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In an unprecedented move the government of South Africa is seeking permission to sell its $1 billion US collection of rhino horns to fund conservation efforts and saturate the black market.
South African Government to Sell Rhino Horns? Read More »
According to the latest statistics released by the Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa has lost 461 rhinos to illegal poaching since the beginning of 2013.
South Africa: 461 rhinos killed by poachers by July 3, 2013 Read More »
Last week, when rearranging our library, ENV miraculously found an old publication titled ‘Rhinoceros Sondaicus Annamiticus in Vietnam by Gert Polet & Tran Van Mui (1999)’.
It’s a sad fact that Vietnam’s Javan Rhinoceros only exist on books Read More »
On Jun 30, Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport seized 20 artifacts made of 21 kg elephant tusks hidden in the luggage of a Vietnamese man from France to Vietnam.
HCMC seizes ivory artifacts trafficked from France Read More »
Up to June 20th, the total number of rhinos poached since the beginning of the year has risen to 428. The Kruger National Park has lost 267 rhinos to poachers, while the number of rhinos poached in Limpopo increased by 15 to 45 in the past week. The number of rhinos poached for their horns
Rhino poaching update by June 20, 2013 Read More »
On June 15, a fisherman on the Tien River, southern Vietnam, caught and killed a 63Kg Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon Gigas). This species is critically endangered, and is protected by Vietnamese law. The fish species, and many others in Vietnam’s waterways, are threatened by pollution and over fishing. Local fisher-folk state that such giant catfish
63Kg critically endangered Mekong giant catfish caught Read More »
Eagles are listed as endangered species and are protected by the law in Vietnam, but they have become a new type of exotic pet in Ho Chi Minh City.
Birds of prey fall prey to Vietnamese exotic pet dealers Read More »
The Customs Department of Vietnam’s Noi Bai Airport have announced that on May 30th a female Vietnamese passenger from Doha, Quatar surrendered three pieces of animal horns when authorities requested to check her luggage. She admitted that they were rhino horn.
Rhino horns seized at airport and ivory smuggler prosecuted Read More »
The Vietnamese government has given the go-ahead to a VND278 billion (US$13.3 million) plan to protect elephants from extinction and breed domesticated ones.
Plan to save Vietnam’s last elephants Read More »
Yesterday a 170Kg male tiger was transferred from Pu Mat National Park Rescue Center in Central Vietnam to Soc Son Rescue Center in Hanoi. This tiger was confiscated on January 1st 2013 from a residence in Nghe An Province.
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