Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

An operation across five Africa countries over weekend, targeting wildlife crime has led to arrest of almost 60 people and seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory, Interpol has reported. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants. Just five days ago.

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Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

Trafficking in ivory and game meat has become one of the most lucrative illegal trades in Africa due to rising demand in Asia, experts said on Friday. "In Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa trafficking asia elephants. And even with all the public education and media attention, there is just no abatement in demand.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today. Tags: ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants.

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Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2009

Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking africa primates endangered species cameroon. This is totally fraudulent, however, because CITES bans international trade and does not issues such permits.

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Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2008

No wonder wildlife trafficking is such a problem. He has been implicated in poaching incidents in Rwindi and more importantly there is strong evidence that he is a ringleader in the illegal charcoal trade. Tags: iccn chimpanzees wildlife trafficking africa congo. Even members of the army are involved.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The Falcon Thief is the sometimes exciting, sometimes horrifying story of Jeffrey Lendrum, an African-born adventurer who has been arrested multiple times for raptor egg and chick poaching and smuggling in southern Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. 2019), and now this book.

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