Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said that speeding up justice as well as hefty fines are needed to strengthen the Wildlife Protection Act. Tags: India tigers wildlife endangered species.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

As this article points out , tigers are worth more dead than alive if you use humanity's flawed accounting system. Tags: wildlife crime extinction Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers china. It's not only China, but all Asian countries that are playing a major role in reducing this beautiful animal's number.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Some conservationists worry that the tigers living at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand are drugged, but the monks deny it. Tourists visiting the Tiger Temple pay big money: anything from $15 just for entry, up to $50 for the very special photograph of a tiger with its head in your lap. Tags: tigers thailand.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Police seized tiger bones, anteater scales and bear gall bladders in an international operation against the use of endangered plants and animals in traditional medicine, officers said Friday. Tags: organized crime wildlife smuggling wildlife crime wildlife trafficking. From the AFP.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Detectives seized 200 products believed to be made from endangered animals including musk deer, leopards and tigers. Tags: wildlife crime UK wildlife trafficking Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers endangered species. Not surprisingly, they raided a shop selling Chinese traditional medicines. From the Telegraph.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

From TRAFFIC, Customs officers from Russia and China met last week to strengthen international co-operation in tackling cross-border smuggling of Tigers and other wildlife products. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife trafficking tigers china russia.

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JULY 11, 2009

In India, another head of a tiger poaching ring is behind bars. Tags: wildlife crime India poaching tigers. Well, here's a first for me. And it's a woman! Sounds like she ran a pretty vile operation too.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

A private zoo operator in Taiwan cross-bred lions and tigers, resulting in three "liger" cubs. 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.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister of Russia, just got a tiger cub for his birthday. He'll be donating it to a zoo or a wildlife preserve. He told journalists that Koni has not met the tiger cub. Once the tiger was asleep, Putin placed a collar with a GPS tracking system around her neck.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Get yours today!

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The research is outlined as a three-step process, also utilized as the structure for the book: (1) Baptism by Ice: learning the techniques needed to locate the owls; (2) Fish Owls of the Sikhote-Alin: identifying a study population; (3) Captures: capturing fish owls, tagging them with radio transmitters, and collecting data.

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MARCH 13, 2011

The Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge will soon be winging their way north, so he spent some quality time with them, his best birds of the weekend. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. I suspect though that once we get past the Ides of March (beware!)

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