10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2011

But the biggest story that is about birds is the conference that took place last week. From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. The explosion makes me a bit more cynical about the Cyprus authorities’ abilities to combat illegal bird trapping.

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Critter News

JUNE 23, 2009

A few moments later he returned and said, “Excuse me, did you do anything illegal in the 70’s in Portugal?” “I I don’t think that was illegal, I was never informed of any charges. I don’t think so. I uphold laws I don’t break them,” I responded. Well, it appears that you did something in Northern Portugal in the 70’s,” He said. “Oh,

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Portugal Whales Whaling illegal 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. One may say so.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. The annual number of rhino poached in South Africa last year rose to 1,215, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told a media briefing in Pretoria two weeks ago. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 173

Critter News

MARCH 9, 2010

Sheriff Kevin Drummond is claimed to have told a police conference on wildlife crime last month that offences against animals were not even “on the second page” after serious crimes such as robbery and assault. His remarks left delegates, including wildlife crime investigators, shocked and bewildered.

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Wildlife Legislation illegal Investigation 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. Do you include objects related to ornithology–published taxonomies and proceedings or a conference program from an ornithological organization, and if so, which one?

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172