Quartzadded this to Quartz at WorkIndia Demand for pets, medicines worsen India's illegal wildlife tradeQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaIllegal wildlife trade, both into and out of India, is a snowballing crisis. For years, tiger and leopard skins, their bones and other body parts, have been smuggled out of the country. Last year, TRAFFIC
Anteater Free-access documentary may become the most watched evergetaway.co.za - www.getaway.co.za Eye of the Pangolin – a new documentary which premiered last Friday on Endangered Species Day – is now available for free streaming via the …
Hong Kong Hong Kong’s black market in pangolin scales feeding demand in mainland China, campaigners fearscmp.com - Karen Zhang Lawmaker calls for investigation as questions raised over whereabouts of 14 tonnes of scales that flooded the city before global trade ban.
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNews (South Africa) A world without pangolins looms – here’s how you can prevent it | City Pressnews24.com - Grethe Kemp As of last week, 38.2 tons of pangolin scales have left Africa this year. One pangolin is poached from the wild every five minutes, and it’s likely …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGuangdong Over 7,000 kg of ivory products seized in south China's Guangdong Province - Xinhua |xinhuanet.com - www.xinhuanet.com GUANGZHOU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 7,746 kg of ivory and ivory products have been seized in south China's Guangdong Province in the first four …
Anteater Endangered pangolins are the stars of a new filmcitizen.co.za - Amanda Watson One of Africa’s oddest creatures stars in a locally produced film which features its pending demise. Eye of the Pangolin, by award-winning South …
WWayne Neumannadded this to Lunatictic:-)Physical Geography Scorching heat forcing animals out of Seshachalam biospherethehindu.com - K. Umashanker With the summer heat touching 45 degree Celsius, the wild animals in the Seshachalam biosphere, which is spread over Chittoor and Kadapa districts, …
TPFadded this to Today's ⚠️ Threats Anteater Poaching is sending the shy, elusive pangolin to its doomNational Geographic - Rachael BaleThe small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. He’s the size of a golden retriever puppy and covered with scales. With his stretched
mthungeradded this to Court of LeavesAnimals How you can help pangolinsNational Geographic - Rachael BaleThe most trafficked mammals in the world are heading toward extinction unless the illegal trade can be stopped. Pangolins, the world’s only mammal with scales, are being trafficked by the ton. In the eight
MarketplaceAnteater The pangolin black market is fueled by its scales, not its good looksMarketplace - Kimberly Adams If you spend time browsing for cute animal photos on the internet, you may have stumbled across the pangolin. The exotic animal may be adorable, but …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesAnteater The scale(s) of the black market pangolin trade - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Andy Uhler Gig economy workers can't unionize. There's a good reason the NBA Draft is a lottery. Everybody wants a pangolin, and it's not only because they're …
ThoughtCo. added this to Science, Technology, and MathAnteater Pangolin Factsthoughtco.com - Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. The pangolin is an unusual-looking mammal that is covered with scales instead of fur. The scales are made of keratin, the same protein found in hair …
Daily News and Analysisadded this to NewsIndia News Trafficking menaces high in Thane & Navi MumbaiDNA India - Virat A Singh Is Thane and Navi Mumbai becoming Pangolin trafficking hub? Wildlife experts seem to believe so given the fact that since February 2018, six live …
Marianne Triceadded this to Cut In The ChaseAnteater Why This Unexpected Animal Is The World's Most Traffickedndtv.com - NDTV Offbeat Desk Pangolins are traded for their scales, which are used in traditional medicines Wildlife trafficking is the world's second largest black market, and …
China New pangolin laws bite as mainland Chinese man sentenced to 20 months for trafficking 48kg of scales in...scmp.com - Karen Zhang Case believed to be Hong Kong’s first since the scaly mammals were upgraded to highest level of animal protection – bringing tougher punishment.
