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16/12/07 Every year Kenyans rangers die fighting wildlife crime with diligence. This year three rangers died while four survived in Garsen during an operation. Kenya Wildlife service-KWS-on Sunday honored heroes who have lost their lives preserving wildlife.

15/12/07 The Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) provided intelligence and assisted in a huge wildlife enforcement operation in northern Karnataka in the early hours of this morning. Sixty-five skins were seized – one tiger skin, 21 leopard skins and 43 otter skins.

14/12/07 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service significantly lowered the amount of San Diego County land it will require to be set aside to protect a pair of endangered animals, the federal agency announced Wednesday.

13/12/07 A poacher was shot dead by Kruger National Park rangers early on Friday morning, less than a month after two others were arrested as they fled across the border to Mozambique.

12/12/07 The killing of innocent animals, for medicinal purposes. Bear advocates say it happens more often than you may think. Police in Redding, arrested a San Diego man this weekend for illegally trafficking bear gall bladders.

11/12/07 ICABS Vice-president, Tony Gregory, TD has questioned the Agriculture and Justice Ministers about "allegations of extreme cruelty to animals" during a foxhunt in County Westmeath

11/12/0 Event to discuss wildlife crime. The role of forensic science in fighting wildlife crime will be the subject of a conference at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.

10/12/07 Saving the world's remaining tigers will require as much as $500 million a year, but average annual international funding only comes to $5 million, a conservation group said Monday.

9/12/07 IFAW has celebrated the opening of the Middle East and North Africa Regional Office in Dubai, its 16th office worldwide. At an evening press conference, IFAW President Fred O’Regan thanked the Municipality of Dubai for its generosity in donating office space within the Bastakiya Historical Buildings for IFAW’s conservation and animal welfare work

9/12/07 The forest department has declared the Nalabana bird sanctuary inside the Chilika Lake - the country's biggest waterfowl habitat where the migratory birds land in large numbers - as "No entry zone" to curb poaching of the avian guests.

9/12/07 NEW UNIT ON WILDLIFE ROLLED OUT. A Scheme highlighting cruelty to animals is being rolled out to schoolchildren in the North-east.
The Wildlife Crime Unit of Grampian Police will visit schools with their mobile exhibition trailer.

9/12/07 KAHANG, a hotbed for exotic meat trade, is home to the endangered Malayan Tiger. So is it any surprise that the Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers is focusing its awareness campaign in this township.

9/12/07 Here are several South Carolina residents who have run afoul of wildlife laws. They no longer have the right to be called hunters — they are poachers.

9/12/07 Thousands of traditional muti-users were unknowingly exposing themselves to the risk of death or severe sickness by eating ground-up vulture meat laced with chemical poisons, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has warned.

9/12/07 RSPCA launching new anti-fur campaign after investigation reveals two High Street chains selling unlabelled or mislabelled fur.

8/12/07 Police broke up a major tiger poaching ring in northern India, arresting an alleged kingpin and 15 others, police and wildlife officials said Thursday

7/12/07 The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is offering rewards up to $1000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of wildlife poachers

6/12/07 Ethiopian Airlines say it is not aware of a Cameroonian conservation group's allegation that the state-run airline is involved in illegal wildlife smuggling.

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Undercover investigations form a vital part of the League's overall campaigning strategy to abolish blood sports and tackle wildlife crime. Without these investigations, MPs, the media, League members, supporters and the wider public would not be aware of the nature and scale of wildlife persecution.

If you have any information you think may be of value to League investigators, e-mail in confidence investigations@league.uk.com or write to Investigations Unit, League Against Cruel Sports, 83-87 Union Street, London, SE1 1SG.

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