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Poacher sentenced to five years for trafficking

August 22, 2022

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a man to more than five years in prison for poaching more than 100 elephants and more than 35 rhinoceros in Africa. Moazu Kromah, 49, a citizen of Liberia …

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Investigation exposes inner workings of illegal wildlife trade

October 5, 2021

An investigation into wildlife trafficking between Mexico and the United States not only put a smuggler behind bars. It also exposed the inner workings of the illegal cross-border wildlife trade. The U.S. Justice Department announced …

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Do journals lead traffickers to newly-described reptiles?

June 10, 2021

When a newly-identified reptile is described in scientific literature, it’s not just exciting for biologists. It also catches the eyes of wildlife traffickers, who comb journals for their descriptions and locations. Within months of appearing …

Conservation News

‘American Rescue Plan’ includes funding for wildlife

March 24, 2021

The American Rescue Plan, $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is providing funding to address wildlife disease issues. The lengthy bill allocates a total of $105 million to the …

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TWS2020: Tracking pangolins to improve conservation

October 14, 2020

Researchers are honing wildlife tracking methods to detect pangolins, the world’s most trafficked animals, in an effort to better inform their conservation in Central and West Africa. “There are many recent efforts to try to …

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WSB: China’s new wildlife shows imperfect progress

October 10, 2019

Despite some shortcomings, China’s recent Wildlife Protection Law provides a step in the right direction toward protecting species commonly poached for wildlife products, according to a recent analysis. Critics complain the law focuses only on …

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Pennsylvania turtle trafficker gets 6-month sentence

October 9, 2019

A Pennsylvania man has received a six-month prison sentence for illegally trafficking diamondback terrapin turtles (Malaclemys terrapin). David Sommers, a 64-year-old man from Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, told a federal court that he …

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JWM: Returning captive yellow cardinals to the wild

August 21, 2019

Twenty-six yellow cardinals in Argentina had come a long way on their path to liberation. Most of the endangered birds were confiscated from poachers or pet owners from various parts of the country, and until …

Conservation News

Researchers reveal higher historic tortoiseshell trade numbers

April 10, 2019

Historic trade of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) may have caused declines nearly six times greater than previously thought, according to new research. The researchers said the historical global trade patterns that they …

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Putting a price on wildlife helps locals conserve them

April 12, 2018

In the last decade, an innovative community-based ecotourism strategy has attracted attention in Laos for saving wildlife and supplementing local people’s incomes. Researchers found that paying villagers for tourists’ wildlife sightings decreases illegal hunting and …

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