Erik Meijaard: A Commodity Gone Off the Scales

... First, there’s a huge illegal market in Vietnam and China ... serious action from the Indonesian wildlife authorities. Pangolins are fully ... campaigns that catching pangolins is illegal and will be punished. ... no match for the growing trade in exotic meat, which ...

Thailand Returns 14 Smuggled Orangutans to Indonesia

... and sent to a wildlife breeding center in Ratchaburi, ... Edwin Wiek, director of Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand told ... Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conversation said ... Borneo in Indonesia. The illegal trade in endangered orangutans sees ...

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The Malaysian wildlife department in July seized two ... Medan, Indonesia on Tuesday. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 ... worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. (REUTERS/Olivia Harris ...

Vet Submits Petition to Police Urging Crackdown on Online Wildlife Trade

... widespread network of online trade of endangered wildlife. "I hope the ... of Yongki, from wildlife hunting and trade," Wisnu said in ... punishment to sellers of wildlife products and call on ... regulations that can prevent illegal products from being traded ...

Push to Save African Elephants Stirs US Clash Over Antique Ivory Trade

... tusks and wildlife advocates blame the remaining ivory trade. In the ... killing elephants?" Yes, say wildlife advocates and regulators. They ... demand for tusks and keeping illegal poaching profitable. "This ... . Just how much new illegal ivory may be "laundered" ...

China Meat Smuggling Crackdown Stokes Risky Underground Trade

... , known as “feet” within the trade, are part of an underground ... , paints a picture of an illegal trade along China’s borders with ... investigated border smuggling for the Wildlife Conservation Society. Supply chain Once ...

Ministry: Indonesia Has Only Four Decent Zoos

... there are only four decent wildlife parks throughout the archipelago. ... Zoo is the most notorious wildlife park in the country, ... have been sold into the illegal wildlife trade. But Surabaya Mayor Tri ... — presumably sold into the illegal wildlife trade.

Commentary: Some Serious Law Enforcement Needed to Save Orangutans From Extinction

... killed for meat, pet trade, because they are stealing ... that killing orangutans is illegal. So why are some ... harm orangutans (killing, illegal habitat conversion, illegal use of fire ... issue of Illegal killing of orangutans (and other protected wildlife). The ...