa has increased by more than three rhinos a week on average since Environmental Minister […]
Illegal Rhino Horn Trade: Vietnamese Delegation on Fact-Finding Mission in South Africa
A Vietnamese delegation — including a key National Assembly member, a well-known journalist, a national film celebrity and a senior Environmental Police officer — arrived […]
US Moves to Close Rhino Horn Trade Loopholes by Listing White Rhino as Threatened
In response to the international rhino horn trafficking crisis, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the listing of the southern white rhinoceros […]
Federal Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking Named
At an event held at the White House on September 9, 2013, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell named members of a new federal advisory […]
US Will Destroy 6-Ton Ivory Stockpile to Highlight Global Wildlife Trafficking Crisis
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that six tons of confiscated ivory currently held in Denver, Colorado, will be destroyed on November […]
INTERPOL Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Meeting 2013
The international wildlife law enforcement community will be gathering the week of November 4th, 2013, in Nairobi, Kenya, for the first meeting of the newly […]
102 Live Pangolins Confiscated in Thailand, Pangolin Scales Seized in India
In a span of less than five days, two pangolin trafficking incidents were reported in two countries: On September 1, 2013, police in Khon Kaen […]
A Closer Look at South Africa’s ‘Rhino Horn Plan’
In July 2013, South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs released its “Rhino Issue Management” report, a 46-page attempt at making the case for trading in […]
Specialized Investigative Techniques an Essential Tool in Addressing Wildlife Crimes
Historically, wildlife trafficking has been a high reward, low risk enterprise for those willing to seek profit in the black market trade of contraband items. […]