Chinese police have seized 92,000 wildlife animals, 5,300 kilograms of wildlife-made products, and busted 948 criminal activities during a nationwide campaign against wildlife trafficking and trade as of Monday: public security bureau.
Regarding #elephantpoaching, 31 #elephants have been poached in South Africa in 2019: 30 in @SANParksKNP and 01 in @MapungubweNP. This is a decrease in the number of elephant poached in 2018, when 71 were killed for their tusks.
'The Minister has also paid tribute to rangers who battle poaching in the conservation areas on a daily basis... During 2019, rhino poaching continued to decline, with 594 rhino poached nationally during the year.'
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The German government has announced plans to convert 62 disused military bases just west of the Iron Curtain into nature reserves for eagles, woodpeckers, bats, and beetles.
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On January 25, Bakauheni Port Police and Lampung Quarantine stopped the smuggling of more than 2,000 birds from Lampung to Java at Bakauheni Port, Lampung.
This is the extent of abalone poaching that has decimated SA abalone stocks. We lose some 4000 tons of abalone (±9,000,000 individuals) annually to illegal abalone fishing. Bravo to the law enforcement officers who rounded up this band of paid thugs - 46 in total.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China banned wildlife trade nationwide in markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and e-commerce platforms due to the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s market watchdog, agricultural ministry, and forestry bureau said in a joint statement.
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An investigation into the animal tourism industry in Thailand has revealed how baby elephants are ‘broken’ by online traders who sell them to companies posing as animal sanctuaries.
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Transnational investigations dismantle major wildlife crime networks in East and Southern Africa, corruption undermines the fight against human trafficking in Uganda and a setback in Mozambique. Check out the latest @GI_TOC Risk Bulletin here: https://t.co/x5EIk9K41h
A reflection on the illicit trade in African pangolin scales for the year 2019, 97 tons of scales is well in excess of 150,000 African pangolins. Collapse of Africa's pangolins is imminent if this trend continues
The study warns that poaching is a growing threat, with an alarming spike in incidents involving both captive and wild lion since 2014, that could have devastating impacts on lion populations that mirror similar impacts on wild tiger populations.
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