End Wildlife Crime End Wildlife Crime is a global initiative which aims to address challenges in crimes relating to wildlife trade by driving legislation for wildlife conservation.

Organisations: deadline today to sign an Open Letter to the EU calling for support of a UNTOC protocol on environmental crime and wildlife trafficking . Via @EndWildlifeCrime @JohnScanlonAO @IUCN
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#EndWildlifeCrime #UNTOC #BiodiversityLoss #WildlifeTrafficking

Singapore Issues Guide to Tackle Wildlife Trafficking at Sea #WildlifeTrafficking
#MaritimeSecurity
#SingaporeShipping

Stable #isotopes (C, N, H, O) can distinguish wild vs. captive #songbirds in #Brazil and reveal wildlife laundering - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #wildlifetrafficking #wildlifetrade @wileyecology.bsky.social Resumo também em #português

Australian authorities have seized more than 100 live native reptiles hidden inside popcorn bags, biscuit tins and handbags during a major international wildlife smuggling operation.

#Australia #WildlifeTrafficking #IllegalTrade #Reptiles #EnvironmentalCrime

U.S., Indonesian Partners Target Wildlife Trafficking and Monkey Torture Last month, U.S. federal authorities and Indonesian environmental organizations convened a workshop designed to equip Indonesian officials with the tools to tackle illegal timber and wildlife traffick...

U.S., Indonesian Partners Target #WildlifeTrafficking and Monkey Torture 💔

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🚨 Critically endangered but not beyond help.
With growing population decline, saving these creatures is a race against time.

The decline of pangolins is a stark reminder of the impacts of #WildlifeTrafficking and habitat destruction.
We must act now to reverse this trend and ensure their survival.

These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the world Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals globally, with over half a million seized between 2016-202...

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals globally, with over half a million seized between 2016-2024. Driven by demand for their scales, all 8 species face extinction risk. (Source: AP News) #WildlifeTrafficking #News

Committee considers raising penalties for trafficking covered species, directing funds to UW forensic center Senate Bill 6233 would increase criminal wildlife penalty assessments for trafficking covered species (initiative 1401): second-degree penalties from $2,000 to $4,000 and first-degree penalties from $4,000 to $8,000; the bill would direct 50% of penalty revenues to the University of Washington Center for Environmental Forensic Science.

Senate Bill 6233 aims to double the penalties for wildlife trafficking while directing half of the funds to support groundbreaking forensic science at the University of Washington.

Learn more here!

#WA #EnvironmentalProtection #ForensicScience #WildlifeTrafficking #CitizenPortal

Natural Resources Committee examines Game and Parks bill expanding fees, investigative tools and penalties for wildlife trafficking LB979 would update Nebraska Game Law to clarify abatement work, allow modest fees for education programs, expand investigative-cash-fund uses (including technology or undercover vehicles), adjust fee caps, and create a felony for large-scale wildlife commercialization (threshold cited at $10,000 aggregate over three years). Senators sought more legal analysis on the felony provision and questioned fee impacts.

Nebraska's Game and Parks bill is set to modernize wildlife laws, introduce new fees, and impose serious penalties for illegal wildlife trafficking—could this be a game changer for conservation?

Click to read more!

#NE #EducationPrograms #ConservationLaw #WildlifeTrafficking #CitizenPortal

I Recommend Watching This Hearing on Wildlife Trafficking I watched this frightening hearing today. There is very little enforcement against wildlife trafficking. There is great risk of deadly diseases jumping from wildlife to humans or to livestock. You …

#wildlifetrafficking #zoonoticdiseases
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Open doors: Official complicity in cross-border rhino horn poaching and smuggling - Oxpeckers An Oxpeckers reporter speaks to syndicate insiders about the role of corrupt law enforcement officials enabling cross-border illegal trade in rhino horns Casual exchange or calculated complicity? A…

HOLIDAY READ: Insiders reveal official complicity in rhino horn smuggling

Corrupt law enforcement are the "open doors" for cross-border wildlife crime syndicates ➡️ bit.ly/4iyTtbM

#Rhinos #WildlifeTrafficking #Exposed

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Monkeys #MonkeyTorture #Wildlife #AnimalCruelty #Crime #AnimalWelfare #Primates #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw #CITES #WildlifeTrafficking

Erion, a 3-year-old lion, looks out from his enclosure in this photo, released December 16, before being transported to Germany from Albania, where he was kept illegally. Four Paws/AP

Flora, a 2-year-old bear, stands in her enclosure in Albania in this photo released on December 16. Four Paws/AP

In this photo, released on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 by Four Paws, veterinarians prepare Erion, a three-year-old lion for its transportation from Tirana to Germany after its illegal keeping in Albania. Four Paws/AP

Lion and bear kept as pets in Albania find new homes in German wildlife sanctuaries

#Albania #AnimalWelfare #Lions #Bears #Wildlife #WildlifeTrafficking #Animals #Germany #AnimalRescue #AnimalRights #Animals #CITES #AnimalLaw #Crime

@fourpawsint.bsky.social

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Interpol-led global wildlife sting makes record seizures of animals, plants, timber - Sight Magazine Law enforcement fom 134 countries seized a record number of illegally traded live animals between September and October, Interpol said.

