10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
To say that an update of John MacKinnon’s “A Field Guide to the Birds of China” (2000) has been highly anticipated by birders interested in Chinese birds is almost an understatement. While there are some decent Chinese-language guides, they are of limited use for (local) illiterates like me.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2023
The Chinese Hwamei is a second-level protected species in China – as a consequence, according to Chinese law on wildlife protection, it is prohibited for local people to capture and keep the species in captivity without a permit. Still, a few spend the summer here. Hmm, I think I disagree with the author.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique.
Critter News
JANUARY 4, 2010
India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. What kind of protection do they really mean? You can put tigers on a farm for legal parts harvesting and still call it "protection." I'm too, too cynical.
Critter News
JULY 13, 2009
From the China Daily. Eating wild animals is also a traditional practice in southern China. Illegal trade in tiger meat and bones is also alive, continuing to threaten the extinction of an already depleted species, he said. The Chinese want them for exotic foods and for medicine.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. Within its Belt and Road Initiative, China asked for this location for the new harbour. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a.
Critter News
AUGUST 16, 2008
The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Geneva voted in favour of China becoming a licensed importer. It will allow China to bid for more than 100 tonnes of ivory stockpiled in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe through culling and natural deaths.
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