Wildlife Trade

Lynne Peeples

Still Deadly After Death: 'Bushmeat' Trade May Import Disease

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Infectious Diseases, Africa, Bushmeat, Global Trade, Wildlife Trade, The Infection Loop, Immigration, International Travel, Green News

Thousands of pounds of primate parts, rodents and other dry, smoked or raw animals -- so-called "bushmeat" -- are smuggled into the United States as f...

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Lynne Peeples

Exotic Dangers: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Avian Flu, Infectious Diseases, Contagion Movie, Africa, Wildlife Trade, The Infection Loop, Monkeypox, Outbreak, Exotic Pets, Contagion, Rabies, Green News

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Dr. Anthony Pilny had just fin...

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Crackdown: 'If You Are Trying To Sell Wildlife Online, Beware'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trading, Animals, Indonesia Wildlife Trade, Wild Animals Trade, Online Wildlife Trade, Indonesia, Green News

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian man has been arrested for allegedly using the Internet to sell hundreds of illegal wildlife parts – fro...

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Wildlife Kingpin Jailed

Bryan Christy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malaysia, Anson Wong, Wildlife Trade, PERHILITAN, Green News
Bryan Christy

On Monday, September 6, the world's most notorious wildlife dealer, Anson Wong of Malaysia, was sentenced to prison after a lock on his suitcase containing legally protected snakes broke on an airport conveyor belt.

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Couple Who Runs Pet Shop Ran Endangered Species Trade

The Independent | Amy Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Batty, Illegal Importing, Endangered Species Trade, Get the Bug, Get the Bug Ebay, Wildlife Trade, Endangered Species, Animals, Wildlife Importing, Graham and Norah Pitchforth, Green News

A couple who ran a pet shop turned their hand to illegal trading in the skins and bones of some of the most endangered species in the world. Graham an...

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Madagascar's Illegal Tortoise Trade Is Devastating The Species

Scientific American | John Platt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radiated Tortoise, Turtle Survival Alliance, Tortoise, Wildlife Crime, Madagascar Radiated Tortoise, Tortoise Trade, Madagascar, Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife Trade, Madagascar Tortoise Trade, Endangered Species, Animals, Green News

Armed bands of poachers are illegally collecting Madagascar's radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) by the truckload for the lucrative pet and meat ...

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Pet Trade Empties Southeast Asia's Forests More So Than Global Warming, Habitat Loss

The Guardian | David Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pet Trade Southeast Asia, Biodiversity, International Wildlife Trade, Pet Trade, Wildlife Trade, Empty Forest Syndrome, Animals, Exotic Pets, Southeast Asia Forests, Green News

Countries across south-east Asia are being systematically drained of wildlife to meet a booming demand for exotic pets in Europe and Japan and traditi...

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World Bank: Tiger Farms Should Be Shut Down

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traffic, Endangered Animals, Global Tiger Initiative, China Tiger Farms, Laos Tiger Farms, Wildlife Trade, International-Wildlife-Trade, Tiger Farms, Animals, Vietnam Tiger Farms, Thailand Tiger Farms, Green News

BANGKOK — China and other Asian nations should shut privately run tiger farms as they are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat's ...

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Illegal International Wildlife Trade

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lacey Act, Traffic, Wong Keng Liang, Wildlife Smugglers, CBS Wildlife, National Geographic, George Morrison, International Wildlife Trade, Wildlife Trafficking, Green, Asia Wildlife Trade, Wildlife Trade, Slideshow, Animals, Green News

Special From National Geographic, By Bryan Christy Did you read the story about the illegal trade in gorilla testicles? Have you seen the one about p...

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