A wildlife trafficking scheme in which a Canadian resident used shipping facilities in the United States to smuggle thousands of baby turtles to China has […]
Category: Turtles & Tortoises
U.S. House Passes ‘Global Anti-Poaching Act’ to Fight Wildlife Trafficking
The United States has strengthened its commitment to crack down on wildlife trafficking with the House passage of the Global Anti-Poaching Act (H.R. 2494), legislation […]
Malaysia: Posters and Signboard Warnings for Poachers and Traffickers
KUALA LUMPUR – Poachers and wildlife traders should consider themselves warned and under watch thanks to new signboards for the public and posters for frontline […]
Chinese TCM Industry Says NO to Illegal Wildlife Trade
BEIJING — Representatives of leading traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) companies have renounced the use of endangered plants and animals protected by national legislation and CITES […]
Vietnam: Wildlife Protection Awards Honor Law Enforcement Officers, Journalists
HANOI – Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) and its supporting partners, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Freeland, hosted the second annual “Outstanding […]
Louisiana Court Sentences Turtle Trafficker to Prison
Convicted turtle trafficker Keith Cantore will spend the next three and a half years in prison for attempting to purchase 100 North American Wood Turtles […]
Who Should Be Appointed ‘UN Special Envoy Against Wildlife Trafficking’?
Guest blogger: John M. Sellar OBE FRGS The question is one that needs to be answered by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and his advisors […]
U.S. Announces Unprecedented Coalition to Fight Wildlife Trafficking
The White House continues to move forward in the battle against wildlife crime with the launch of the “Wildlife Trafficking Alliance” — a coalition which […]
Presidential Task Force Releases Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior Recognizing that wildlife trafficking is an urgent conservation and national security threat, the U.S. Departments of the Interior, […]
Recent Seizures Highlight Threat to Critically Endangered Palawan Forest Turtle
Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC Southeast Asia A recent spate of trafficking in Palawan Forest Turtles is causing serious conservation concern […]