31/7/07
India's leopards are under threat, with increasing numbers of the wild cats
being poached for their body parts and villagers killing them for straying into
human settlements, experts said.
31/7/07
Indiana's endangered timber rattlesnakes are going under the knife as part of a
project to track the reptile's movements with implantable radio transmitters.
30/7/07
Britain's biggest bank is insuring dozens of hunts against the costs of a court
case if they are prosecuted for illegally hunting foxes. Anthony's
view the HSBC bank likes to be know as the bank that says yes even if you are a
criminal now.
30/7/07
FALCON CHICKS KILLED AFTER BEING FED POISONED BAIT. Police have
been called in after a pair of four-week-old peregrine falcons died of
poisoning. The culprits face fines of up to £5,000 or six months' imprisonment
if convicted of killing the protected birds.
30/7/07
The arrest of two brothers for alleged rhino poaching in a KwaZulu-Natal game
reserve has led to what police say is the discovery of a countrywide syndicate.
29/7/07
Uganda's
lions appear to have become the main casualties in a dispute between landless
herdsmen and the authorities managing one of the country's biggest reserves
29/7/07
The drop in tiger numbers in protected areas of
the state did not take the conservationsts by surprise. “It’s not as bad as
it seems, it’s worse,’’ say conservationist on the status of the big cats
in state’s reserves.
29/7/07
Last week four gorillas were slaughtered in Congo. With hunting on the rise, our
most majestic animals are facing a new extinction crisis.
29/7/07
Chinese police tracking a suspicious vessel on a border river in southwest China
got a shock when they found 270 crocodiles, a state news agency reported Monday.
29/7/07
Despite a blanket ban on the trade of exotic birds, traders are openly selling
them on Kolkata's Galif Street.
28/7/07
The animal welfare in Romania - Street cleansing with poison - Braila 2007.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ASKING THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT TO PUT AN END TO
THE ACTS OF CRUELTY ON (STRAY) ANIMALS, TO ENFORCE THE LAWS IN EFFECT AND THE
ANIMAL WELFARE LAWS IN PECULIAR.
28/7/07
Fox hunting isn't a sport. It only attracts sick people only see the video on You Tube.
28/7/07
The League thanks those who identified members of the illegal hunt on Bodmin
Moor which we featured on Youtube.We have also received tips on other people who
were involved in the hunt, but need your support in identifying who they are.
28/7/07
Uganda - Cattlemen who have been temporarily resettled in Uganda's popular Queen
Elizabeth National Park are poisoning lions and hyenas to protect their herds,
damaging the park's ability to attract tourists, authorities said Thursday.
28/7/07
The U.S. Forest Service is considering a proposal to allow the use of poison to
help control prairie dogs on the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast
Wyoming
27/7/07
WILDLIFE is under threat from poaching following the shortage of beef
countrywide, the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has said
26/7/7
Wildlife Smuggling Boom Plaguing L.A., Authorities Say. From monkeys smuggled in
underwear to tortoises shipped with Chinese toys, the illegal animal trade
through Los Angeles is growing increasingly daring—and lucrative—officials
say.
25/7/07
Flood
rescue So far
1,500 animals have been assisted and 62 people rescued by the RSPCA's flood
rescue teams.
25/7/07
Police in Perthshire try to discover who is responsible for poisoning two red
kites with a banned pesticide.
25/7/07
Two men have been arrested at a southern Indian airport while trying to smuggle
870 endangered star tortoises on to a flight to Malaysia.
24/7/07
One of the men whom state wildlife officials arrested last month on poaching
allegations has a name that may be familiar to Cowlitz County residents.
24/7/07
A Japanese man is being kicked out of China for collecting butterflies, state
media reported on Tuesday.
24/7/07
No Change to Sunday Shooting Laws Sundays and Christmas Day will continue to
be a day off from the guns for gamebirds in England and Wales.
24/7/07
Golden eagles are on the verge of disappearing from their natural habitat in
north-east Scotland because grouse moor managers illegally kill them, a new
study claims.
23/7/07
In a battle of wits with wildlife smugglers and traders, the Uttar Pradesh
Forest Department with assistance and information from Wildlife S.O.S cracked
down on a Kalandar trader who had managed to conceal a bear cub for several
months from the law
22/7/07
India’s wild bears are trapped in a cycle of cruelty. Snatched from their
mothers as cubs, they are dragged from town to town and forced to dance for
entertainment.
22/7/07
Having staged a comeback, one of China's most prized animals is under threat
yet again Legalizing the trade, they argue, could actually help protect wild
tigers by reducing the incentive for illegal poaching.
