Hounds of Actaeon

Dedicated to exposing troubling wildlife trades on social media.

Our goal is to document & reveal the scale of the trade on these platforms & demand change.

[Hounds of Actaeon @ProjectActaeon]

Rhino horn pendants, carved Helmeted hornbill, raw ivory & tigers teeth openly sold on @Facebook

Trader "NT" has posted rhino horn pendants for sale at least three times since November 2020, and has an unusual level of access to critically endangered wildlife.

[Real Facebook Oversight Board @FBoversight]

This is one the battles closest to our heart.

[Gretchen Peters @GretchenSPeters]

Nothing to worry about here, eh @POTUS ? An #alqaeda linked group now commanding a part of northern #Afghanistan.

[Rowan Martin @ro_martin]

Wildlife trafficker arrested in Goma DRC, with more than 50 animals incl. crowned cranes, marabou storks & colobus monkeys destined for foreign markets. The case was linked to the recent arrest of a parrot trafficker in Uganda. Congrats to all @ParrotTrust @Amini16 @ifawglobal

[#WildEye @WildEye_News]

[South Africa] Three rhino poachers, Isaac Zitha, Oscar Ndlovu and Richard Mkhombo, were sentenced to a combined 63 years in prison on 12 charges related to Kruger National Park incidents from 2017 and 2018. For more details on the case, go to #WildEye ➡️ https://t.co/DJCEC5njIw

[Rowan Martin @ro_martin]

Very encouraging to see the trade in Africa's birds getting more attention in the media. It's vital that awareness is raised about the scale of what's going on and the devastating impact its having. #parrots #AfricanGreys @ParrotTrust @UWEC_EntebbeZoo
https://t.co/792S4aWXQn

[ACCO @CounteringCrime]

Wow get this...@Yelp created 'Yelp Elite,' and guess what elite reviewers have been doing with their "trusted" status? Selling fake reviews to the highest bidder in order to dupe customers. @CounteringCrime's Fake Review Watch is onto them. Read more:

https://t.co/siVTVdDpDX

[Real Facebook Oversight Board @FBoversight]

Meta investors brace for a difficult quarter after stocks nosedive https://t.co/kaRM7fUxD9

[Reuters Asia @ReutersAsia]

WATCH: Rubble and ashes are almost all that remain of the houses people had built in the village of Bin in central Myanmar, one of more than 100 villages partially or completely burned by Myanmar's military since the start of this year https://t.co/Ey6Xknciet

[ACCO @CounteringCrime]

Our experts helped @Avaaz prepare this important research on how TERRIBLE a job #Facebook is doing at removing #wildlifecrime. Check it out @andymstone!
@Moonalice
@jason_kint

https://t.co/fzyOCqSHJT

[ACCO @CounteringCrime]

Patricia Tricorache, aka @CheetahsRWild, represented @CounteringCrime at the @CITES Standing Committee session in Lyon, France. She has tracked the illegal trade in big cats on #Instagram, #Facebook and increasingly #Snapchat for years.

[Hounds of Actaeon @ProjectActaeon]

@AnimalsCount @Facebook @Meta @WhatsApp We've found explicit posts where traders indicate prices, openly haggle with buyers, show videos of themselves dismbembering live animals...and much more.

NGOs and passionate individuals shouldn't be the ones stepping up to police out of control multi-billion dollar platforms.

[Hounds of Actaeon @ProjectActaeon]

@AnimalsCount @Facebook @Meta @WhatsApp It's vital that @Meta finally take wildlife criminality on its platforms seriously. If they can develop algorithms to tag your blurred face at the back of a birthday party you attended 6 years ago, they should be capable of screening their own platforms for sales of wildlife.

[Oxpeckers Center @OxCIEJ]

Myanmar’s forests are dying: @guillaumepajot tracks how Europe is killing them by importing timber, despite sanctions on the military junta.
New in our Rotten Routes series with @RudiBressa & @TekathSarah ➡️ https://t.co/paa06HI2qS
@globalfreemedia @WildEye_News @JusticeMyanmar

[Hounds of Actaeon @ProjectActaeon]

Wildlife trader using @Facebook and @WhatsApp to coordinate international trade of @CITES species

Trader HS has advertised a whole host of live animals through @Meta platforms, including African spurred tortoises, cobras, uromastyx, scorpions and terrified looking Fennec foxes.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

For God's sake, Russia cannot remain on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

[Benjamin Strick @BenDoBrown]

Grim reporting from Ukraine’s Bucha where bodies are seen lying in the streets, some with hands tied, and reports of large mass graves in the area.

[Julian Rademeyer @julianrademeyer]

The list of women leaders killed in Somalia is long. The latest is Amina Mohamed Abdi, an outspoken member of parliament who dared challenge the elite. Her death may be linked to the biggest political scandal in the country, writes @HussienM12 https://t.co/4AHlcK6fNn

[Hounds of Actaeon @ProjectActaeon]

@ArvindK43241589 @UNODC @nacincbic Makes sense! Thank you!

[Hounds of Actaeon @ProjectActaeon]

@ArvindK43241589 @UNODC @nacincbic Amazing! Could you share the link to the eLearning resources?

[OceansAsia @oceansasia1]

Sea cucumber #WildlifeCrime in #Thailand:

"A navy vessel has intercepted and arrested three Vietnamese boats and their crews off Songkhla province for trawling for sea cucumber in Thai waters."

#FishCrime #IUU

https://t.co/Lsk6mWhJUX