Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia Cambridge, UK, 4 December 2014: A new study shows that Bangkok’s Chatuchak market — […]
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French Wildlife Photography Festival Backs Pangolin Conservation
Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia Montier-en-Der, France, November 2014 — The conservation problems facing pangolins were in the spotlight […]
New Study Reveals Shocking Increase of Bear Bile Extraction ‘Farms’ in Lao PDR
Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia The number of bears in farms supplying the widespread and expanding bile extraction industry […]
19,000 Protected Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles Seized in Thailand in 6 Years
Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia Tortoises and freshwater turtles may be slow movers, but they are being smuggled at […]
South Africa’s Rhino Horn ‘Trade Feasibility Panel’ Still Undisclosed
by Cindy Tilney, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust On August 12, Minister Edna Molewa announced South Africa’s intention to implement an integrated management strategy to […]
Mock Ivory Burn Sends Clear Signal to South Africa
by Martina Polley, Conservation Action Trust Cape Town, South Africa (August 12, 2014) – All over the world today, people who care are paying homage […]
Elephant Poachers Penetrate South African Borders Again
by Cindy Tilney A second elephant has been butchered for its tusks by poachers in Parfuri, northern Kruger National Park, 10km in from the Mozambican and […]
Call for Trade Embargo Against Mozambique for Failure to Address Poaching Issues
by Cindy Tilney Two international environmental organisations have called on the US government to implement trade sanctions against Mozambique for its official complicity in the […]
Species Survival Network Launches Pangolin Working Group
WASHINGTON, DC – The Species Survival Network (SSN), an international coalition of over 100 NGOs, has established a Pangolin Working Group to address legal and […]
2 Pangolin Smugglers Caught in Vietnam
Custom Control officials in Vietnam’s Quảng Ninh Province have nabbed two pangolin traffickers and seized 220 kg of pangolins from a vehicle. The pair was […]