09 Jul 2013   Posted by NWCU4

“The aim of the Poaching Priority Delivery Group – Scotland is to increase the level of awareness of poaching and hare coursing as serious wildlife crimes and to build better trust and relationships between the law enforcement agencies and local communities, leading to increased prevention activity, intelligence flows and enforcement success. The CLA is well […]

 04 Jul 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“Conservation groups fear plan could increase demand in markets such as Vietnam and enrich black-marketeers Environment minister Edna Molewa told reporters that South Africa, home to 73% of the world’s rhinos, would seek permission for the sale at the next major meeting of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, in 2016. “South […]

 04 Jul 2013   Posted by NWCU2

“The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has said its members have the knowledge to boost efforts to conserve golden eagles. The association acknowledged persecution was an issue and it had recently expelled four members for wildlife offences. But it said conservation work by many grouse managers was being “overlooked”. It said a survey of keeper-managed moors […]

 03 Jul 2013   Posted by NWCU4

“In a bird market in the Mediterranean tourist town of Marsa Matruh, Egypt, I was inspecting cages crowded with wild turtledoves and quail when one of the birdsellers saw the disapproval in my face and called out sarcastically, in Arabic: “You Americans feel bad about the birds, but you don’t feel bad about dropping bombs […]

 03 Jul 2013   Posted by NWCU4

“Measuring the age of carbon that came from nuclear weapons tests in the 20th century could help conservationists detect illegal ivory and pinpoint poaching hotspots, according to new research. Despite the 1989 ban on the ivory trade, the illegal poaching and slaughter of elephants is still rife in many areas of Africa, leading Barack Obama […]