Sumatran tigers are critically endangered - with fewer than 400 believed to be left in the wild. via Four tiger foetuses found in Indonesian 'poacher' arrests — BBC News - Science & Environment
China Just Eased a Ban on Rhino and Tiger Parts. Here’s How Organized Crime Fuels Illegal Poaching — TIME
On Oct. 24 in a New York courtroom, two kingpins of Kenya’s illegal wildlife trade pleaded guilty to crimes that carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha had been connected to seizures of over 30 metric tons of illegal ivory in Mombasa. Their trial marked the first time any African ivory… via …
Trafficking, Poaching & Illegal Trade Must Stop!
The next target in the struggle to stamp out ivory trade and its debilitating effect on elephant populations across Africa is the European Union (EU). A petition signed by 32 African leaders has called on the EU—the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory—to close its thriving market. Advocacy groups suggest that while ivory trade is… via …
Continue reading "Trafficking, Poaching & Illegal Trade Must Stop!"
The Northern Herper 