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Year of the Tiger Dawns With Just 3,200 Wild Tigers Left KATHMANDU, Nepal, December 28, 2009 (ENS) – To mark 2010 as Year of the Tiger, the government of Nepal […]

International Trade Bans Proposed for Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears

October 29, 2009 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2009 (ENS) – Proposals for tighter trade controls on Atlantic bluefin tuna, polar bears, sharks, corals, and elephant ivory have been submitted to the Convention […]

CITES Governments Depart Doha Leaving Marine Species Unprotected

March 25, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off

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U.S. Ends Private Ownership and Breeding of Big Cats

May 11, 2023 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2023 (ENS) – Somewhere in the United States an estimated 20,000 big cats are kept in private ownership, often purchased as cubs or bred for photo opportunities. according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USFWS. When they grow past the cute cub stage, they are sold into the exotic pet trade or the illegal market or abandoned to already financially strained sanctuaries. […]

Earth’s Biodiversity Crisis Activates Governments, Police

December 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

LYON, France, December 7, 2022 (ENS) – A wildlife and timber trading law enforcement crackdown by the international police force Interpol and the World Customs Organization has yielded more than 900 arrests and the disruption of wildlife and timber crime networks globally. Police and Customs officials have made have 2,200 seizures and identified 141 companies they suspect of engaging in illegal sales. […]

Campaigners, Nations Encourage Japan to Close Ivory Market

March 6, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

LYON, France, March 6, 2022 (ENS) – Africa’s elephants top a packed agenda for the CITES Standing Committee meeting opening Monday that covers protection for 30+ species of plants and animals. Delegates will consider the live trade in elephants, management of ivory stockpiles, and the closure of domestic ivory markets. […]

Newly Discovered Mekong Region Monkey Endangered Already

January 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

VIENTIANE, Laos, January 29, 2022 (ENS) – On the steep hillsides of the dormant volcano that is Myanmar’s sacred Mount Popa, live more than 100 monkeys of a newly discovered species, just described and identified but already considered critically endangered. […]

Vietnam Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking But Crimes Persist

November 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

LONDON, UK, November 28, 2021 (ENS) – Vietnam needs international help to disrupt the operations of Vietnamese-led wildlife crime syndicates active in Africa and Asia. Despite government efforts to turn the tide of the illegal wildlife trade, Vietnamese criminal networks are still fueling poaching and the decline of biodiversity in Africa, finds a new report. […]

Tech Firms Block 11.6M Online Wildlife Trafficking Deals

October 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2021 (ENS) – The budding Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, with 47 member companies across the tech sector, issued a progress report Tuesday – collectively they have blocked 11.6 million transactions for endangered wildlife online. […]