Daily News and Analysisadded this to NewsIndia News Rescued from poachers, mom & baby pangolin taste freedomDNA India - Virat A Singh It was an emotional moment and a major sense of relief for several forest officials on Sunday, watching a few months old baby pangolin holding on …
CNNNature Is nature over? Maybe - CNNCNN(CNN) — I know you care. You want your children to live in a world that supports wild elephants, giraffes, rhinos, bees, pangolins ... and, of course, human life, too. I also trust that you've heard some
News (China) Foundation says raising awareness a matter of urgencyglobaltimes.cn - By Cao Siqi Africa Knight (masked) with two Beijing primary school students holding up two posters calling for the protection of wildlife at the office of the …
The Jakarta Postadded this to Indonesian NewsNorth Sumatra Chinese nationals arrested for alleged pangolin scale smugglingthejakartapost.com - The Jakarta Post Customs and Excise personnel in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, arrested two Chinese citizens for attempting to smuggle the scales of 44 pangolins …
Professor Futon Spooninadded this to These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsBiological Species How machine learning can help fight illegal wildlife trade on social mediatheconversation.com - Enrico Di Minin and Christoph Fink The illegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. Demand for species and wildlife products, like rhino horn, elephant ivory …
Social Media Africa: How Machine Learning Can Help Fight Illegal Wildlife Trade On Social Mediaallafrica.com - By Enrico Di Minin and Christoph Fink Wildlife poaching in Africa. analysis The illegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. Demand for species and wildlife …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAnteater Do the Harmless Pangolins Have to Become Extinct?counterpunch.org - Arshad Khan The pangolin is a timid little creature going about its nocturnal ways, slurping up ants and termites with a tongue longer than its body. It has no …
News (Hong Kong) Record Pangolin Seizures in Asia Highlight Risk to Obscure Creaturerfa.org - www.rfa.org Huge seizures in recent years of trafficked pangolins have drawn worldwide attention to the threat of extinction faced by these armadillo-like …
News (China) Technology stops endangered plant, animal smuggling in Chinachinadaily.com.cn - 陈子琰 CHENGDU - Customs of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, said that high-tech equipment has significantly helped stop wildlife …
Passionfish12added this to WHERE THE WILD THINGS AREAnteaterPangolins are the most trafficked animal in the world and are now at risk of extinction after a record haul of 26 tons ofdailymail.co.uk - Victoria Bell Singapore has seized a record haul of pangolin scales worth $77 million in what officials say is an indication that the shy anteater is on the brink …
A Current Affairadded this to Current Affairs and Trending EventsAnteater Huge seizures of pangolin scales highlight extinction threatQuartz - Hanna KozlowskaIn two hauls just several days apart this month, Singapore seized 28 tons (25.6 metric tons) of pangolin scales from traffickers. That’s more than authorities around the world intercept in a year, suggesting
Bloombergadded this to BloombergEconomics Most Trafficked Mammal at Risk of Extinction, Record Haul ShowsBloomberg - Saket Sundria Singapore seized its biggest-ever haul of pangolin scales in a sign that the endangered animal is being hunted to the brink of extinction. About 26 …
CNNadded this to Top StoriesAnteater Record haul of pangolin scales highlights Chinese and Vietnamese demand for endangered speciesCNN - By Euan McKirdy, CNN(CNN) — The second major seizure of pangolin scales in Singapore in under a week has highlighted the plight of one of the world's most trafficked animals, a shy and secretive beast whose meat, blood and
KCLadded this to Political ProgressiveAnteater Scales from 38,000 endangered pangolins found in SingaporeThe Washington Post - By Associated PressSingapore has seized more than 28 tons of pangolin scales belonging to around 38,000 of the endangered mammals over the past week, a global record that spurred calls for more protection for pangolins,
The Telegraphadded this to All StoriesAnteater Second major haul of pangolin scales raises extinction fearsThe Telegraph - By Nicola SmithSingapore has made a second massive seizure of trafficked pangolin scales less than a week after 12.7 tonnes of the illegal animal parts were found in a container labelled as cassia seeds. The shipment,
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