10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2018
The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. The cases are: Friends of Animals v.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2010
A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangered species. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species. From the PR Newswire.
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Critter News
AUGUST 14, 2009
Detectives seized 200 products believed to be made from endangered animals including musk deer, leopards and tigers. The raid took place on the day an amendment to the law controlling illegal trade in endangered species came into effect.
Animal Person
MARCH 29, 2010
I finally read SPECIESISM , by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY , which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. Once an animal has been carved up, meat looks like meat and leather looks like leather. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law?
Critter News
AUGUST 1, 2009
India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal. But is it enough?
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2009
And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) This listing decision didn't take those efforts into account as required by law." Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species. First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales.
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