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Animals News tagged with illegal

Wildlife Crimes Unit! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, wildlife trade, illegal, death, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 3 days ago - wcs.org
Tigers are fast disappearing in the wild, due in large part to increasing illegal wildlife trade across Asia.
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FWC Arrests 12 for Illegal Purchase, Possession of Foxes and Coyotes
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, arrests, illegal, foxes, coyotes )

Cher
- 4 days ago - chipleypaper.com
At the conclusion of a 10-month undercover investigation Tuesday night, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested 12 people for the illegal purchase and possession of live foxes and coyotes, and the unpermitted use of these
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China Ivory Demand Bodes Ill for Africa's Elephants
Animals  (tags: china, ivory trade, demand, illegal, african elephants, slaughtered, massacred )

Simone
- 14 days ago - reuters.com
Tucked into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Chinese master carvers chip away at ivory tusks with chisels, fashioning them into the sorts of intricate carvings that were prized by Chinese emperors.
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Seven Arrested for Smuggling Wildlife Products Into China
Animals  (tags: arrests, wildlife products, endangered animals, wildlife, trade, illegal, crime )

Simone
- 14 days ago - economictimes.indiatimes.com
Seven people, including two Tibetans, have been arrested for illegal trafficking of wild life articles into China and Tibet. Two tiger skins, two leopard skins, tiger bones and their body parts have been recovered from them, the Central Bureau of
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ACTION ALERT: Help Free Vietnam Bears Used for Bear Bile!!!
Animals  (tags: animals asia foundation, bear bile bears, imprisoned, freedom, rescue, sanctuary, illegal, cruelty )

Simone
- 16 days ago - animalsasia.org
There are currently over 4,000 bears on farms in Vietnam. Bear farming and the extraction of the bear's bile is illegal in Vietnam, but due to the number of bears on farms it is not possible for the authorities to confiscate them all. The Vietnamese
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Illegal Whaling Done By The Japanese!
Animals  (tags: whales, dolphins, whaling, illegal, president obama, japanese whaling, cruelty )

Simone
- 16 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Help me fight against the illegal whaling being done by the Japanese. I will send a letter with everyones signature on it showing how many people want to stop the slaughter of innocent dolphins and whales. Please put your signature on this petition and
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Illegal Ivory Shipments Worth Millions Seized at Kenya and Nairobi Airports
Animals  (tags: animals, ivory, illegal, elephants, seized, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 34 days ago - all-creatures.org
Kenyan and Ethiopian authorities have seized over 1,200 kilograms (2,600 pounds) of ivory - representing the killing of about 100 elephants.
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100 Elephants Killed Daily To Meet Illegal Ivory Demand, Chinese Appetite Whetted
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, ivory, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

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- 34 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Thanks to the controversial approval of a one-off ivory sale, illegal trade in ivory has been reinvigorated - and 100 elephants a day are being slaughtered.
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California Bans Tail-Docking of Cows
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cows, tail docking, illegal, California, suffering, protection )

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- 42 days ago - blog.peta.org
That sentence in the Central Valley Business Times says it all. California state proved it was full of animal-friendly folk when Prop. 2 passed last year, and now lawmakers in the state have just signed a law that will make the docking of cows' tails
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School for Scandal: Illegal Wild Animal Dealing at Shenfield High School
Animals  (tags: animals, reptile markets, illegal, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 52 days ago - iar.org.uk
Shenfield High School has been publicly condemned for its part in facilitating an underground reptile market that took place on Sunday 27 September 2009, at which illegal trading of wild animals took place. The Animal Protection Agency, with support
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Fox Pen Shut Down for Illegal Coyote Possession (With PHOTOS, VIDEO, DOCUMENT)
Animals  (tags: animals, fox, coyotes, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Cher
- 97 days ago - nwfdailynews.com
The owner of a fox pen in Santa Rosa County has relinquished his permit voluntarily after state wildlife officers discovered he had unauthorized coyotes on his property.
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Bronx Zoo's Parent WCS Sponsors Crackdown on Tiger Poaching in Indonesia
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, raids, skins, illegal, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 99 days ago - zandavisitor.com
The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today two successful raids by Indonesian authorities that resulted in the arrests of suspects for attempting to illegally sell Sumatran tiger skins.
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Bird Club Vice President Convicted for Illegally Keeping Red-Backed Shrikes
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 112 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
One of the most high profile members of Britain's aviculture community has been given a 16-week suspended prison sentence, a curfew between 9pm and 6am and ordered to pay £750 in costs after he admitted illegally keeping one of the UK's rarest wild birds
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Kenya Seizes Coffin-Stashed Ivory
Animals  (tags: animals, killed, ivory, rhino horns, seized, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 132 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Kenyan authorities have seized 300kg (660 lbs) of illegal ivory hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Laos.
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Federal Agent Sacked for Reporting Illegal Cougar Kills
Animals  (tags: animals, cougars, killed, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 164 days ago - all-creatures.org
A federal agent who reported that his colleagues had illegally used government airplanes to hunt mountain lions was fired in retaliation, according to filings released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
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