Police in Togo have arrested three men after finding nearly two tons of ivory in a container destined for Vietnam. Two of the suspects are from Togo and the other is Vietnamese. Conservationists say the West African country is a transit point for illegal ivory between Central Africa and Asia. Despite a global ban on the […]
A Vietnamese court sentenced two men to three years in prison for their role in smuggling ivory weighing 2,400 kilograms into the nation from Singapore. The tusks originated in Mozambique. The trial lasted one day. The two men were convicted of illegally transporting goods over the border, under Vietnam’s general smuggling provision. The charges stem from […]
At Europe’s door, Armenia is becoming an important hub for wildlife trafficking from Africa and Asia, including the import of bonobos and other endangered species through Guinea, according to a report by the investigative website, Hetq. The report states that many animals are then trafficked on to Russia, China and the UAE. Some of the animals […]
Tanzania, further success from the recent crackdown on poaching and trafficking, Operation Tokomeza. Additional 89 elephant tusks were found in a car. Natural Resources and Tourism Minister Kagasheki has asked the public to “be tolerant” and collaborate. Apart from the ivory, the officers also found thousands of pieces of illegal timber. Last Saturday three Chinese were […]
Short-term fixes won’t save Africa’s wildlife from desperate poachers “…As with the drug trade, real answers are long-term in nature. Increased attention must be paid to the higher-level echelons in the illegal ivory trade. Breaking up the sophisticated networks that get illegal African ivory from the poacher to the end purchaser may be more successful at […]
The first destruction of ivory in the U.S. is now planned for November 14th. Six tons will be crushed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, near Denver. The crushing was previously suspended after the shutdown began on Oct. 1 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will destroy government-held stockpile of ivory that it […]
Only in 2013 and only in the port of Hong Kong, so far the custom seized over 3,350 ivory tusks. It’s more than 1,675 dead elephants who ended up in this Chinese port. Customs commonly assumes a 10% seizure success rate. You do the math… China is acting as a vacuum cleaner for elephants, and […]
As reported by Ofir Drori, Founder of LAGA (part of the EAGLE network): LAGA’s work resulted in two more successful operations last week – A Chinese national arrested with giant pangolin scales, and an ivory trafficker arrested with two elephant jaws, both trafficker still locked. This week a notorious poacher that has enjoyed impunity for many years and kept being arrested and released by […]
To the Vietnamese and Chinese consumers who take the horn as a virility enhancer: Your Penis Will Remain (Very) Small. To the Vietnamese and Chinese consumers who take the horn as a cure for cancer: You Will Die. To the Vietnamese and Chinese consumers who take the horn to cure hangovers: Your Liver Will Explode. […]
An ambitious anti-poaching & anti-trafficking operation has been unveiled in Tanzania. The government is about to mount a large operation to arrest poachers and dealers in ivory and publicize their names, some of them important people with important roles. Yes, name and shame them! More here: http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/22219-ambitious-anti-poaching-operation-unveiled
