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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Cyprus illegal Game Birds 173

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. 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? Another ellie is being killed as you read this line.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide. 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.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. 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. I’m not sure what to make of this.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172