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Dont Buy It!- VIDEO   video
Animals  (tags: wild animals, butchered, tourists, trinkets, animals massacre, wildlife trafficking )

Simone
- 81 days ago - youtube.com
Every year thousands of endangered animals are killed for their skins, ivory, fins, and other body parts to satisfy the global market for illegal wildlife products. WildAid's goal is simple and specific, to eliminate the illegal wildlife trade and allow
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Fighting Wildlife Trafficking - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, business, horrific cruelty, wildlife trafficking, investigation worldwide )

Simone
- 81 days ago - voanews.com
The $20 billion dollar per year illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife parts is second only to arms and drug smuggling in the amount of money it generates. However, the toll this lucrative business takes on our environment, the animals that live in it
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M'Sia Seizes Birds, Tiger Parts
Animals  (tags: animals, seized, animal parts, AnimalWelfare, wildlife trafficking, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 179 days ago - straitstimes.com
MALAYSIA has seized 10 protected birds and tiger parts in separate operations in the past few weeks, arresting three men including an Indonesian, a wildlife department official said on Thursday.
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Unlicensed Animal Trophies Could Land You in Soup
Animals  (tags: wildlife, slaughtered, seized, wildlife trafficking, tragedy, wild animals, disappearing, authorities, animal trophies )

Simone
- 266 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
AHMEDABAD: Tiger skins, deer antlers and lion claws are proudly displayed in many homes in the city. Most of them are licensed. Owners of those The seizure of elephant tusks at Sardar Patel international airport last week has brought the issue of
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INTERPOL AND THE HSC WORKING TOGETHER TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS
Animals  (tags: wildlife trafficking, interpol, HSC, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 268 days ago - marketwire.com
Last November, Operation Baba, a five-country law enforcement operation in Africa co-ordinated by INTERPOL with the support of The Humane Society of Canada and other dedicated groups, resulted in the arrest of 57 people and the seizure of one ton of
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19 Get 3-Year Jail for Killing Six Gir Lions
Animals  (tags: lions killed, electroculeted, wild animals, jail sentences, wildlife trafficking, endangered, sentenced, justice, poachers )

Simone
- 408 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In a rare conviction, a Junagadh sessions court on Thursday sentenced 19 poachers to three years rigorous imprisonment for killing six lions in Gir's Babaria forest range in March 2007. The poachers were also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each.
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Poachers Feel the Heat
Animals  (tags: wildlife crime unit, tigers, big cats, poachers, wildlife trafficking, arrests, disappearing wild animals, tragedy )

Simone
- 444 days ago - wcs.org
Time ran out to save the tigers themselves, but their parts--bones, skins, teeth, and claws--have been laid to rest, following a raid by Indonesian authorities working with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Wildlife Crime Unit. The tiger parts were most
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'Safe Passage' for Wildlife Traffickers
Animals  (tags: wildlife trafficking, Nepal, illegal, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, death, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 564 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
For many years, Nepal has been widely regarded as a conservation success. But now it is emerging as an international transit point for illegal wildlife goods, particularly those being moved between India and China.
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Take Action: Sign the "Don't Buy Wild" Pledge
Animals  (tags: wildlife, wildlife trafficking, slaughtered, tinkets, endangered animals, consumers, dont buy wild )

Simone
- 577 days ago - community.hsus.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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Providing Sanctuary for Wildlife Confiscated in Illegal Trade
Animals  (tags: sanctuary, wildlife trafficking, abused wild animals, rescued, safe, illegal wildlife trade )

Simone
- 579 days ago - ifaw.org
At the Pan Yu Sanctuary in southern China, IFAW helps provide care and sanctuary for Asiatic black bears, or Moon bears, confiscated by Chinese CITES authorities from "bear bile" farms. In Moscow, Russia, we joined together with Moscow State
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Endangered Animals' Meat on the Menu in Wenzhou
Animals  (tags: wildlife trafficking, crackdown, endangered animals, killed, menus, disappearing investigation )

Simone
- 579 days ago - china.org.cn
The Wenzhou forestry department initiated a campaign to crack down on illegal hunting and dealing in wild game in late April. However, some suburban restaurants in the city still provide game meat to customers, albeit in a stealthier way.
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Conservationists Rescue Almost 300 Cambodian Reptiles
Animals  (tags: conservationists, rescued, smugglers, poachers, 300 cambodian reptiles, wildlife trafficking )

Simone
- 583 days ago - ap.google.com
Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday. Twelve endangered yellow-headed temple turtles were among the nearly 300
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Rehabilitated Siberian Tiger Killed By Poachers
Animals  (tags: rehabilitated siberian tiger, killed, tragedy, poachers, released into wild, poaching, wildlife trafficking, sadness )

Simone
- 585 days ago - wcs.org
A two-year old Siberian (Amur) tiger nursed back to health and released into the wild by biologists in July 2001 has been killed by poachers in northeastern Russia, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced.
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SKINNING THE CAT: CRIME AND POLITICS OF THE BIG CAT SKIN TRADE
Animals  (tags: big cats, leopard, tigers, wildlife trafficking, big cat skin trade, cruelty, extinction, wild animals )

Simone
- 590 days ago - eia-international.org
You can write to the Chinese Ambassador and respectfully request the Government of the People's Republic of China to increase its investment in a professional enforcement response. We need to see the authorities move beyond simply confiscating a few skin
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Stuffed Tiger Was No Toy
Animals  (tags: stuffed tiger, airport, wildlife trafficking, dead tigers, imported, crime, charged, wild animals )

Simone
- 597 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A box labeled "toy tiger" raised eyebrows of customs inspectors in San Francisco. An investigation followed. And now, the Associated Press reports Friday, a Bay Area couple admitted in federal court to trying to illegally import a real stuffed tiger
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