#wildlife trafficking

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

what happens to confiscated animal parts?

There’s a warehouse that the US Fish and Wildlife runs in Colorado to hold illegally trafficked wildlife parts. Some of it ends up there, as teaching tool and as storage. The link to a story about it is here, but I’m not going to embed the photos because it’s a ton of taxidermy and dead animals I think folk might find distressing. I’ve been there on a tour and it’s... a lot. Even as someone who generally doesn’t find taxidermy upsetting, the sheer number of dead exotic animals and their parts is overwhelming. Rows and rows of taxidermied big cats; whole shelving units crammed full of elephant tusks.  

Some confiscated items get lent out to educational facilities like zoos and museums that deal with species conservation or wildlife laws, I think others, like ivory, are often destroyed. As the article I linked notes, there’s certainly not enough space in that one Colorado warehouse for all of the confiscated wildlife items. 

[specimentality]

…. YIKES. They claim to be “returning captive bred animals to protected wilderness areas and reserves in their native habitats.” But the page is full of inappropriate wildlife interactions, especially ones that would mess up this goal.

THESE SCREAM “RED FLAG” so loud. Also the irony of her saying “reminder, wild animals belong to the wild” in the caption of her kissing the lemur is insane. If you want to release a lion you shouldn’t be sleeping with it and carrying it like that😭 that’s like wildlife rehab 101

@is-the-primate-vid-cute they have a bunch of primate footage that seems inappropriate but I don’t know enough about nonhuman primates so if y’all have input I’d appreciate it

But UGH it’s frustrating that pages like this that showcase inappropriate wildlife interactions (and definitely encourage the wildlife trade despite their claims that they don’t want to) get so much attention :/

[mudwerks]

(via ‘Tiger King’ star 'Doc' Antle convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia | AP News)

WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — A wild animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has been convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia, the attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was accused of illegally buying endangered lion cubs in Frederick County, Virginia, for display and profit at his South Carolina zoo, Attorney General Jason Miyares said in a news release. A jury convicted Antle on Friday of two felony counts each of wildlife trafficking and conspiring to wildlife traffic.

[arthistoryanimalia]

More #WorldPangolinDay! #DYK there are 8 living pangolin species, 4 in Africa + 4 in Asia? Unfortunately all are currently threatened with extinction - they're the most heavily trafficked mammals in the world.

Ivory box, 19th century Unidentified Edo Artist, Igbesanmwan (Ivory Guild) Nigeria, Edo, Benin City H 6.1 cm x L 16.2 cm x W 10.6 cm Penn Museum collection

"Portuguese soldiers fight beside a tethered pangolin - a hard-shelled animal that represents the strength of the Oba (King) of Benin. This is one of a set of three boxes carved by a single Edo artist. Created for the Oba, it records the history of the Benin before the Kingdom was colonized in 1897."

[ms-cellanies]

ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE MUST BE ENDED.  THIS IS HORRENDOUS.

[hleavesk]

this is the first time i heard about union island and union island gecko. unbelievable wildlife trade. 

(source: bbc news | 26 dec 2022)

They are in fact on a mission to protect one of the world's tiniest species - one so rare it exists in just 50 hectares (123 acres) in a remote corner of one of the smallest islands in the Caribbean.

The Union Island gecko is the size of a paperclip, critically endangered and facing an insidious enemy - poachers.

Following its official discovery in 2005, the unique creature quickly became a coveted curio by collectors enthralled by its gem-like markings, earning it the dubious distinction of the most trafficked reptile in the Eastern Caribbean.

[reportwire]

ICAIE Applauds Global Financial Integrity (GFI) in New Report on China's Role in Transnational Crime and Illicit Trade

ICAIE Applauds Global Financial Integrity (GFI) in New Report on China’s Role in Transnational Crime and Illicit Trade

According to ICAIE, China Inc. has leveraged corruption, illicit markets, and predatory trade and lending practices to become the world’s biggest transnational illicit trade syndicate across global markets, supply chains, and online marketplaces, and to finance its economy and military, enhancing prosperity and anchoring stability for the ruling CCP regime. Press Release – Oct 27,…

[saxafimedianetwork]

Trafficked Cheetah Cubs Flaunted On Instagram

This year 86 #cheetahs will be moved to 800H #conservation area outside #Hargeisa which will be #Somaliland’s 1st #NationalPark & potential source of #tourist #revenue. @CCFCheetah believes #education is key to stemming convincing #Somalilanders to work with authorities against #traffickers.

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[reasonsforhope]

“Amid a global biodiversity crisis, nations have agreed to protect threatened species like sharks, songbirds, glass frogs and tropical timber by regulating their trade.

Over the past two weeks, member states of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, met in Panama for its 19th meeting, CoP19, to discuss matters related to the protection of species. By the meeting’s end on Nov. 25, parties agreed to establish new or revised trade regulations on more than 600 animal and plant species. They also discussed ways to address the ongoing illegal trade of species like jaguars, pangolins and elephants, already protected under CITES.

Experts say one of the most significant developments was the decision to protect requiem sharks, hammerhead sharks and guitarfish on CITES Appendix II, which restricts trade by requiring export permits.

Susan Lieberman, vice president of international policy at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), called this decision a “victory” since these sharks account for about 95% of the global fin trade...

Lieberman said in a closing statement that “good news from CITES is good news for wildlife.” However, she said there is urgency to enforce the new rules, and that WCS will work with governments and partners to help ensure the successful implementation of the regulations.” -via Mongabay, 11/25/22

[blackbackedjackal]

Honestly, I was banking on coyotes staying out of the mainstream as animals that had been mostly spared the exotics craze on social media minus some small groups. Just watching what happened to wolves/wolfdogs and foxes had me so anxious for if and when it started with coyotes. Seeing Weave randomly in my recommendeds for weeks was driving me nuts, but I'm at the point where I want to talk about what all is wrong with the situation because it's really frustrating.

[skoople]

Big agree ant and like... shrimp/hermit crab owners are just happy you don't give them some confused look about what pet they own. Snail owners though are two-faced

theres a like 5'1 guy who comes to my pet store always wearing neon pink or orange shirts like 4 sizes too big for him and he buys a couple worms as a treat for his ant farms and hes got like 6 differents species and he shows me pictures of his setups its badass.

connor has ghost shrimps with his betta.

snail owners are always ready to lie to you due to how illegal most of their cool dogs are.

[grrlscientist]

“CSI, but for parrots.”

Bringing together criminology & conservation, Dr George Olah is creating a forensic genomic toolkit to help authorities to track illegal trade routes

how forensic genomics is helping to stop wildlife trafficking

[eloreenmoon]

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[don-lichterman]

Illegal donkey skin trade is a ‘trojan horse’ for wildlife trafficking, claims charity

Illegal donkey skin trade is a ‘trojan horse’ for wildlife trafficking, claims charity

Vast numbers of donkey skins are being sold illegally on social media sites, a new investigation has revealed. Traders are trading the animal hides on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other online ‘marketplaces’, often breaking national laws to do so, according to the Donkey Sanctuary. The charity estimates that some 4.8 million donkeys are trafficked and killed a year for their skins. Many are…