Posts Tagged ‘ wildlife ’

Vulnerable Indian Rhinos Successfully Moved to New Habitat

30. Dezember 2010

Assam, India -For only the second time in India's history, two female Indian rhinos, an adult female and a juvenile,have been successfully translocated from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary to Manas National Park in Assam. The two females join two ma...
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Customs meet to tackle Russia-China cross-border smuggling of wildlife

25. November 2010
Customs meet to tackle Russia-China cross-border smuggling of wildlife

Vladivostok, Russia, 25th November 2010—Customs officers from Russia and China met last week to strengthen international co-operation in tackling cross-border smuggling of Tigers and other wildlife products.
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Back to Work…

8. November 2010
Back to Work…

Hi Everyone, Many thanks to my colleagues, friends and family for the 50th birthday wishes...Susan and I had a lovely week's holiday on our own rented island near Skye. The weather was pretty good and so was the wildlife, Seals, a Minke whale, Pi...
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Wong’s sentence increased to five years

4. November 2010
Wong’s sentence increased to five years

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4th November 2010—Wildlife smuggler Anson Wong, sentenced to six months in jail in September, has seen his prison term raised to five years by a Malaysian High Court. 
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The Galapago K-9 Police Unit Detects Wildlife Crime

28. Oktober 2010
The Galapago K-9 Police Unit Detects Wildlife Crime

The Galapagos K-9 Police Unit Detects Wildlife Crime   En Español The K-9 unit of the Ecuadorian Environmental Police recently prevented an illegal exportation of two marine iguanas, an emblematic species of the Galapagos archipelago that ha...
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Raja and Jackie: The new champions fighting wildlife crime

28. Oktober 2010
Raja and Jackie: The new champions fighting wildlife crime

New Delhi, India, 28th October 2010—Jackie, one of the newly qualified dogs under TRAFFIC India and WWF-India’s sniffer dog training programme, along with her handlers Mr Padam Singh Rajput and Mr Shivram, helped apprehend two poachers in H...
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Two orphaned Grizzly bears rescued in Canada

15. Oktober 2010
Two orphaned Grizzly bears rescued in Canada

A week ago, we received notice from our partners at the Northern Light Wildlife Shelter (NLWS) in Canada that two orphan grizzly bear cubs were being held at a park station in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Hours before, a local Conservation Officer had discovered that a mother bear had been shot and her two...
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TRAFFIC publishes analysis of Japan’s trade in wild species in advance of CBD CoP10

12. Oktober 2010
TRAFFIC publishes analysis of Japan’s trade in wild species in advance of CBD CoP10

Tokyo, Japan, 12 October 2010 - TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has released a report analysing the status of Japan’s trade in wild animal and plant species entitled The State of Wildlife Trade in Japan, to coincide with the ...
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The Minch fills with activity – of the grey metallic sort

11. Oktober 2010
The Minch fills with activity – of the grey metallic sort

The extreme gale force winds that we have been experiencing in the last week seem to have finally dissipated. We’ve been thinking about our colleagues who are also working in the field in Bardsey Island in North Wales and wondering if they have ...
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Clampdown on illicit wildlife trade in Mandalay

8. Oktober 2010
Clampdown on illicit wildlife trade in Mandalay

Myanmar, 9th October 2010 – Authorities in Myanmar have seized a menagerie of wildlife parts and products from a shop in Mandalay including two Clouded Leopard skins prominently displayed outside the premises.
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Base Camp Renovations are Complete!

29. September 2010
Base Camp Renovations are Complete!

Photo Courtesy of SLT/Panthera Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… So much has happened during the three weeks since I returned from Sweden that it is hard to know where to begin. I arrived together with Jennifer from the...
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Enforcement agencies and port authorities aim to stop wildlife trafficking

20. September 2010
Enforcement agencies and port authorities aim to stop wildlife trafficking

Jakarta, Indonesia, 21st September 2010—two Wildlife Trade Regulation Courses are taking place this week in Indonesia for staff at airports and seaports to enhance their capacity to stop illegal wildlife trafficking. Thousands of passengers and t...
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