CITES ignores the Cheetah: Trafficking out of control “at #CITESCOP18 last August, consumer countries in the Gulf States denied evidence of trafficked cheetahs, and those cheetah range states who called for more action to combat the trade were ignored” –...
International Calls for Iran to Release Conservationists “Nowhere in the world, including Iran, should conservation be equated to spying or regarded as a crime,” said UN human rights experts in February 2018. “Detention of human rights defenders for their work is...
Californian Poaches Leopard in South Africa 38 year old Californian real estate agent, Adam Thatcher Lawrence, of Willits in Mendocino County pled guilty to illegally hunting and killing a protected leopard in South Africa in 2011. He then secretly trafficked the...
Thank you, Dame Daphne Sheldrick Great sadness from The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust with the news that founder Dame Daphne Sheldrick has passed away. In 2013, I saw a poached elephant in the North of Kenya with my own eyes. Upon returning to Nairobi, I took a day...
The Asiatic Cheetah: A Call to Reinstate Funding With estimated numbers around just 50 in the wild, the Asiatic Cheetah is on the brink which begs the question of why funding would be pulled at such a critical moment for the species. Because heavy-handed sanctions...
Whitley Fund for Nature: The Green Oscars There is a prestigious environmental award that has been in existence for over 20 years. While under the radar the Whitley Fund for Nature has quietly grown from £15,000 in 1994 to £1.1 million in 2015 in annual awards. Known...
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