22/7/07
At least 10 rare one-horned rhinos have been killed this year at a sanctuary
in northeast India by poachers who are increasingly outwitting forest guards,
a wildlife officer said Sunday.
22/7/07
Exclusive space for tigers soon
. A new rehabilitation package for people to be relocated from tiger reserves
and the guidelines for government to declare 'inviolate areas' an exclusive
area for the tigers free of human presence are on the anvil
22/7/07
Tips from the public have helped state wildlife officials solve a poaching
case in the Bonner area, as well as other wildlife.
21/7/07
Two members of the Chehalis band have been sentenced in Surrey provincial
court after an investigation into eagle poaching. Thomas Lawrence Shaw and
Wesley Francis both pleaded guilty last week to breaching the Wildlife Act.
21/7/07
This year, 10 rhinos killed in Kaziranga
. Kaziranga National Park, recognised by Unesco in 1985 as a world heritage
site, has always been popular with tourists but this year, it's attracting a
different kind of visitor
21/7/07
Illegal bear products found on sale around the world. Illegal products
containing bear bile are on sale in Traditional Medicine shops in USA, Canada,
Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand according to new
findings from investigations led by the World Society for the Protection of
Animals (WSPA).
21/7/07
Farm bird decline can be halted. Farmers who provide "bed and
breakfast" for wild birds could help reverse the decline in farmland
species, according to results from a five-year study.
20/7/07
A landowner and terrier man from the Flint and Denbigh hunt in Wales are to be
prosecuted under the Hunting Act. Tenant farmer Peter Rowley Williams, 48, of
Llangwyfan near Denbigh, was due to appear before Prestatyn Magistrates on
Monday, 16 July, charged with permitting his land to be used for illegal hunting
on 2 January 2007.
20/7/07
Discouraging a trade that is still rife an extension of the worldwide ban on
ivory exports to discourage the illegal killing of African elephants was
recently greeted with much fanfare, the rhinoceroses of southern and eastern
Africa
19/7/07
Two rare bird of prey chicks have made their first flight from a nest in
Northumberland.
19/7/07
New Delhi Hundreds of school kids jotted down their names in the Capital on
Thursday, to draw public attention to the declining population of tigers in the
country.
19/7/07
A Louisiana couple and a Florida man charged in separate indictments pleaded not
guilty Wednesday in Mobile's federal court to allegations that they smuggled
rare or endangered turtles across state lines for commercial purposes.
19/7/07
With the common seal pupping season underway, RSPCA
wildlife centres are starting to receive orphaned pups, and desperately need
towels to help with their care.
19/7/07
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a male black-and-tan terrier was
found abandoned in the back of a removal van in Long Eaton, Nottingham, on
Thursday 12 July.
19/7/07
There are so many wildlife officials and high-level government
officials that are getting filthy rich on poaching. Organized crime can afford
to bribe
19/7/07
In a new crackdown on wildlife poaching and the game meat trade, Kenyan
authorities arrested 13 people over the weekend. Kenya Wildlife Service
18/7/07
Podcast guides for foxwatching enthusiasts Now is a great time of year to
watch foxes in the Irish countryside. If you're interested in observing
these most fascinating of creatures, head over to the Foxwatch Ireland
website for a series of monthly podcasts filled with useful tips and
advice Anthony's
view excellent.
18/7/07
Driven by Chinese demand, illegal ivory trade flourishes in Sudan. Deep
inside this riverside city's sprawling market, down a tight corridor of
stalls crammed with ebony masks, crocodile skins and other African kitsch,
a young shopkeeper reaches into a grimy display case and pulls out
something rarer.
18/7/07
Hunting in BC is a privilege and traffickers threaten that by viewing
wildlife as a source of revenue. Three dead bears with gallbladders and
paws removed have been found near Nanaimo and conservation officers are
appealing for people to come forward to help catch the poachers.
18/7/07
A day after hundreds of kilograms of zebra and wildebeest
meat were seized, Kenyan wildlife authorities intensified an attack on
poaching and illegal game
18/7/07
Upcoming
Greyhound Action Events Without your help we can do nothing.
17/7/07
Zimbabwe: Campfire Trains 300 Game Wardens to Boost Anti-Poaching Campaign.
The Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources, better
known as Campfire, has trained nearly 300 game wardens to enhance
anti-poaching in all Campfire communities.
17/7/07
A Lincoln man who allegedly “violated just about every wildlife law”
in Montana was arrested on felony charges this weekend.
17/7/07
One of Bollywood's top actors Shah Rukh Khan has taken on a new role as
protector of India's threatened wildlife, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
17/7/07
The number of woodlarks, one of England's most critically endangered birds
is rising, The RSPB says In the last 10 years, numbers have almost doubled
from 1,633 breeding pairs in the UK in 1997 to 3,084 pairs, according to
the charity's survey.
