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MAY 23, 2021

But there are ways to prevent this situation, and to prevent the constant springtime problem of wildlife being orphaned… like these Barred Owls , above left, and Red-Shouldered Hawks , all of whom were delivered as eggs to Christine’s Critters in Weston, CT, thanks to two different private homeowners’ felling of trees. These were big trees!”

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MARCH 8, 2010

Illegal animal and plant products with a retail value of 10 million euros (13.6 National wildlife enforcement authorities, police, customs and specialised units from 18 countries across all five continents worked together as part of Operation Tram which ran from 1 to 28 February," Interpol said.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

It sure looks like India is taking wildlife crime investigation seriously. 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.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

Wonder if something is made from illegal ivory? US Fish and Wildlife has a guide for identification. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking trafficking elephants. From the web page. This is a web version of the Identification Guide for Ivory and Ivory Substitutes by Edgard O.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Interesting article about the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) in the UK. 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.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Do you consider yourself a wildlife conservationist? Do you contribute to wildlife conservation organizations? Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ? It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”.

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JULY 9, 2015

Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). To Nitin, this was a recce trip for his new wildlife photography tours enterprise.

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MARCH 9, 2010

One of Scotland’s top sheriffs is under pressure to quit his leading role in combating wildlife crime after allegedly telling a former police officer concerned about the soft sentences given to those convicted to “get a life”. His remarks left delegates, including wildlife crime investigators, shocked and bewildered.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Fish and Wildlife Service caps at five the number of Golden Eagles that members of the Hopi tribe can collect from neighboring Navajo lands. The ruling is important because as recently as three years ago, several Hopi were prosecuted for illegally killing eagles. These “allegedly artsy” Golden Eagles courtesy of Corey.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

It was sent from North America to India and confiscated by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime India endangered species. It was labeled as a "rug" and the only reason they searched was because of a tip.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Outcry is growing against one of California’s top wildlife officials after a photo of him holding a dead mountain lion surfaced online last week. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California. What was this idiot thinking? The full story is below and it comes from kcra.com.

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JULY 31, 2015

This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. Lisa brings her to all kinds of gatherings to spread the word of wildlife (see Xena’s Facebook page ). They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Another catch by the UK's National Wildlife Crime unit. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime UK tortoises.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. Ranchers oppose the move.

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APRIL 13, 2010

The deer still got screwed because they ended up at the hunting preserve, but any kind of sentence for wildlife trafficking must be enforced. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking ohio south carolina Lacey Act deer. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. I hope he serves the whole term.

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JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Fish and Wildlife Service. Because IT IS ILLEGAL TO INTERFERE WITH NESTING BIRDS!! Herein lies the problem. Outside of these dates, the nests can be removed without a permit 1.

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DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.”

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APRIL 20, 2012

From the Wildlife Extra News. Whilst not illegal, it shows a complete disregard for his 'subjects' and total contempt for his role as 'Honorary President of WWF Spain'. April 2012. King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt.

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MAY 15, 2012

In late January this year we were commissioned by Florida’s Space Coast to produce an episode on the birding of the area and the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. And, it goes without saying, NEVER play tape in National Wildlife Refuges or National Parks, where the practice is illegal.

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Owls Florida United States North America 240

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APRIL 22, 2013

That’s why Hugh Powell’s newest report on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology blog that Bicknell’s Thrush surveys in the Dominican Republic have revealed illegal clearing is so chilling.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking endangered species.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The male shown in the video above, filmed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, was in the process of gathering nesting material for what usually adds up to a dozen to two dozen nests! It is obvious to me that the male Marsh Wrens at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge are getting ready for the females to visit their breeding territories.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. The annual number of rhino poached in South Africa last year rose to 1,215, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told a media briefing in Pretoria two weeks ago. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide.

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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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APRIL 18, 2009

Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.

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APRIL 22, 2024

When I last visited the town almost 10 years ago, it had a Wild West feel, and Wikipedia claims that it is “an important location for trade with Myanmar, in both legal and illegal goods and services” but it seemed pretty tame to me this time.

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JUNE 11, 2011

Illegal capture for the wild animal trade is an obvious peril for such a charismatic species, but this big blue bird is also hunted both for its meat and feathers. Check out the World Wildlife Fund’s creative campaign to save the Cerrado. Such cavities are hard to find and are sometimes disputed by more than one species.

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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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MAY 3, 2011

But one man was listening to the calls of the whistle blowers -- calls of widespread wetland destruction, poaching, pesticides and destructive feral wildlife. A reduction in illegal hunting on Little Cayman has also allowed the ducks to recover there, and in 1995, they bred on Cayman Brac for the first time in many years.&#

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AUGUST 6, 2015

And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. For God’s sake, how much can we extract from 400 shooters, to make it worth encouraging large scale wildlife poaching and tainting the country’s name? The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal.

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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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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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OCTOBER 3, 2013

In 2010, a joint expedition by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and the Sudanese Wildlife Society (SWS) found a further 17 electrocuted Egyptian Vultures. Reasons for this situation are numerous. Up to now there have been almost 80 confirmed electrocuted Egyptian Vultures in that area.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. We have no real way of knowing, but we surmise that he was raised illegally by a member of the public, and “imprinted.”. The voice on the other end of the phone was panicked. It was happening again … Parker was back.

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