illegal Related Topics 
AVMA News
MARCH 1, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration announced that the agency has taken action to restrict xylazine from coming illegally into the country, while members of Congress are considering scheduling xylazine as a controlled substance.
Critter News
MARCH 10, 2009
Pierce Onthank, the president of an oil and gas company, was charged in January with illegal possession of a primate for keeping a siamang, a type of gibbon that is native to rain forests in Malaysia and Indonesia and can weigh up to 30 pounds and stand 3 feet high. Tags: animal cruelty illegal pets primates us.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed.
Critter News
AUGUST 14, 2009
The raid took place on the day an amendment to the law controlling illegal trade in endangered species came into effect. The store in Lisle Street, at the heart of London's Chinatown, specialises in traditional Asian medicine.
Critter News
AUGUST 22, 2008
Kamthi (previously spelled Kamptee) is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra The seizure of 12 deer antlers (6 pairs) from a car at Kamptee octroi post by city police late Tuesday night proves that Nagpur continues to be major centre for of illegal trade in wildlife parts.
Reddit Animals
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
submitted by /u/sopadebombillas [link] [comments].
Reddit Animals
OCTOBER 10, 2022
submitted by /u/ExcellentPut8 [link] [comments].
Reddit Animals
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
submitted by /u/kukuforcocoa [link] [comments].
Critter News
APRIL 13, 2010
He was transporting them across state lines from Ohio to a hunting preserve in South Carolina. The deer were not tested for disease. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. I hope he serves the whole term. The deer still got screwed because they ended up at the hunting preserve, but any kind of sentence for wildlife trafficking must be enforced.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 21, 2010
According to this article, the current funds are not sufficient for the work involved. Not surprising.
Reddit Animals
MAY 12, 2022
submitted by /u/Impressive_Tennis724 [link] [comments].
Reddit Animals
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
submitted by /u/kukuforcocoa [link] [comments].
Reddit Animals
MARCH 29, 2021
submitted by /u/gijira [link] [comments].
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Another catch by the UK's National Wildlife Crime unit.
Critter News
JANUARY 28, 2010
The legislation is only being drafted right now and there's a long way to go I suspect before such laws would pass. You can already read the excuses being cited in this article.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
This is an interesting piece from the Scientific American blog. 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.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2021
Eight years later, in the introduction to his landmark Birds of the West Indies, Bond wrote of the threat posed by the illegal parrot trade: “A few years ago, in spite of government protection, the Lesser Antillean parrots were sold to tourists at prodigious figures. It would seem, therefore, that A.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. News Birdlife Malta european union illegal hunting Malta short-toed eagle' But for the time being, it looks like Maltese politician Karmenu Vella will probably be the European Union’s next environmental commissioner.
Critter News
APRIL 20, 2012
Whilst not illegal, it shows a complete disregard for his 'subjects' and total contempt for his role as 'Honorary President of WWF Spain'. King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt.
Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2011
Cockfighting was illegal in Oklahoma until 1963, when a judge ruled that chickens are not animals and therefore unprotected by anticruelty laws. News & World Report, 6 December 1999.
Critter News
AUGUST 3, 2011
There are still illegal events though. This prevents them from being exploited in Goa, an Indian state that had considered reviving the tradition. Goa was once part of the Portuguese empire which is where the bullfighting ridiculousness comes from.as a Portuguese-American, I can say that.)
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2011
From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. The concluding tone of the conference was also on a very positive note, with Cyprus pledging to adopt a “Zero-tolerance&# policy against illegal trapping activities. So it’s not a good week in Cyprus!
Critter News
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
And it's illegal for her to have it at least in the State of California. For some bizarre reason (hopefully just ignorance), Reese Witherspoon has pissed off animal rights activists by purchasing and carrying around a purse made out of python skin. Python skinning is horrible, brutal and repulsive. And she paid $4,000 for it.
