As a critical indicator of the health of the world’s #biodiversity , the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a powerful tool to inform and catalyse action for biodiversity conservation and policy change.

In this special article by Dr Chris R Shepherd for The Fur-Bearers, find out what you don't know about the #wildlifetrade in #Canada : buff.ly/3QXaiS1

Costa Rican Authorities Nab Local for Trafficking Exotic Wildlife Including Emus and Turtles - costaricantimes.com/costa-rican-au…

TAIWAN | Customs bust woman (repeat offender) who taped 87 trafficked animals to body from Bangkok #wildlifecrime #wildlifetrafficking #illegalwildlifetrade newsweek.com/taiwan-airport…

Four charged with smuggling 113 #birds captured in the Dominican Republic, in cages on US-bound ship when they saw authorities coming after them — and got rid of the evidence by hurling them into the water while still in cages, killing them.

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SRI LANKA | Two Italians arrested for alleged smuggling of endemic species from Yala National Park hirunews.lk/english/369440…

TURKIYE | Police detain director of the American Museum of Natural History attempting to smuggle 1500 tarantulas, scorpions, spiders from Istanbul to the US American Museum of Natural History cbsnews.com/news/spider-sc…

AUSTRALIA | Malaysian man charged over alleged attempt to smuggle native lizards out of Australia 9news.com.au/national/teena…

Philippines | Softshell #turtles , tarantulas seized in separate entrapment ops tribune.net.ph/2024/05/03/sof…

Commemorating #InternationalLeopardDay with this throwback to our past study into the exploitation of Javan #leopards & Sunda #cloudedleopards in Indonesia.

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THAILAND | Arrest of 7 for trafficking >1000 tortoises (incl. radiated tortoises) + 48 lemurs from Madagascar➡️Aceh (Sumatra, Indonesia)➡️Satun province (Thailand)➡️Bangkok ➡️Hong Kong, Taiwan & South Korea, etc. Details of multi-country trafficking . khaosodenglish.com/news/2024/05/0…

'Online marketplaces and social media have made the problem worse. Nowadays, it’s significantly easier for consumers to get wild animals on the black market, many of which arrive from outside the country through U.S. ports of entry.' newsnationnow.com/crime/border-e…

Luxury handbag designer jailed for wildlife smuggling, making merchandise out of protected species. The smuggled bags were made of protected caiman and python species. abcnews.go.com/US/luxury-hand…

CANADA | Two years after border officials discovered live #turtle s , #turtle eggs & equipment to breed turtles in packages marked as 'children's building blocks,' a Calgary man fined $35,000 for illegal importation & sale of the specimens.
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Monitor Exec. Dir. Chris R Shepherd was at the Caprinae Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) mid-year meeting at La Citadelle de Besançon Zoo in France recently presenting on the illegal trade in #serow . #EAZA

Who Smuggles Exotic Animals to India via Assam? 'When asked about the possibility of the smugglers engineering their own capture as part of a larger scheme, the senior police officer acknowledged that it couldn’t be ruled out.' pratidintime.com/watch-tower/wh…

INDONESIA | Long-term monitoring of live #civet trade in wildlife markets (120 surveys, 2010–2023) finds 2289 civets of 6 species. Despite trade being illegal, new paper shows how stable the trade has been over time. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

INDIA | 396 #turtles seized, 2 arrested on train, incl. 151 Indian-roofed turtles (Pangshura tecta) & 220 Indian tent turtles (Pangshura tentoria).
deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/d… #wildlifecrime #illegalwildlifetrade

INDIA | Four cockatoos smuggled from Malaysia seized at Chennai airport. 2 arrested. Cockatoos are not native to Malaysia. toi.in/vtRhYZ3/a24gk via The Times Of India

Sri Lankan Business Couple Arrested for Smuggling 88 Live Animals from Thailand #wildlifecrime #illegalwildlifetrade lankasara.com/news/sri-lanka…