Interpol-led global wildlife sting makes record seizures of animals, plants, timber @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Interpol #wildlifetrafficking #illegaltimber #illegalplanttrade #OperationThunder2025

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Today is a chance to recognise the pressures animals face and to support conservation efforts that protect them in the wild. 🐢

#InternationalAnimalRightsDay #Reptiles #Tortoises #WildlifeTrafficking #Conservation #Biodiversity

#CITES #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeTrafficking #IUCN #Wildlife #Cambodia #Thailand #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #Nature #AnimalCruelty #Macaques #Monkeys #Animals #Education #Travel #Crime

9 tigers seized every month as global trafficking crisis decimates big cat populations, report says Report: 9 tigers seized monthly (2020-2025) due to trafficking. Wild tiger population down to 3,700-...

Report: 9 tigers seized monthly (2020-2025) due to trafficking. Wild tiger population down to 3,700-5,500. Seizures rising in India, China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. #WildlifeTrafficking #News

10,000 shark fins worth over $11M seized in major wildlife trafficking bust in Peru

🦈➡️🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪📦💰💰💰💰💰💰🚨👮♂️✋🇵🇪 #WildlifeTrafficking #SharkFins

Thai Rangers Rescue 143 Monkeys Near Cambodian Border in Linked Busts A day of raids near the Cambodian borderThai rangers and police rescued 143 long tailed macaques and arrested two men...

Thai Rangers Rescue 143 Monkeys Near Cambodian Border in Linked Busts #WildlifeTrafficking #Thailand #WildlifeRescue

At-risk mountain vipers and iguanas, in rare company at key wildlife talks Renewed efforts to protect the world’s most exotic and endangered animals and plants from illegal traders, overexploitation and extinction are set to begin at UN-partnered biodiversity talks in Uzbeki...

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The final proposals slated for discussion in the Uzbek city of Samarkand include a range of perennially endangered wildlife such as elephants and rhinos, and what must surely be the latest CITES pin-up candidate, the Golden-bellied mangabey monkey.
#WildlifeTrafficking

The world’s smallest turtle in Mexico is under severe threat due to trafficking and habitat loss, demanding immediate conservation efforts. 🐢🌿 Link: https://tinyurl.com/24tx7m5k #TurtleConservation #WildlifeTrafficking #HabitatLoss

81 monkeys and meth found in car driven by suspected wildlife smugglers, rangers in Thailand say A patrol stopped the vehicle near Thailand's border with Cambodia, and troops found 81 macaques stuffed into blue net bags.

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6/11
Eel trafficking to Asia = MASSIVE profits.
When nearly half the criteria aren’t met, it’s fair to worry these weak certifications provide convenient cover, not protection.
#WildlifeTrafficking
@FTM_eut @CITES
#accountabilityseries

Stop The Illegal Pet Trade Driving Spider Monkey Families To Death | The Animal Rescue Site Spider monkeys are being gunned down in the wild so their babies can be sold online—every purchase fuels more killing, more suffering, and the slow extinction of one of Earth’s most intelligent primat...

Stop The Illegal Pet Trade Driving Spider Monkey Families To Death, please sign/share to help end the #WildlifeTrade #WildlifeTrafficking.
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Macaque in a wood & wire cage.

Help Stop the Import of Endangered Monkeys for Use in Research

#Canada 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #Macaques #Monkeys #SkyTaxi #AnimalCruelty #Wildlife #Cambodia #AnimalTesting #LabAnimals #AnimalResearch #IUCN #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #WildlifeTrafficking

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Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late? Interviews with experts and key players across four countries reveal why efforts to stop the multibillion-euro trafficking industry have failed – and how to save the endangered fish

#WildlifeCrime #WildlifeTrafficking

Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late?

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Shenzhen Customs Nabs Two Women Smuggling 68 African Turtles Under Skirts Shenzhen customs officials reported the arrests on October 27, 2025. The incident underscores ongoing efforts to combat the smuggling of exotic wildlife.

Shenzhen Customs Nabs Two Women Smuggling 68 African Turtles Under Skirts

#Africa #china #ShenzhenCustoms #turtlesmuggling #wildlifetrafficking

EU lawmakers plead UN body to go hard on wildlife trafficking by 2030 More data, better traceability schemes and stepping up enforcement are some of the measures backed by lawmakers to tackle wildlife trafficking ahead of the UN convention in Uzbekistan.

About time!

#wildlifetrafficking
#eu
#unitednations
#uzbekistan

Via Euronews: EU lawmakers plead UN body to go hard on wildlife trafficking by 2030
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Dog at a gate, facing a rhino credit – Dogs4Wildlife

The APU at Imire Conservancy, Zimbabwe – credit, Dogs4Wildlife

Meet the Welsh Puppies Stopping Wildlife Poachers in #Africa

#WorkingDogs #Dogs #Wildlife #Poaching #WildlifeTrafficking #Dogs4Wildlife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #WildlifeReserves #EndangeredSpecies #AnimalWelfare #Conservation #AnimalRights

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