A large percentage of black poachers from South Africa and Mozambique will visit a witchdoctor before going to poach, a South African antipoaching expert said. “Witchcraft is big among the poachers,” the antipoacher who asked not to be named said. “He’ll bless them and bless their firearm and give them some power.” Poachers pay witchdoctors […]
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Celebrities and the U.S. Government Come Together on World Environment Day to Support Combating Wildlife Trafficking
In February 2014, President Obama highlighted wildlife trafficking as a national security issue, noting that this crime is decimating iconic animal populations and undermines security across nations. Wildlife trafficking is wreaking havoc on particularly vulnerable animal populations across the globe, and stands as both a critical conservation concern and a threat to global […]
Ivory, Tortoise Shell, & Fur: The Ugly Truth of Wildlife Trafficking Museum’s Newest Temporary Exhibit Aims to Educate and Raise Awareness
It’s estimated that in the last century we have lost 97 percent of the world’s tigers. In just the last 13 years there has been a 76 percent decline in the elephant population. Last year alone, there were over 1,200 rhinoceros killed. Each of these animal populations are being severely depleted in large […]
Champa’s untimely death
Indore. The death of loving and popular female elephant Champa housed at the Indore Zoo has not only left its male companion Moti and the Zoo officials saddened, but also many citizens and children of the city. Champa unexpectedly died due to previously unknown medical reasons at her newly built open cage in Indore’s Zoological […]
Students of Booni valued the role of Snow Leopard
By Kashif Shahzad CHITRAL. World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan, Chitral organized a Quiz Competition on the theme “Climate change & Snow Leopard” in Booni Chitral. The competition seeks to educate children on Climate change & Snow leopard , thereby cultivating a more aware and environmentally responsible future generation to conserve nature. The Event was […]
Profiling ups risk for Asian rhino horn mules
Rhino horn syndicates may have replaced Vietnamese couriers with white South Africans to courier the illegal horns on commercial flights from Africa to Asia because of courier profiling. Anti-wildtrade NGO TRAFFIC’s rhino and elephant specialist Tom Milliken has speculated that the syndicates may have stopped using Vietnamese students to carry contraband horns in their airplane […]
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