Source: U.S. Department of Justice Elite Estate Buyers Inc., doing business as Elite Decorative Arts, an auction house located in Boynton Beach, Florida, and the […]
California to Close Ivory and Rhino Horn Trade Loopholes
Source: California State Assembly (asmdc.org) Sacramento – In response to the global wildlife crisis in which an average of 96 elephants are being slaughtered daily […]
Rampant Illegal Trade at China-Myanmar Border Threatens Rare Primate
Cambridge, UK, 8 January 2015 — A little-known venomous primate, the Bengal Slow Loris, may be heading towards extinction due to high demand for its […]
Wildlife Seizures in 2014 Highlight Lao PDR’s Role in Trafficking
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 6 January 2015 – Lao PDR was implicated as the source, transit or destination country in at least nine high-value international wildlife […]
Illegal Trade in Tigers, Wild Cats Rampant at China – Myanmar Border
Cambridge, UK, 22nd December 2014: The trade in Tigers and other wild cat parts from Myanmar into China has grown in recent years while the […]
CITES Responds to ‘Baby Elephants Captured in Zimbabwe’ Situation
The horrific story from Zimbabwe that baby elephants were snatched from their mothers and sent to zoos in China and/or the UAE has elicited a […]
Czech Officials File Criminal Charges Against 16 Rhino Horn Traffickers
Criminal charges have been filed in the Czech Republic against 16 people involved in a rhino horn trafficking scheme linked to a game ranch in […]
Namibia: Bizarre Death of a Rhino Protector
by John Grobler, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust In Namibia, the sudden death of a Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) employee is raising questions. The […]
Environmentalists Object to $450 Million ‘Good Governance’ Aid to Tanzania, Citing Corruption, Ivory Trafficking Links
Courtesy of the Environmental Investigation Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry and Dana J. […]
Artificial Techniques of Reproduction May Be Last Hope for the Northern White Rhino
Courtesy of Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Nanyuki – Kenya) – Artificial techniques of reproduction could provide the last chance of survival for the world’s most endangered […]