1. THREAD: Dear world, I want to say a few words about what happened in #HongKong yesterday.

Great South China Morning Post story about #pangolins and their unsustainable usage in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Our new survey clearly shows Hong Kong public backs getting rid of ALL endangered species from #TCM. Let’s do it! scmp.com/lifestyle/heal… Survey: wildaid.org.hk/sites/default/…

Voting CITES CoP18 - 71% in favour of listing Mako #sharks on CITES Appendix II !!

A good day for marine species #guitarfishes listed on appendix II - 78% in favour #sharks #CIRES4Sharks CITES CoP18

A busy morning at CoP18 Geneva. Encouraging result just came in, Mako Shark just got accepted to list under Appendix II.

Salute #STROOPfilm. It is indeed war n time is running out but don’t give up. Since my time in court monitoring I’ve seen mindset change in the HK Judiciary. They now recognize wildlife crime cause irreversible damage to the environment n leads to species extinctions. Penalties⬆️

Thank you Bonné de Bod Susan Scott for your courage to make #STROOPfilm!👏🏻👏🏻 Gripping, gruelling and ultimately heartbreaking that humans can be so cruel. Axel Tarifa Rosana Ng Dr Trang Nguyen OSCAP keeps shining light on this war and how we can help. 🦏 #SaveTheRhino

Thank you. We are all lights for our non human friends. Humans don’t own this planet.

Hong Kong Police held US journalist Suzanne Sataline against her will, beaten, detained but not arrested.

Who’s doing the vandalism?

One of the event’s organisers says there’s a Japanese saying that folding 1,000 cranes will see your wish come true. Looks like a lot more than a thousand origami cranes at the moment. #HongKongProtests

BREAKING: Minutes ago, both the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the PROTECT Hong Kong Act passed the House of Representatives. It was especially moving to hear Nancy Pelosi‘s speech on her work and support over the decades. Onward to the Senate now!

#HKPoliceTerrorists just point-blank pepper-sprayed a bystander who was asking where the police’s cordon line was. #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #halloween2019 #LanKwaiFong

Today I’m introducing new legislation to impose Global Magnitsky sanctions on Beijing officials & their collaborators who seek to repress Hong Kong. The situation there is urgent. Proud to be joined by Rick Scott & Senator John Cornyn #StandWithHongKong nationalreview.com/news/hawley-to…

Make your voice heard

Wet market reopened in China with frightened dogs, cats and bats in dirty cages, while tens of thousands of people dying due a virus which originated from these market. This is not ok. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

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