A turtle trafficker identified as David Feltenberger of Okeechobee, Florida, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison followed by 90 days of house arrest, […]
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India: Rhino Horn Trafficking Gang Members Nabbed
Police in Assam have arrested suspects from two rhino horn trafficking gangs, believed to be responsible for killing rhinos in Kaziranga National Park. Most of […]
South Africa: 455 Rhinos Killed in 289 Days
The number of rhinos illegally killed in South Africa between January 1st and October 16th, 2012, has reached 455 — exceeding 2011’s total of 448 […]
CITES CoP16: No Rhino Horn Trade Proposal from South Africa
South Africa has not submitted a legal rhino horn trade proposal for the upcoming CITES CoP16. The first provisional list of proposals for amendment of […]
CITES CoP16: Tanzania Proposes Ivory Stockpile Sale & Reduced Elephant Protection
Tanzania has submitted a proposal to CITES which would downlist its elephant population from Appendix I to Appendix II and allow the sale of its […]
India: At Least Four Leopards Per Week Lost to Illegal Wildlife Trade
A study conducted by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC has revealed that an alarming number of leopards are victims of illegal trade in skins […]
South Africa: 430 Rhinos Killed in 277 Days
South Africa’s rhino death toll has reached a staggering 430 since January 2012 — just 18 shy of the record-breaking total of 448 rhinos killed […]
Nepal: 14 Rhino Horn Traffickers Sentenced to Jail
The Supreme Court of Nepal has upheld the 2008 guilty verdicts of 14 people convicted of rhino crimes and sentenced all of them to prison. […]
Sec. Clinton Plans to Include Wildlife Trafficking on East Asia Summit Agenda
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, […]
A Successful ‘Vietnam Bear Day’
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 […]