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Deadly poison threat to tigers
Bangkok :: Thailand | 2 months ago
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Poachers targeting tigers for their valuable skins and body parts are turning to insecticide as an easy way to kill the iconic animals. In what's regarded as Thailand's most important tiger sanctuary, wildlife rangers report mounting evidence of
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Three youths charged in poaching of trumpeter swan west of Star; one charged with poaching blue heron
Boise :: ID :: USA | 2 months ago
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Three of four Nampa youths who were involved in poaching a trumpeter swan west of Star in February have been charged in connection with the crime, Idaho Department of Fish & Game officials said Monday. The poached swan was found at the edge of a pond
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Shoots, kills and trades in animal parts
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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March 4, 2013 AP As long as stockpiles exist, the only way for India to save its wildlife is to enforce domestic protection. Photo: AP As signatories to a wildlife trade treaty meet in Bangkok, it is useful to note that legal' selling of existing
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Hunters plead guilty in poaching cases
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Seven men involved in various 2011 deer poaching cases in Illinois have pleaded guilty. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the guilty pleas Friday. The department's conservation police charged the seven Illinois and Michigan
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Poachers have new targets - the rangers
Bangkok :: Thailand | 3 months ago
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Ruthless and heavily armed "criminal syndicates" linked to drug smugglers and militias are running the global wildlife trade and turning their guns on the park rangers tasked with protecting endangered species. Hundreds of rangers have been killed
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Ginseng, once widespread in Maryland, now dwindling
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 3 months ago
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Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun Ginseng, one of the most sought-after medicinal herbs in the world, once flourished across much of Maryland. It has nearly vanished now, though, from all but the westernmost counties, prompting officials to ponder banning
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24 more rhino poached in past week
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 3 months ago
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Wednesday. "South Africa has lost another 24 rhino since last week," CEO David Mabunda said in a statement. "The Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit, with 15 rhino being poached for their horn since 20 February 2013." Kruger National Park
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Illegal ivory trade triples, UN says
Bangkok :: Thailand | 3 months ago
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THE illegal trade in ivory has tripled over the past 15 years, trafficked primarily by "Asian-run, African-based" criminal networks, a UN agency says. The UN Environmental Program used the amount of ivory seized to determine that the illicit trade
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Elephant Poaching Reaches Record Levels
2011 marked the highest level of Ivory poaching in a decade with tens of thousands of Elephants slaughtered. Tusks are typically shipped out of East African sea ports bound for anxious East Asian buyers stated in a recent National Geographic
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Consumption, Endangered Species and Human Rights
By Suzanne York. Original posted at 6degreesofpopulation.org. An international conference on the Convention on International Trade in
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