Local NGO Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) has released a statement calling for the destruction of the country’s 25-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory. Nguyen Phuong Dung, […]
Category: Southeast Asia
Snared Sun Bear Indicative of Rampant Poaching Inside Belum-Temengor Forest Complex
Article courtesy of Dr Chris R. Shepherd, Regional Director, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia Perak, Malaysia, 28th January 2014 — The carcass of a Malayan Sun Bear […]
Third Annual World Pangolin Day is February 15
World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in February, and this year, the special day falls on February 15, 2014. World Pangolin Day […]
Activists Lobby Hong Kong Government to Burn Ivory Stockpile
Earlier today, a group of over 25 local activists joined forces to encourage the Hong Kong government to vote to burn its 33-tonne ivory stockpile […]
Singapore and Thailand Customs Each Seize 22kg Rhino Horn
Article courtesy of Dr Chris R. Shepherd, Regional Director, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia 20th January 2014 – Customs officers in Singapore and Thailand have both recorded […]
$1.5 Million Black Rhino Horn Seizure in Singapore
19 January 2014, Singapore – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Singapore and TRAFFIC in Southeast Asia applaud the vigilant work of Singapore Customs in […]
Malaysia’s Sun Bear Rescue Center Opens to Public on January 17
The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sabah, Malaysia, is set to welcome the general public on January 17, 2014. Founded by Malaysian wildlife biologist […]
47 Pangolins, 100 Critically Endangered Turtles Rescued in Myanmar
Encouraging news from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN): 47 pangolins and 100 Arakan Forest Turtles confiscated by police in Myanmar […]
122 Live Pangolins Seized in Thailand, One in Zimbabwe
Thai customs officials intercepted the smuggling of 122 live pangolins, which were stowed away in sacks inside an SUV, and believed to be headed for […]
Wildlife Trade Disaster Averted in Vietnam
Victory for wildlife protection in Vietnam: A proposed wildlife law which would have opened the floodgates for commercial farming and trade in endangered species has […]