BREAKING NEWS: illegal wildlife trade
1. TORTOISES:
Wildlife authorities seized over 1,000 tortoises in two separate seizures and arrested four Indian nationals: 1,011 Star Tortoises and 23 Indian Roofed Turtles from a house in Petaling Jaya, and 36 Black Pond Turtles in four suitcases from a budget hotel room in Kuala Lumpur. Don't buy these as pets!!! It's a crime. Many don't survive the journey.
2. BIRDS:
Thailand: Persistent illegal bird trade highlighted at notorious Bangkok market.. More than one thousand birds were found for sale in Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak Weekend Market over a two-day period, many of them legally protected and internationally threatened, according to a new paper published in BirdingASIA, the bulletin of the Oriental Bird Club.
TRAFFIC researchers counted 1,271 birds of 117 species in 45 shops or stalls during a survey on 28th and 29th March, 2015.
Of the total, nine species are listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List and eight species as Near Threatened. More than half the species were native to Thailand, the majority of them considered to be wild caught and thus protected by national legislation—which should prevent their capture and trade.
Among them was the native and nationally protected Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus, a popular competition songbird in Thailand and the second most numerous species recorded in the inventory.
Many birds in the market appeared to be in poor condition with some, particularly owls, on the verge of unconsciousness, suggesting a high level of mortality.
Although the numbers of birds recorded were lower than those found during surveys at Chatuchak in the late 1960s and 1980s, the open illegal trade at the market highlights the essential need for regular and effective enforcement, especially for native protected species, say the paper’s authors.
Read in full at http://www.traffic.org/home/2016/7/28/persistent-illegal-bird-trade-highlighted-at-notorious-bangk.HTML
Info: United for wildlife
Wildlife authorities seized over 1,000 tortoises in two separate seizures and arrested four Indian nationals: 1,011 Star Tortoises and 23 Indian Roofed Turtles from a house in Petaling Jaya, and 36 Black Pond Turtles in four suitcases from a budget hotel room in Kuala Lumpur. Don't buy these as pets!!! It's a crime. Many don't survive the journey.
2. BIRDS:
Thailand: Persistent illegal bird trade highlighted at notorious Bangkok market.. More than one thousand birds were found for sale in Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak Weekend Market over a two-day period, many of them legally protected and internationally threatened, according to a new paper published in BirdingASIA, the bulletin of the Oriental Bird Club.
TRAFFIC researchers counted 1,271 birds of 117 species in 45 shops or stalls during a survey on 28th and 29th March, 2015.
Of the total, nine species are listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List and eight species as Near Threatened. More than half the species were native to Thailand, the majority of them considered to be wild caught and thus protected by national legislation—which should prevent their capture and trade.
Among them was the native and nationally protected Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus, a popular competition songbird in Thailand and the second most numerous species recorded in the inventory.
Many birds in the market appeared to be in poor condition with some, particularly owls, on the verge of unconsciousness, suggesting a high level of mortality.
Although the numbers of birds recorded were lower than those found during surveys at Chatuchak in the late 1960s and 1980s, the open illegal trade at the market highlights the essential need for regular and effective enforcement, especially for native protected species, say the paper’s authors.
Read in full at http://www.traffic.org/home/2016/7/28/persistent-illegal-bird-trade-highlighted-at-notorious-bangk.HTML
Info: United for wildlife
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