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10 Top Post Picks from World Pangolin Day 2021

Feb 23, 2021 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Pangolin Tagged: Beverly Joubert, British Embassy, CITES, Dereck Joubert, EIA, Environmental Investigation Agency, Game Rangers Association of Africa, Humane Society International, National Geographic, Stroop&Kindoms Documentary Films, Tikki Hywood Foundation, WildAid Africa

Every year in February World Pangolin Day brings the planet’s most endangered mammal to center stage. Every year more people get involved. Sadly, every year millions ( 2,7 million according to AWF.og) of pangolin are killed for their scales and their meat. Why should we care? After all we’re talking about a silly, scaly little critter that eats ants. Like most species they serve a distinct role in their ecosystem. Besides that, like all of nature (except maybe mosquitoes) they deserve to live. What follows are the ten top posts from around the globe that I thought most pertinent (besides…

World’s worst elephant poaching countries let off the hook by CITES

Oct 10, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: Animal Poaching, Elephants Tagged: CITES, Conservation Action Trust, EIA, elephant poaching

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, China, Thailand and the Philippines, some of the world’s worst elephant poaching countries and illegal ivory traders have been allowed to exit a key international initiative set up to curb the mass slaughter of elephants. They have been allowed to exit the National Ivory Action Plan (NIAP) process at recent meeting of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), because they have supposedly substantially achieved their National Ivory Action Plans. The Problem… However, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) strongly disagrees with the so-called success. It says key gaps remain in terms of implementation on the ground…

Legal Eastern markets are gutting Africa’s wildlife – TRAFFIC

Mar 17, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: Animal Poaching Tagged: CITES, Conservation Action Trust, legal trade, TRAFFIC

Quite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal eastern markets are tearing the wild heart out of Africa. Each year thousands of tonnes of live animals, bones, skins and meat head East in a plunder with no end in sight. The scale at which Africa’s wildlife is being drained by Eastern market demand is enormous, according to a report by the wildlife monitoring network TRAFFIC released this week. The focus on wildlife trade from Africa generally centres on the illegal trade and the massive poaching of iconic species such as elephants and rhinos. However, comparatively little attention has been…

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Trump Administration Changes Its Mind On Trophy Hunting Again

Mar 10, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: All Posts, trophy hunting Tagged: AWF, CITES, Conservation Action Trust, Donald Trump, import ban, IWCC, trophy hunting, USFWS

The US will now consider issuing permits to import elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania on a case by case basis in the face of widespread condemnation from conservation groups. Can the Trump administration make up it’s mind? In a formal memo last week, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) agreed to allow trophy hunting of African elephants and lions, despite President Donald Trump’s decision last year to uphold a ban on importing elephant trophies from some southern African countries. The decision comes nearly four months after Trump stepped in to halt his own administration’s decision to again allow…

Sad Fact: U.S. the biggest importer of endangered African wildlife trophies

Feb 24, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: All Posts, endangered, trophy hunting, wildlife conservation Tagged: CITES, Conservation Action Trust, Donald Trump, endangered animals, IUCN, trophy hunting

The United States remains the biggest importer of endangered African wildlife trophies in the world, in spite of Donald Trump’s recent public comments overturning a decision by the US Department of Interior, to allow elephant trophies into the United States. In 2016 alone the US imported 3,249 or 60% of the animal trophies from just six African countries – Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. According to the trade database of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) One of the most popular big game mammals for trophy hunters to kill…