Critter News
MARCH 1, 2012
But he apparently took the dead bird to his place illegally. Now, he's been arrested for actions surrounding the death of Pale Male's latest mate Lima. He is very passionate about these hawks and I've followed his blog and beautiful photography for years. Read the story here and decide for yourself. Too much this time?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2023
The Bar-backed Partridge was also one of four focal species in an investigation into illegal bird hunting in Southwestern China. It should not be confused with “Bareback Partridge”, a desultory term used to describe certain sexual practices among pheasants in general.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2016
This year’s awards will be handed out on April 27th, and one of the finalists has devoted himself to saving migrating birds of pray from illegal hunting. But along the way, up to 18,000 per year fall victim to illegal hunting for food and sport.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
For Prótoiro, this ruling “has put an end to the illegal decisions made by town halls in what concerns bull fighting.”. The event had also already been authorised last week by the Cultural Events Authority.
Critter News
APRIL 18, 2009
Not guilty of gorilla killings - guilty of illegal charcoaling The Wildlife Officers were charged by the Congolese Wildlife Authority with the "destruction of flora and fauna" under Wildlife Law OL 069-41 of August 1969. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.
Critter News
APRIL 22, 2010
He does not condone violent or illegal acts. An animal rights activist has offered $30,000 to anyone who facilitates the freeing of primates, or the end of vivisection, at the University of Kansas, a place cited for numerous animal welfare violations.
4 The Love Of Animals
JANUARY 6, 2012
Armed with a hidden camera and a borrowed puppy, the team arrests an underground veterinarian suspected of illegal ear cropping and responds to an extreme case of animal hoarding, where 15 cats are found living in unbearable conditions. Philly Undercover: Fight Night. Saturday, January 7, at 10 p.m. Philly Undercover: The Raid.
Critter News
MARCH 8, 2010
Illegal animal and plant products with a retail value of 10 million euros (13.6 Operation Tram "revealed a large amount of medicines either containing or marketing the use of illegal ingredients such as tiger, bear and rhinoceros," according to the French-based international coordinating body.
10,000 Birds
JULY 8, 2011
So why is illegal killing of birds such a widespread practice throughout Europe? Read the full report by BirdLife International for more disturbing facts about illegal killing of birds throughout Europe.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
They were illegally bringing in deer from Arkansas. Texas restricts deer importing.) Plus a little matter with stolen property.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California. Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, is shown in the photo, holding a mountain lion he reportedly hunted and killed in Idaho, according to Western Outdoor Press, which published the photo.
Critter News
JANUARY 18, 2010
This culprit is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and is serving only 6 months for illegally selling 51 bear gall bladders.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 1, 2008
carrying whale meat rather than oil) Violating the MARPOL convention (a treaty designed to eliminate the deliberate, negligent or accidental release of oil and other harmful substances from ships into the marine environment) after illegally re-fuelling whaling vessels in Antarctic waters.
Critter News
JULY 7, 2009
Trafficking in ivory and game meat has become one of the most lucrative illegal trades in Africa due to rising demand in Asia, experts said on Friday. "In From the AFP.
Critter News
JUNE 25, 2010
The guy was clearly trafficking in illegal parts as there were about 50 kg of bones belonging to other tigers. This happened in Vietnam.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2020
Due to their beauty and warbling song, poachers trap these buntings in South Florida for an illegal local cagebird trade. In winter, they occur in rank thickets and woodland edges where they feed mostly on seeds. Want to see Painted Bunting on a Naturalist Journeys tour?: South Florida: Everglades & More. Elegant Trogon by Homer Gardin.
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 16, 2012
Today, only 1/10 remain, primarily due to habitat loss and illegal hunting. CHIMPANZEE Challenge Fact #1: Chimpanzees are endangered: Just 100 years ago, roughly 1 million chimpanzees lived in the lush rainforests of equatorial Africa. See CHIMPANZEE, Save Chimpanzees!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S.
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2010
Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) If you complied with the law, you wouldn't look like such jerks!
Critter News
JULY 13, 2009
Profit from illegal trade can be up to 10 times the cost, with restaurant operators offering the exotic dishes usually aware of the violation but lured by the gains, Xu {Hongfa, director of the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) TRAFFIC East Asia China Program} said.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
294 
Let's personalize your content