26 July 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Washington DC, USA, 26th July 2017—A new trade study led by TRAFFIC, with support from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the [Continue Reading…]
Archives for July 2017
Record Year for Rare Black-winged Stilts
July 20, 2017 posted by
20 July 2017 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds News Release
Usually found in Southern Europe, a record 13 black-winged stilts have fledged in the UK from nests across Kent, Cambridgeshire [Continue Reading…]
A Small Hope for Tigers in Russia
July 19, 2017 posted by
19 July 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
VLADIVOSTOK (July 17, 2017) A photograph just released by PROO Tiger Center provides further evidence that tigers are [Continue Reading…]
Hunting Pangolins Increases Dramatically Across Central Africa
July 18, 2017 posted by
18 July 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
New York – Hunting of pangolins, the world’s most illegally traded mammal, increased by a staggering 150 percent in [Continue Reading…]
African and Asia-Pacific Countries to Strengthen Wildlife Laws
July 16, 2017 posted by
16 July 2017 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora News Release
Geneva – Senior representatives from 22 countries spanning Africa and Asia-Pacific [Continue Reading…]
Viet Nam Provides Rhino Horn for DNA Testing
July 16, 2017 posted by
16 July 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Hanoi, Viet Nam, 12th July 2017 — Following a record number of rhino horn seizures in Viet Nam in the first half of 2017, national [Continue Reading…]
EU Contribution to Support Trees and Elephants
July 14, 2017 posted by
14 July 2017 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora News Release
Brussels/Genev: The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in [Continue Reading…]
Endangered White-winged Duck Discovered in Cambodia
July 10, 2017 posted by
10 July 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
Kulen, Preah Vihear – For the first time in five years, a nest of the Endangered white-winged duck has been discovered in the [Continue Reading…]
Hong Kong Seizes 7.2 Tonnes of Elephant Ivory
July 6, 2017 posted by
06 July 2017 | International Fund for Animal Welfare Release
(Cape Town, South Africa) Hong Kong has made the biggest ivory bust in more than 30 years, seizing 7.2 tonnes of ivory tusks [Continue Reading…]
New Wolf Pack Confirmed in California
July 6, 2017 posted by
06 July 2017 | Defenders of Wildlife News Release
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 6, 2017) – Late yesterday the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) confirmed a new [Continue Reading…]
New Toad Species Discovered – and Already Threatened
July 6, 2017 posted by
06 July 2017 | The Center for Biological Diversity News Release
RENO, Nev.— Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and Paul Smith‘s College published a paper today in the journal [Continue Reading…]
Indonesian Breeding Plan Facilitates Wildlife Laundering
July 5, 2017 posted by
05 July 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Jakarta, Indonesia, 3rd July 2017—A new study has questioned the validity of Indonesia’s plan that allowed breeders to [Continue Reading…]