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Animal Planet: Rescued Elephant Orphan Adopted by New Herd
08/22/2012 GUEST POST ALERT:Today’s guest post comes from Wildlife expert Laurel A. Neme, Ph.D., author of Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species and a regular contributor to Mongabay.com, where she broke the story on recent poaching of Chad’s elephants. Learn more about Laurel at LaurelNeme.com. Toto Finds a…
Read MoreUpdate on the Chad elephant poaching situation
Update on the Chad elephant situation: On August 15, Chad’s High Administrative Authority informed Stephanie Vergniault, president of the wildlife organization SOS Elephants, that the Chadian army seized 30 tusks from the recent Chari –Baguirmi poaching. With the army in pursuit, the poachers tried to cross the river with them but ultimately abandoned the…
Read MoreDespite more wildlife law enforcement, Asian wildlife traffickers continue their illegal trade
A 10-fold increase in wildlife law enforcement actions has been reported in the past six years in Southeast Asia, yet many wildlife trafficking “kingpins” continue to capitalize on the persistent corruption in the area and avoid arrest. This AP article posted in several spots, including Bloomberg BusinessWeek News, looks at the “Untouchables: Asia’s biggest wildlife…
Read MoreSumatran rhinos survive in northern Sumatra
Another piece of good news – this time related to the Sumatran rhino and reported on Mongabay.com. Using remote camera traps, wildlife rangers confirm the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) still inhabits the Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra, making that forest the only place on the Earth where Sumatran tigers, orangutans, elephants, and rhinos survive in…
Read MoreNew wildlife forensics lab to be commissioned in Kenya to fight wildlife poaching and crime.
Great news! On Monday (13 August, 2012) the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) will commission the construction of $700,000 wildlife forensic and genetics laboratory at its headquarters in Nairobi. This new lab will be able to provide legal evidence necessary in courts to convict suspects for wildlife crimes. It will help not only to link…
Read MoreWWF Ousts Spain’s King Juan Carlos after controversial elephant hunt
Spain’s King Juan Carlos Ousted from WWF for Elephant Hunt Debacle (via Annamiticus) King Juan Carlos has been removed from his post as honorary president of WWF-Spain, following his controversial elephant hunt in Botswana. In April 2012, news surfaced about the King’s lavish trip with Rann Safaris in Botswana, where he killed an elephant. Although the controversial…
Read MorePositive News on Mexico’s Parrot Trade
Mexico’s illegal parrot trade has declined due to a number of innovative studies and policies. My article on this positive turn of events was just published in The Wildlife Professional.
Read MoreThe Wildlife Professional: Protecting Mexico’s Feathered Treasures
Mongabay.com: The dark side of new species discovery
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com December 21, 2011 This interview originally aired on March 14, 2011. It was transcribed by Kirstin Fagan. Part 1 of this interviewScientists and the public usually rejoice when a new species is discovered. But biologist Bryan Stuart has learned the hard way that the discovery of new species, especially when that…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Herpetology curator: behind-the-scenes of ‘new species’ discoveries
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com December 18, 2011 This interview originally aired on March 14, 2011. It was transcribed by Kirstin Fagan. Part 2 of this interview Bryan Stuart’s mission as a curator of amphibians and reptiles at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is to understand the diversity of life on…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Seahorses Under Stress
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com November 21, 2011 This interview originally aired on January 17, 2011. It was transcribed by Dustin Circe. With about 25 million seahorses sold each year, global consumption of seahorses is massive. They’re used in traditional Asian medicine and also sold as curios and aquarium pets. Over the last decade, overexploitation and habitat…
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