16/7/07
Singapore - Nature lovers have started patrolling Singapore's few forest
reserves to stop poachers from trapping animals for the wildlife trade,
volunteers said on Monday.
16/7/07
Kaziranga National Park, home to the largest population of the critically
endangered Greater one horned rhinoceros, is facing serious poaching
pressures, as high prices in the illegal international market for rhino
horn are attracting supplies from what is being considered "an easy
and well-stocked source".
16/7/07
Radiological and heavy metal contamination closed a Colorado nuclear
weapons facility to the public for decades, but soon it will open as a
national wildlife refuge where people can watch hawks and elk.
15/7/07
The first hunting prosecution is being brought by police in Wales since
the Hunting Act became law three years ago.
15/7/07
Poisoning' meant for hybrid wolf. About 4 a.m. Thursday, local wildlife
rehabilitator Justin Matthews was startled by a thumping sound at the end
of his bed.
15/7/07
Bird trader arrested in Delhi. A trader dealing in protected birds was
arrested in Delhi in a dramatic operation on Saturday four Alexandrine
parakeets, 60 rose ringed parakeets and 30 munias were seized from him.
The raid was conducted by the wildlife crime control burea
15/7/07
Taking a cue from Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau, a
newly set-up Central authority, the State Wildlife Wing is mulling a similar
taskforce in Orissa.
15/7/07
Ex-soldiers to guard wildlife sanctuaries. Jaipur: Rajasthan, which has
drawn severe criticism for losing much of its tiger population to poaching,
is to appoint 1,000 ex-soldiers to help guard wildlife sanctuaries in the
state.
14/7/07
Please note this link has some very bad words being used parents may not
want there kids to see or hear this video. Cambridgeshire shoot 'welcomes'
League Against Cruel Sports monitor.
14/7/07
Orphaned grizzly bear cub gets a second chance. A six-month old orphaned
grizzly bear cub, who arrived at the NLWS (Northern Lights Wildlife Society)
in Smithers, BC on 2 July, will be cared for night and day until it can be
released back into the wild.
14/7/07
Tahoe
wildlife rescued from devastating fire as displaced residents return to
their homes, injured animals continue to surface from the scorched remains
left by the Angora fire that ravaged the Lake Tahoe area.
14/7/07
These men were filmed illegally hunting on Bodmin Moor on Saturday January
20th. The police cannot prosecute without proof of identity. Can you help?
Anthony's view do you recognize the markings on
the second horse know where it is based this may help ID the hunt in
question or even help ID the rider.
14/7/07
The US Fish and Wildlife Service found a Gray Wolf shot and killed Friday in
eastern Oregon, and is investigating.
13/7/07
Wild life poaching still
rampant in Tibet. Dharamshala - According to reliable sources, early this
year, a group of western adventurers found some fresh carcasses of over 20
Tibetan antelopes that had been slaughtered and skinned for their precious
shatoosh wool.
13/7/07
Namibia: Freedom of the Skies Given to Captive Vultures. IT has been a long
and hard journey requiring patience and perseverance to give back the freedom
of the open skies to captive bred and rehabilitated vultures in Namibia.
13/7/07
LACS wildlife investigators have discovered one of the worst cases of badger
slaughter in the UK after the horrific discovery of several carcasses in
woodland
13/7/07
Despite a dog being trapped in a snare on the Stiperstones National Nature
Reserve, Shropshire, the land owner, Natural England (formerly called English
Nature), is still permitting the use of snares.
13/7/07
Tracker wing to fight poachers Forest department to have intelligence unit
modelled on army & police. Hunt them down before they hunt wildlife this
is the Assam forest department’s new strategy against poachers.
13/7/07
Reviewing measures to preserve the tiger population in the wildlife parks,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said a scientific methodology was desirable
for the tiger census as against the conventional pugmark method.
13/7/07
Officials say three black bears have been found shot to death in the last few
weeks, one each in McCreary, Wayne, and Harlan counties.
13/7/07
Expressing concern over the vanishing tigers of India, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has asked wildlife authorities to ensure that villagers living inside
tiger sanctuaries are offered an attractive package for relocation.
12/7/07
Poachers have killed seven elephants near Kenya's Tsavo National Park over the
past month, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
12/7/07
Three fox cubs have been killed by a trespasser who went on to private land in
Somerset and shot each of them twice in the head.
12/7/07
The nine year ban on external ivory trade is likely to fuel cases of illegal
trade, as this will starve the market of the product that is in high demand, a
senior ecologist said yesterday
12/7/07
Foreigners smuggling plan fails. Two Vietnamese nationals were arrested at OR
Tambo International airport on Tuesday in possession of four rhino horns, the
department of environmental affairs and tourism said.
