Critter News

MARCH 9, 2010

One of Scotland’s top sheriffs is under pressure to quit his leading role in combating wildlife crime after allegedly telling a former police officer concerned about the soft sentences given to those convicted to “get a life”. His remarks left delegates, including wildlife crime investigators, shocked and bewildered.

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Wildlife Legislation illegal Investigation 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S.

Elephants 181

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 181

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

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

Number 33, Parabolic reflector, 1888, for example, starts with the invention of the reflector by a German physicist and broadens into the early history of wildlife sound recording technology. In most cases, the object is the starting point for a broader tale. Number 57, Great Northern? More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172