Interpol working group on Wildlife Crime report January 2009
1. Gorilla Ranger Killed in Congo, 2. Armed Poacher Gunned Down in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park, 3. Forest pellets fell poacher - 2 smugglers arrested, 4. Dramatic increase in rhino-poaching, 5. 2,300 lizards escape Malaysia cooking pot threat, 6. Rhino poachers in court, 7. Poaching syndicate: probe into KZN links, 8. Chinese found with rhino horns, 9. Three charged with illegal possession of ivory, 10. Botswana: Dying Buffalo Takes Down Its Killer, 11. Killed Duma Envoy Accused of Poaching, 12. Wildlife poaching, 13. trafficking on the rise, 14. Two warehouses of wildlife bones discovered in Hanoi, Read entire document.
Interpol Working group on Wildlife Crime report February 2009:
1. Global CITES operation nets over 4500 endangered species in one day, 2. Forest conservation now turning deadly, 3. Shahtoosh shawls worth crores seized; cases registered, 4. Five leopard skins seized; two arrested, 5. Zimbabwe: Parks Operations Hindered, 6. What does environmental crime have in common with organized crime?, 7. Rising ivory demand threatens Asia elephants –study, 8. Thailand seizes 270 pangolins, 9. 11-member task force to curb lion poaching, 10. Chinese national arrested with ivory at JKIA, Read entire document.
Interpol Working group on Wildlife Crime report March 2009:
1. Unprecedented Brazilian operation supported by INTERPOL breaks up
wildlife smuggling network, 2. Man who put Anson Wong behind bars, 3. Endangered reptiles saved by Customs and Border Protection, 4. Zambia: Two Cops Nabbed Over K1 Billion Ivory, 5. Tigers get a stimulus plan, 6. Three Czechs arrested in Guiana over alleged animal smuggling, 7. Undercover pinch puts bite on illegal rattlesnake sales, 8. German Customs seize 164 tarantulas, 9. Five years imprisonment for 17 people in lion poaching case, 10. Navy Seizes Thousands of Endangered Turtle Eggs in Colombia, Read entire document.
