Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. Cases of illegal shooting are still reported (…in 2009 in the Danube Delta) and hunting is considered one of the main threats for the east Asian population.

Serbia 203

Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 203

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JULY 3, 2018

The result is a really good read, a suspenseful true-crime narrative that reads like a novel yet also probes real-life questions focused on the purpose of natural history museum collections and the ethics of closely gated “hobbyist” communities. And, well researched. Excellent, thorough Index.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 105

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APRIL 15, 2015

According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. Although this hunting is in many cases illegal it is brazenly undertaken by hunters, and their victims (including endangered species) are commonly sold along the main roads of the country. million hectares in 2007.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

To the Editor: Your reporting on the illegal ivory trade (“ Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits ,” “The Price of Ivory” series, front page, Sept. the Manhattan district attorney, recently prosecuted two jewelers selling illegally obtained ivory with a combined retail value of more than $2 million.

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