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Animals News tagged with smuggling

South Dakota Man Found Guilty for Smuggling a Leopard Hide Into U.S.
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, leopards, killed, smuggling, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 6 days ago - media-newswire.com
A federal jury in Aberdeen, S.D., has found a South Dakota man guilty for smuggling the hide of a leopard into the United States in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), an international treaty that regulates
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Illegal Animal Trading Puts Malaysia on the World Map for All the Wrong Reasons
Animals  (tags: malaysia, wildlife trade, global international, smuggling, endangered animals, destruction, poaching )

Simone
- 91 days ago - thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: In 2006, Taiwanese authorities seized a three-tonne shipment of ivory from Tanzania worth RM25mil that had transited Penang port. An Indian national who was caught with an illegal consignment of Indian star tortoises at the KL
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ACTION ALERT: Sign the "Don't Buy Wild" Pledge!!!
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, smuggling, poaching, endangered animals imperiled, threatened, pledge )

Simone
- 94 days ago - secure.humanesociety.org
The commercial trade in wild animals is a multi-billion dollar industry that threatens the survival of many species and results in the inhumane treatment of countless animals every year. While shopping (including online) or traveling, you may come
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Smuggling Wildlife: From Eggs in a Bra to Geckos in Underwear
Animals  (tags: animals, smuggling, wildlife, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 96 days ago - google.com
John Sellar is no comic book super hero, but judging by the criminals he deals with as the only policeman at the UN agency against illegal wildlife trade, he could well be one.
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Increase in Reptile Smuggling Worries Wildlife Officials
Animals  (tags: animals, lizards, smuggling, reptiles, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 151 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
An alarming increase in the smuggling of reptiles such as monitor lizards, snakes and turtles in the Tarai belt of Uttar Pradesh bordering Nepal has prompted the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to issue an alert.
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Four Arrested for Smuggling Endangered Lizards
Animals  (tags: animals, smuggling, lizards, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 159 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Four persons were arrested here for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 endangered Monitor Lizards worth lakhs of rupees to Nepal.
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3 Arrested for Smuggling Tortoise
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, smuggling, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 182 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Three people were arrested with 55 tortoise meant for smuggling to West Bengal in Barabanki district, about 30 kms from here, police reports reaching here said on Saturday.
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Birdbrain! Smuggler Held at Airport With 12 Rare Songbirds Strapped to His Socks
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, cruelty, smuggling, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 187 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
When customs officials at Los Angeles International Airport spotted feathers and bird droppings on one passenger's shoes they were immediately suspicious.
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Vietnamese Shop Owner Arrested for Smuggling Wildlife Parts
Animals  (tags: animals, smuggling, arrested, dead animals, environment, protection, killed, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 188 days ago - monstersandcritics.com
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have arrested a woman for smuggling tens of thousands of dollars' worth of dead wild animals and animal parts, a police official said Tuesday.
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Baby Gorilla Seized in Congo Trafficking Ring Bust - Video
Animals  (tags: animals, gorillas, orphan, smuggling, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 194 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A baby gorilla has been seized from animal traffickers in eastern DR Congo by the Congolese Wildlife Authority following a 3-month undercover investigation to bust an international wildlife smuggling ring.
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Agents Seize Protected Reptiles Smuggled Under Garlic
Animals  (tags: animals, smuggling, seized, reptiles, snakes, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 197 days ago - earthtimes.org
Officers from Malaysia's Wildlife Department seized more than 800 turtles and 160 protected snakes from being smuggled into a neighboring country, news report said Sunday. Northern Perlis state Wildlife Department spokesperson Masnim Abdullah said
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Ivory Traders Could Drive Elephant to Extinction
Animals  (tags: elephants, disappearing, extinction, ivory traders, poachers, smuggling, vanishing, tragedy, sadness )

Simone
- 200 days ago - mnn.com
Trade in ivory has been illegal for 18 years now, but that has just given poachers and smugglers more time to improve their skills, says Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Bahrain Ups Security to Stop Animal Smuggling
Animals  (tags: animals, smuggling, Bahrain, security, exotic wild animals, pets, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 211 days ago - menafn.com
Authorities in Bahrain have stepped up security on the borders after inspectors found exotic wild animals caged in residential areas as pets.
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24 King Cobras Confiscated From Smugglers and Released in Vietnam
Animals  (tags: king cobras, smuggling, rescued, released, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 223 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The conversation that followed took us all by surprise. Mr Thanh asked if we were prepared to help confiscate, capture & release a large shipment of King Cobras (Ophiophagus Hannah). Members of the Forest Protection Department (FPD) had already had a
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Wildlife Smuggling a Growing Problem for Western Australia - Man Caught With 12 Pythons
Animals  (tags: pythons, smuggling, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 239 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) wildlife officers are working with Western Australian Police to investigate the alleged smuggling of 12 pythons out of Western Australia.
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