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Governments confront Internet animal trade
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 1:27 pm | CITES
(The Hague, Netherlands – 9 June 2007) - Measures to halt the rise in illegal wildlife trade via the Internet were overwhelmingly adopted today by Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The ... More >>
Arrests made in record Japan ivory haul
Saturday, 10 February 2007, 1:05 pm | CITES
Arrests have been made in the record-breaking elephant ivory seizure case of this past August in Osaka, Japan. The confiscated ivory totalled nearly three tons, costing the lives of hundreds of endangered African elephants. Two suspects have just been ... More >>