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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

It sure looks like India is taking wildlife crime investigation seriously. In its first ever independent operation since its inception last year, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has unearthed an illegal pet trade racket arresting one and seizing four live Indian Tent turtles from Mahipalpur area here.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

Wonder if something is made from illegal ivory? US Fish and Wildlife has a guide for identification. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking trafficking elephants. From the web page. This is a web version of the Identification Guide for Ivory and Ivory Substitutes by Edgard O.

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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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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.

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APRIL 13, 2010

The deer still got screwed because they ended up at the hunting preserve, but any kind of sentence for wildlife trafficking must be enforced. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking ohio south carolina Lacey Act deer. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. I hope he serves the whole term.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Interesting article about the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) in the UK. Consequences of wildlife crime are far reaching, with the profits from the illegal trade of plants and animals used to fund other criminal activities such as drug smuggling and people trafficking. Tags: wildlife crime UK.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Another catch by the UK's National Wildlife Crime unit. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime UK tortoises.

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The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. I knew the wildlife. What you did was illegal,” he said. I have a book about injured wildlife coming out soon, and I couldn’t buy better publicity.”. This unlucky/lucky young Red-tailed Hawk was found and taken to Red Creek Wildlife Care in Pennsylvania.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking endangered species. According to a paper published in the September 1 online edition of the journal Conservation Genetics, DNA bar codes can be used to quickly and clearly distinguish the source species of meat or leather goods for many rare and threatened species.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The guy was clearly trafficking in illegal parts as there were about 50 kg of bones belonging to other tigers. Tags: wildlife smuggling vietnam wildlife trafficking tigers panthers. This happened in Vietnam.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). 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. Ranchers oppose the move.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today. Tags: ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants.

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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. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears.

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APRIL 18, 2009

Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.

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Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. His modus operandi was essentially the same wherever he’d appear: first, he’d stand next the school entrance and wait while the school bus unloaded, then he’d make his way to the playground and play “tag” with the kids.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking africa primates endangered species cameroon. And let's not even talk about all the internet sales of trophies and animal parts.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Sounds like these guys were orphaned as a result of bushmeat and illegal trafficking activities.) Tags: wildlife trafficking united nations bush meat congo gorillas. This action is to prevent them from being eaten or poached in the meantime. Wouldn't they be safer in the reserve?

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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 Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa trafficking asia elephants.

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AUGUST 19, 2008

The three-year-olds' debut is a joint effort between police and the World Wildlife Fund to help stop the illegal but lucrative trade in rare species — which the organization estimates is a $293 billion annual business. Incredible that illegal smuggling is estimated at $293 billion. That's huge.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2008

An operation across five Africa countries over weekend, targeting wildlife crime has led to arrest of almost 60 people and seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory, Interpol has reported. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants. Just five days ago.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

In what could be seen as a new year’s gift for the Indian tiger, China’s State Forestry Administration has issued a directive calling for the protection of tigers, especially the need to step up action against illegal trade in tiger parts and products. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. The Environmental and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) said Huang, who possesses an array of wildlife, should be dealt with harshly to deter others from copying the behavior. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangered species. From Focus Taiwan.

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AUGUST 18, 2008

Tania Julie Siyam, a 32-year-old Canadian art dealer, has been sentenced to serve 60 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for illegally smuggling ivory from Cameroon to the United States. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, Ohio.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

No wonder wildlife trafficking is such a problem. ICCN (Congolese Wildlife Authority) rangers received a tip-off that someone in Goma was trying to sell a baby gorilla. He has been implicated in poaching incidents in Rwindi and more importantly there is strong evidence that he is a ringleader in the illegal charcoal trade.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. Tags: bear poaching asia. Sounds like a crime of opportunity.

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DECEMBER 20, 2008

recent report by wildlife organization, Care for the Wild (CWI).{accuses} accuses} the temple of illegally trafficking and mistreating the tigers, allegations that the temple emphatically denies. Tags: tigers thailand. These tigers are really happy and you can see that in their interactions with people.".

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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MARCH 5, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. The jury is still out but what a cool bird!

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In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* … Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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MARCH 13, 2009

Police said it was the biggest single operation in the past decade against rampant illegal wildlife traffic in the South American country. Tags: wildlife crime smuggling brazil trafficking latin america. Brazil is one of the world's hotspots for animal smuggling because of its rich diversity of animals.

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JANUARY 11, 2009

New figures show that in the past decade just 26 out of almost 300 cases of illegal poisoning and other crime directed against birds of prey in Scotland has resulted in a successful conviction. Tags: birds wildlife crime UK scotland.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

It's the largest civil penalty imposed under EU legislation in which wildlife protection is a condition for receiving funds from the EU's Single Farm Payment Scheme. Tags: UK europe. This guy is the third Scottish landowner to have subsidies cut under these regulations. Don't worry. He's a millionaire. He'll be okay.)

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AUGUST 4, 2009

The Congolese rangers protect the wildlife in Virunga National Park, the most famous inhabitants of which are the 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Tags: virunga rwanda africa congo gorillas endangered species. These rangers are very brave people with possibly the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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MARCH 29, 2009

Locals have told Hicks that up to a few years ago there was very little poaching (except for elephants) in the area, and that it is the mining of diamonds and gold that has lead to the current slaughter of wildlife. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species.

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