Investigations & Enforcement

20+ min ago   (298+ words) Hong Kong Customs yesterday (October 11) seized 164 live turtles, some of which were suspected scheduled endangered species, with an estimated market value of about $320,000, at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point. Customs reminds the public not to carry controlled…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (915+ words) MD. Noor Hamza PeashWildlife and bird trafficking has emerged as one of the most serious environmental concerns in Bangladesh. Reports of illegal hunting, trapping, transportation, and trade of wild animals have increased in recent years, placing many species at greater risk…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (411+ words) Gajapati (Odisha), Oct 11: The Gajapati forest division has arrested six persons and seized three leopard skins during two coordinated operations conducted over two days as part of a crackdown on suspected wildlife trafficking in Odisha, forest officials said. The operations…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (229+ words) JEMBRANA, Bali — Police in western Bali have seized the remains of 11 protected Mobula rays in an investigation into suspected illegal wildlife trade in Pengambengan, Jembrana. The case was uncovered on Friday, October 9, after police received information from members of the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (380+ words) Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP Friday. The critically endangered animals were found Tuesday by rangers patrolling in the Balasore…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (700+ words) Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a "massive" exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say. They warn of a growing multi-million-dollar trade in endangered animals, including apes smuggled through…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (219+ words) Paralakhemundi- ealing a blow to illegal trade in wildlife articles, forest officials seized two leopard skins and arrested six persons in Gajapati district in the last two days.Gajajapati district Forest Division raided at 2 separate places & seized leopard skins with…...

4+ day, 41+ min ago   (265+ words) Ten people allegedly tied to an illegal commercial fishing operation involving the poaching of fish, shrimp and turtles along Florida’s Gulf Coast have been arrested, Attorney General James Uthmeier and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Monday. “Here…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (251+ words) Muscat: Two foreign nationals have been fined OMR 100 each and given suspended one-month prison sentences after disturbing nesting turtles at Ras Al... Muscat: Two foreign nationals have been fined OMR 100 each and given suspended one-month prison sentences after disturbing nesting…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (521+ words) Rare wildlife from the Amazon is increasingly turning up for sale in Bangkok, with marmosets, capuchin monkeys, tamarins, capybaras, matamata turtles and rare Amazonian fish among the species reportedly appearing in Thailand’s exotic pet markets. According to Mongabay, the number…...