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 […]
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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 […]
India: Five Rhinos Killed in Three Days
The Indian state of Assam is battling a killing spree which has so far claimed the lives of five greater one-horned rhinos in less than […]
India: Tiger Shot, Hacked into Pieces Inside Zoo
A female tiger named “Oni” was found dead in her enclosure at the Itanagar Zoo in Arunachal Pradesh, where intruders managed to shoot her in […]
Thailand: 4 Tigers Rescued, Suspected Trafficker Arrested
Thai authorities have nabbed a suspected wildlife trafficker following the seizure of four live tigers from appalling conditions in an apartment near Bangkok. Two adult […]
Smugglers Plead Guilty in U.S. Rhino Horn Trafficking Case
California residents Vinh Chung “Jimmy” Kha and Felix Kha have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, smuggling, Lacey Act violations, money laundering and tax fraud […]
South Africa: 381 Rhinos Killed in 255 Days
Rhinos are being illegally killed at the rate of about 1.5 per day in South Africa, as the year’s death toll has already reached 381, […]