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Category: Reptiles
CITES: Global Experts Meet to Review International Wildlife Trade Prior to CoP18
Geneva, 16 July 2018 – A record number of experts and scientists representing all the regions of the world are meeting in Geneva from 16 […]
Arizona Lawmakers Consider Relaxing Gun Laws to Allow Shooting of ‘Unwanted’ Wildlife
Arizona Republicans are pushing for a firearms exception known as House Bill 2022, which would allow the discharge of small caliber guns within city limits […]
CITES and Brexit: Prepare for a Mighty Migraine
Yes, it is maybe time we reflected upon this, isn’t it? In case you’ve just returned from traversing the Empty Quarter on camelback or circumnavigating […]
Commercial Farming and Trade in Endangered Species in Vietnam – A Shortcut to Extinction
Hanoi, July 27, 2016 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) today hosted a press conference on the need to fully prohibit farming and trade […]
Vietnam: Online Wildlife Trafficker Gets Five Years in Prison
Justice for wildlife: Notorious Vietnamese wildlife trafficker Phan Huynh Anh Khoa, a.k.a. the “Bastard of the Internet”, was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the […]
Update: Malaysian Illegal Wildlife Trade Group Removed by Facebook
Great news: Peminat Haiwan Exotic Malaysia – a Facebook group illegally selling protected Malaysian wildlife – has been removed. Yesterday, we called attention to Peminat […]
UNODC Releases Unprecedented Wildlife Crime Report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published the first ever global assessment of wildlife crime. The World Wildlife Crime Report validates […]
Jailed Turtle Trafficker Files for Appeal
Convicted turtle trafficker Kai Xu plans to appeal the five-year prison sentence handed down to him on April 13, 2016, by a United States District […]
Wildlife Crime: If We’re Going to Make a Difference, It Has to Be Soon
Several species are approaching what conservationists call the ‘tipping point’, i.e. that number in their populations where natural births cannot replace offtake from poaching or […]