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APRIL 13, 2010

Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking ohio south carolina Lacey Act deer. I hope he serves the whole term. The deer still got screwed because they ended up at the hunting preserve, but any kind of sentence for wildlife trafficking must be enforced.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Tags: meat cats dogs china. The legislation is only being drafted right now and there's a long way to go I suspect before such laws would pass. You can already read the excuses being cited in this article.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking endangered species. According to a paper published in the September 1 online edition of the journal Conservation Genetics, DNA bar codes can be used to quickly and clearly distinguish the source species of meat or leather goods for many rare and threatened species.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2008

carrying whale meat rather than oil) Violating the MARPOL convention (a treaty designed to eliminate the deliberate, negligent or accidental release of oil and other harmful substances from ships into the marine environment) after illegally re-fuelling whaling vessels in Antarctic waters. Tags: whaling.

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APRIL 18, 2009

Not guilty of gorilla killings - guilty of illegal charcoaling The Wildlife Officers were charged by the Congolese Wildlife Authority with the "destruction of flora and fauna" under Wildlife Law OL 069-41 of August 1969. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.

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AUGUST 19, 2008

The three-year-olds' debut is a joint effort between police and the World Wildlife Fund to help stop the illegal but lucrative trade in rare species — which the organization estimates is a $293 billion annual business. Incredible that illegal smuggling is estimated at $293 billion. That's huge.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

They were illegally bringing in deer from Arkansas. Tags: wildlife trafficking Arkansas Texas deer. Texas restricts deer importing.) Plus a little matter with stolen property.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Illegal animal and plant products with a retail value of 10 million euros (13.6 Operation Tram "revealed a large amount of medicines either containing or marketing the use of illegal ingredients such as tiger, bear and rhinoceros," according to the French-based international coordinating body.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

In its first ever independent operation since its inception last year, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has unearthed an illegal pet trade racket arresting one and seizing four live Indian Tent turtles from Mahipalpur area here. Tags: wildlife crime forensics India wildlife trafficking.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

Wonder if something is made from illegal ivory? Espinoza and Mary-Jacque Mann, published in cooperation with the CITES Secretariat, and was developed to give information about a nondestructive and visual means of tentatively distinguishing clearly legal ivory from suspected illegal ivory at ports of entry. From the web page.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The guy was clearly trafficking in illegal parts as there were about 50 kg of bones belonging to other tigers. Tags: wildlife smuggling vietnam wildlife trafficking tigers panthers. This happened in Vietnam.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

This culprit is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and is serving only 6 months for illegally selling 51 bear gall bladders. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears.

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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. From the Environment News Service.

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APRIL 22, 2010

He does not condone violent or illegal acts. Tags: University of Kansas animal research vivisection primates. An animal rights activist has offered $30,000 to anyone who facilitates the freeing of primates, or the end of vivisection, at the University of Kansas, a place cited for numerous animal welfare violations.

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JULY 13, 2009

Profit from illegal trade can be up to 10 times the cost, with restaurant operators offering the exotic dishes usually aware of the violation but lured by the gains, Xu {Hongfa, director of the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) TRAFFIC East Asia China Program} said.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Tags: europe tail docking pigs factory farm agribusiness. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.)

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JUNE 23, 2009

A few moments later he returned and said, “Excuse me, did you do anything illegal in the 70’s in Portugal?” “I I don’t think that was illegal, I was never informed of any charges. Tags: sea shepherd. I don’t think so. I uphold laws I don’t break them,” I responded.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. Tags: taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine bear bile china asia. Moon bears are rare, which makes this all the sadder. Again, the China connection. I can't read such stuff without being sickened by my species. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue.

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JANUARY 24, 2010

Tags: sea shepherd.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Police said it was the biggest single operation in the past decade against rampant illegal wildlife traffic in the South American country. Tags: wildlife crime smuggling brazil trafficking latin america. Brazil is one of the world's hotspots for animal smuggling because of its rich diversity of animals.

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JANUARY 11, 2009

New figures show that in the past decade just 26 out of almost 300 cases of illegal poisoning and other crime directed against birds of prey in Scotland has resulted in a successful conviction. Tags: birds wildlife crime UK scotland.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Sounds like these guys were orphaned as a result of bushmeat and illegal trafficking activities.) Tags: wildlife trafficking united nations bush meat congo gorillas. This action is to prevent them from being eaten or poached in the meantime. Wouldn't they be safer in the reserve?

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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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APRIL 5, 2010

Japan has accused Bethune of illegally boarding (trespassing) the Japanese ship, Shonan Maru II, which is where most of the charges stem. Tags: sea shepherd whales new zealand Japan. This is a very serious charge, and if found guilty, Bethune could face up to 15 years in Japanese jail.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Sea Shepherd doesn’t protest, Sea Shepherd intervenes against illegal activity. Tags: sea shepherd. “The fact is, they’re exceeding their quota limits in the Mediterranean and they’re doing that every year. So it doesn’t affect our campaign,” he says.

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In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* … Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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JANUARY 4, 2010

In what could be seen as a new year’s gift for the Indian tiger, China’s State Forestry Administration has issued a directive calling for the protection of tigers, especially the need to step up action against illegal trade in tiger parts and products. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. I'm too, too cynical.

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AUGUST 18, 2008

Tania Julie Siyam, a 32-year-old Canadian art dealer, has been sentenced to serve 60 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for illegally smuggling ivory from Cameroon to the United States. Tags: ivory canada us fish and wildlife africa smuggling us. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S.

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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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OCTOBER 6, 2008

This new seven-part, hour-long weekly series follows the crew of the Sea Shepherd vessel, Steve Irwin as they use non-violent direct action techniques that garner world wide media attention in an effort to shut down the illegal Japanese whaling fleet and enforce international conservation law. Tags: sea shepherd.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. Tags: huntingdon animal enterprise protection act. Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act.

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APRIL 16, 2009

In addition, back in 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill making foie gras illegal starting in 2012. Tags: animal cruelty california foie gras food. No single effort is insignificant when combined with many others doing the exact same thing.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Consequences of wildlife crime are far reaching, with the profits from the illegal trade of plants and animals used to fund other criminal activities such as drug smuggling and people trafficking. Tags: wildlife crime UK. Its eight officers cover the whole of the UK.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

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. I can't even imagine what happened to the baby chimp's mother.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

John Dodd, the multimillionaire co-founder of Edinburgh-based Artemis Investment Management, has lost £107,000 after illegal pesticides were found on the Scottish shooting estate he owns. Tags: UK europe. This guy is the third Scottish landowner to have subsidies cut under these regulations. Don't worry. He's a millionaire.

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MARCH 8, 2009

And a new section of the act makes it illegal to cause an animal distress, train an animal to fight, or have structures or equipment used in animal fights. Tags: ontario canada legislation animal welfare. Veterinarians are now required to report any instances of abuse or neglect.

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