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Posts Tagged ‘CITES’
Wildlife & Flora, Aug 22nd, 2010,
These peregrine falcons were spared from Dubai’s rare breeds smuggling ring, but can it happen again? Unfortunately, for every “good guy” who works tirelessly to support wildlife conservation, who crawls through brambles and thickets to discover a missing frog for example, there is at least one “bad guy” who undermines those efforts. The battle between the light and the dark forces of conservation continues apace, as one Irish Zimbabwean tried to smuggle 14 peregrine falcon eggs out of the United Kingdom into Dubai.
Tags: CITES, Peregrine Falcons, smuggling, United Kingdom
Conservation, Wildlife & Flora, Jul 19th, 2010,
The last female rhino at Krugersdorp Nature Reserve in South Africa was killed by poachers on Wednesday. The poachers are suspected to have entered the game reserve – near South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg – by helicopter, where they then shot the white rhino cow with tranquilizers before cutting off her horn with a chainsaw. This latest killing marks the 136th rhino in South Africa that has been murdered for its horn this year – already more than last year’s total of 129, suggesting that the number of killings this year will double. The sophistication of the operation leaves conservationists…
Tags: Africa, animal, Asia, calf, CITES, Krugersdorp, park, poachers, poaching, Reserve, rhino, South, white
Nature, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 14th, 2010,
Remember about a month ago, when a couple of activists went undercover at The Hump restaurant in California and exposed their whale sushi operation? Well, since then there has been some rather interesting developments in the case. A study published in Biology Letters, shows that the whale sushi used at The Hump—along with whale meat also used at a restaurant in Seoul, South Korea—can be linked to Japanese whaling. Although Japan does its whaling under the guise of “scientific research”, they do not hide the fact that the meat is also sold to Japanese shops and restaurants. However, the trading…
Tags: Biology Letters, CITES, endangered species, illegal trade, study, whale meat, whales
Nature, Politics, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 23rd, 2010,
Discussions on illegal wildlife trade on the internet came to a head at the recent CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) event. Nearly 200 nations convened and voted on a number of issues, ranging from banning trade of the Kaiser’s Spotted Newt, to the rejection of regulating the trade of red and pink coral, and further conservation efforts for endangered tigers. Environmental groups, such as IFAW, argue that illegal internet wildlife trading has gotten way out of control. The group conducted a number of surveys on such trading and here are a few of the results: • In…
Tags: CITES, endangered species, illegal wildlife trade, Internet, Nature, protections, trade bans
Nature, Politics, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 12th, 2010,
The 12 day CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) meetings begin on Saturday in the city of Doha, capital of the Arab emirate of Qatar. The talks will attempt to hammer out transnational policies concerning the management and protection of animal and plant species that are threatened with endangerment or extinction due to international commerce. From the CITES website: Annually, international wildlife trade is estimated to be worth billions of dollars and to include hundreds of millions of plant and animal specimens. The trade is diverse, ranging from live animals and plants…
Tags: African, bluefin, CITES, elephant, endangered, ivory, japan, New York Times, polar bear, species, trade, tuna, United States, US
Nature, Politics, Wildlife & Flora, Dec 29th, 2009,
The African Elephant may be one of the largest animals on the planet, but that doesn’t mean it’s without its own share of problems. Poaching has been on the rise again and now they face another issue: African countries need to decide whether or not to allow ivory sales for a limited amount of time. As a migratory animal, the elephant population varies throughout the different African countries; some countries have strong populations, while others are decreasing at an alarming rate. Tanzania and Zambia are 2 that are considered to have healthy populations. They’ve already started to take advantage of…
Tags: Africa, african elephants, CITES, elephants, ivory, ivory ban, ivory sales ban, Nature, poaching
