180 kg of wildlife seized in Central Viet Nam
Viet Nam, 21st March 2011—Responding to local reports, Environmental Police officers in Viet Nam’s northern Nghe An Province have confiscated nearly 180 kg of wild animals from a car with Lao PDR plates.
View ArticleFuture of Asian snakes at stake
Guangzhou, China, 12th April 2011—A crucial meeting that could decide the future of Asia’s traded snake species takes place this week in Guangzhou, China.
View Article“Where’s My Mama?”
in JapaneseBody Shop and TRAFFIC launch awareness campaign on illegal wildlife trade Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2011—Every day, countless young wild animals are orphaned when their mothers are...
View ArticleLive leopards and other animals found in luggage
in JapaneseBangkok, Thailand, 13th May 2011—Passport, tickets, leopard cubs? That’s exactly what a United Arab Emirates man was found carrying when police arrested him at the Suvarnabhumi International...
View ArticleDon’t Buy Trouble Campaign, one year on
May 2011—As the holiday season gets underway, TRAFFIC is celebrating the first anniversary of the “Don't Buy Trouble” campaign at Viet Nam’s Noi Bai airport.The campaign, which features a permanent...
View ArticleLive crocodiles and turtles seized in airport baggage
Bangkok, Thailand, 2nd June 2011—Airport and Customs officials at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport have seized close to 500 live protected animals stuffed into four bags, among them hundreds of turtles,...
View ArticleExperts urge better regulation of ‘bushmeat’ trade
Nairobi, Kenya, 10th June 2011—A growing and lucrative illegal international commercial trade in the meat and other parts of wild mammals, birds and reptiles (‘bushmeat’) is causing widespread loss of...
View ArticleMalagasy wildlife on sale in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand, 16th June 2011—Thailand’s pet dealers are supplying large numbers of Madagascar’s most threatened reptiles and amphibians to local and international markets, despite unanswered...
View Article2 tonnes of pangolins seized in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia, 18th July 2011—Customs officers at Jakarta’s Sukarno-Hatta Airport seized 1.732 kg of pangolin meat and a further 380 kg of pangolin scales on 10th July. The de-scaled pangolins...
View ArticleNamibia’s wildlife-ranching industry significant but still below potential
Windhoek, Namibia, 20th July 2011—Ecotourism, together with legal production of game meat and hunting tourism, have the potential to contribute significantly to conservation, food security and to...
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