12/7/07
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Sunday captured two men,
including an Indonesian national, involved in smuggling exotic birds and other
wildlife species in Lasang.
12/7/07
Arctic
diary Tracking wolves. Professional
explorer Jim McNeill has travelled to Ellesmere Island with a BBC Natural
History Unit crew to capture the elusive Arctic wolf on camera.
11/7/07
Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (National)
Public urged to remain vigilant to hazards of pesticide
poisoning. The Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS) published
its Annual Report today.
11/7/07
Most game in Zimbabwe's private reserves has been wiped out by rampant
poaching following President Robert Mugabe's controversial farm seizures
program, a wildlife conservation group says.
11/7/07
Shop sold coats made from endangered animals. The owner of one of London's
premier fur shops has been convicted of selling coats made from some of the
world's most endangered species.
11/7/07
The true scale of poaching in Zimbabwe is now impossible to gauge. But
environmentalists are agreed; killing is widespread, indiscriminate and out of
control.
11/7/07
GIR lion poaching incidents fresh in their minds, senior police and forest
officials held a high-level meeting on Tuesday to mull over a comprehensive
plan to ensure adequate safety and security to the wildlife in the area
11/7/07
Botswana Basarwa Face Poaching Charges. Fifteen residents of New Xade appeared
in court last week to answer charges of poaching endangered wildlife inside
the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Gantsi police said on Saturday that
the 15 are among 21 suspects from New Xade arrested for killing endangered
wildlife in the game reserve.
11/7/07
INDIA has banned their export. So has Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the two other
countries where they are found. And yet, plenty of Indian star tortoises find
their way into pet shops and eventually, into Malaysian homes.
10/7/07
Wildlife detectives hit screens. The work of Scotland's first full-time
wildlife crime officer is to feature in a new four-part BBC documentary.
10/7/07
Bitter Debate Continues Between Cattlemen, Politicians and Environmental
Groups over Prairie Dog Poisonings
9/7/07
Kenyan authorities arrested 13 people over the weekend in a new crackdown by the
east African country on wildlife poaching and the game meat trade.
9/7/07
Kenya Arrests Illegal Hunters, Bushmeat Dealers. Kenya Wildlife Service rangers
have arrested seven professional Tanzanian hunters and their Kenyan guide for
illegally hunting around Tsavo West National Park.
9/7/07
8/7/07
Malaysian wildlife officers from the southern Johor state seized five bat
carcasses and more than 300 kilograms of wildlife meat from four restaurants, a
news report said.
8/7/07
Arizona wildlife-sanctuary operators are swamped with exotic animals because
they say criminals who sell critters on the black market seldom face serious
punishment.
8/7/07
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has shot a female Mexican wolf in Catron
County, less than a week after cattle killings that subjected the wolf to a
three strikes rule.
7/7/07
A California man coming to Arizona from Mexico found out smuggling may be for
the birds.
7/7/07
Five hundred eighty star tortoises, smuggled into Kuala Lumpur, recently from
South India, were returned here by the Malaysian Government by an Indian
Airlines flight today.
7/7/07
Black bear cub was killed on Tuesday while trying to cross a busy Florida
street, but wildlife experts say the accident became a crime when someone tried
to turn the dead animal into a trophy.
6/7/07
An endangered Sumatran tiger that lost one of its paws, probably while trying to
escape from a snare, has been photographed in an Indonesian wildlife park,
global conservation group WWF said on Friday.
5/7/07
Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga. An endangered one-horned rhino was killed by
poachers inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the eighth such beast to
be slaughtered this year, officials said yesterday.
4/7/07
Zimbabwe, once one of Africa's premier safari destinations, has suffered severe
wildlife losses on private game ranches and conservancies due to forced farm
seizures and the country's economic crisis.
3/7/07
A France-bound parcel filled with hundreds of dried beetles and spiders —
including endangered species — was confiscated Monday at Thailand's main
international airport, police said.
2/7/07
Stepping up measures to arrest monsoon poaching in the Neelgiri Biosphere, the
Wildlife departments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have drawn up a joint
action plan.
1/7/07
Wildlife advocates criticized Governor Kulongoski Friday for signing legislation
that allows the state to enlist private hunters with dogs to thin cougar
populations.
1/7/07
American actress Natalie Portman and other celebrities descended on a Rwandan
wildlife park on Saturday to name 23 baby mountain gorillas and help efforts to
conserve the highly endangered species.
1/7/7
The Kaua'i Island Utility Co-op said yesterday it is cooperating with an
investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Fish and Wildlife
Service of what it called the "unintentional killing of protected seabirds
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