in the spotlight today ……………………

Controversy over Malta's bird slaughter   extract: Karmenu Vella has unusual credentials for a man selected to be the next European commissioner for the environment. The 64-year-old politician is a long-serving member of Malta's Labour government, which is accused of direct involvement in the widespread slaughter of birdlife on the island – including many endangered species.  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/27/birds-slaughter-malta-karmenu-vella-europe-environment-commissioner         

 

No 222 Wildlife Trade News 28th September 2014

 

Why won’t Perhilitan help Katarina?  (Malaysia)

 

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/09/28/why-wont-perhilitan-help-katarina/  

 

Why Wildlife Trafficking Is a Human Problem of Global Concern

Forest Protection Department authorities examine confiscated wildlife products. CREDIT: © WCS Vietnam. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-lieberman-phd/why-wildlife-trafficking-_b_5892664.html

 

A billboard in Hanoi, Vietnam, reads: ‘Rhino horns are just like buffalo horns, human hair and nail. Do not waste your money,’ to mark the World Rhino Day on 22 September. This year’s theme was ‘Five rhino species forever.’ Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/sep/26/the-week-in-wildlife-pictures

 An orangutan mother and her baby in their concrete enclosure at the Pata Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. The zoo is on the sixth and seventh floors of the Pata Department Store, with cramped, inadequate facilities. A recent campaign to free Bua Noi, the zoo’s only gorilla, received over 35,000 signatures. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Getty Images http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/sep/26/the-week-in-wildlife-pictures

73 districts are tiger poaching hotspots, finds study http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/73-districts-are-tiger-poaching-hotspots-finds-study/articleshow/43572930.cms

Pangolin scale seizure second-biggest haul (India) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Pangolin-scale-seizure-second-biggest-haul/articleshow/43568657.cms

Ministry takes emergency measures to protect wild Asian elephants (Vietnam) http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/112625/ministry-takes-emergency-measures-to-protect-wild-asian-elephants.html

The life and death of a forest activist  (Cambodia) http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/life-and-death-forest-activist

Tigers go missing from Telangana, AP sanctuaries http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Tigers-go-missing-from-Telangana-AP-sanctuaries/articleshow/43567900.cms

Illegal traders of dugong, turtle meat targeted with $5m poaching crackdown  (Australia) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-27/crackdown-on-turtle-and-dugong-poachers/5773592

Poaching shames Africa  http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=1910&pLv=3&srI=79&spI=454&cI=10

Is mankind turning turtle? (Sabah/Malaysia)

Hawksbill Turtle  http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/09/28/is-mankind-turning-turtle/  

British volunteer working to save orangutans dies days after catching dengue fever http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-volunteer-working-save-orangutans-4336548#ixzz3EaIT1Cvf   

How can we stop the persecution of birds of prey? (UK) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/stop-persecution-of-birds-of-prey

190 illicit loggers arrested in Ubol Ratchathani (Thailand) http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5709280010003

Animal-loving celebrities turn to adoption  (India) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/pets/Animal-loving-celebrities-turn-to-adoption/articleshow/43704404.cms

Tanzania refuses to sign environment protocol http://www.eturbonews.com/50831/tanzania-refuses-sign-environment-protocol

Recreational hunters are wantonly slaughtering our wildlife with high-powered rifles (Guyana) http://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/opinion/letters/09/28/recreational-hunters-wantonly-slaughtering-wildlife-high-powered-rifles/