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First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

New fish port eyed in Phl’s eastern coast

MANILA, Philippines - As trouble with China’s incursion in the Philippines’ western waters deepens, a large fish port is set to be built next year in the country’s eastern seaboard to boost fishing activities in the area as well as prevent poaching and ... [Published Philippine Star - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Philippines, poaching, Taiwan

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Abalone poaching in SA has been linked with the trade in illicit drugs.

An article in the Wall Street Journal in 2007 quoted SA officials saying Chinese firms send SA drug dealers the raw ingredients for methamphetamines in exchange for illegally harvested abalone.The report says gangs organise teams of divers to harvest ... [Published Financial Mail - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Abalone, poaching, Illicit

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 reports

Ivory now on poachers’ shopping list

Durban - An elephant has been gunned down in the Tembe Elephant Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, an ominous signal that Mozambique-based rhino horn syndicates have added ivory to their shopping list.The killing was the first confirmed case of ivory poaching ... [Published IOL - 16 hours ago]

Entities: poaching, Mozambique, AK-47 Kalashnikov, The Wildlife and Environment Society of South A...

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

MEC calls for help in rhino fight

Some of South Africa's neighbouring countries should assist in curbing ongoing rhino poaching, a Mpumalanga official said. ... [Published IOL - May 23 2013]

Entities: poaching, South Africa

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Rhino poaching toll at 350

The number of rhino poached since the beginning of the year has reached 350, the environmental affairs department said on Thursday (23/05/2 ... [Published The Herald Online - May 23 2013]

Entities: poaching, Environment

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Google Inc

Is Google Poaching Clicks From Travel Advertisers? Spend Trends Down Even As Advertisers Increase | searchengineland.com

On the cusp of the summer travel season, AdGooroo has taken a look at the state of paid search in the travel sector in the U.S. The company has found that, on the whole, paid search expenditures have been trending down since 2011. Spend fell 19% from ... [Published Hospitality Net - May 23 2013]

Entities: poaching, Google Inc, United States

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Two more rhinos poached in KZN

Two more rhinos have been poached bringing the tally to 13 dehorned carcasses discovered since the weekend. This as wildlife conservation authority Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife held a summit to engage stakeholders on measures to fight the scourge.Keynote speaker ... [Published Daily News South Africa - May 23 2013]

Entities: poaching, Hluhluwe (South Africa), University of Zululand, Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Helicopter

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Dubai Authorities Seize Shipment of 259 Elephant Tusks

Customs officials in United Arab Emirates have seized hundreds of elephant tusks shipped from Africa marked as furniture, the Ministry of Environment and Water said.The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said in a statement that the container ... [Published Maritime Executive - May 22 2013]

Entities: Dubai, UAE Ministry of Environment & Water, International Fund For Animal Welfare

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

30pc decline in Malayan sun bear population

VULNERABLE SPECIES: Loss of suitable habitat and poaching have reduced numbers in the past three decadesSANDAKAN: THE population of the Malayan sun bear has declined by 30 per cent in the last three decades due to habitat loss and poaching for parts used ... [Published New Straits Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Borneo, Sun Bear, poaching

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 5 reports

Rhino poachers, meet your match: poisoned pink food dye

With rhino poaching on the rise, efforts to eradicate the practice are getting more creative. Dyeing rhino horns pink and tinging them with non-lethal poison is one way to discourage consumers from buying them. •A version of this post ran on the blog ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 22 2013]

Entities: Poison, poaching, Anthelmintic, South Africa

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

SA Couple Accused of Human Trafficking Out on Bail

The South African couple facing charges under the Prevention of Organised Crime have each paid bail of 100 000 N$’s, and all bail conditions have been removed.Ex-South African Defence Force Colonel Pieter Groenewald, who is also a wildlife poaching expert, ... [Published Radio Wave - May 22 2013]

Entities: Human Trafficking, Bail, Pieter Groenewald, poaching, Namibia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

Rhino poaching reaches crisis point

Image: Tsavo National Park rhino wardenHopes that camera traps will turn the tideReports that more than 1,000 African rhinos have been slaughtered in the last eighteen months have prompted a race to install camera traps in poaching hotspots.Rhino slaughter ... [Published MRCVS.co.uk - May 22 2013]

Entities: poaching, Global Impact, Crisis

Quotes

"This has been our contribution and commitment to nature preservation" he said

171 sea turtle hatchlings released on Riau Islands [Published Antara News - 1 hour ago]

She adds: "We must start understanding and attacking criminal networks likes businesses, because that is what they are."

James P. Farwell: Slaughtering Elephants and Rhinos to Finance Terrorist Groups and Crime [Published Huffington Post - 5 hours ago]

"There is certainly more and more interest as to what is happening with rhinos, and international tourists come to see rhinos as part of their experience in the country" said Airton

Welcome to Africa, without the rhinos [Published IOL - 7 hours ago]

..." Hunter said people who do not live in Africa underestimate the difficulties posed by lions. He said that lions are: "Really, really difficult to live with if you're a subsistence human population that depends on livestock"

Lions on the brink of extinction in Africa [Published Mmegi Online - 8 hours ago]

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Blogs

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11 Critically endangered turtle species [Published Treehugger - May 23 2013] Science / Natural SciencesPublic Domain USFWSToday, May 23rd, is World Turtle Day. It is a day of celebrating the many unique and ancient species of turtles and tortoises around the world, and bringing awareness to their need for protection. Of the 207 ...
Is Google Poaching Clicks From Travel Advertise... [Published Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & ... - May 22 2013] On the cusp of the summer travel season, AdGooroo has taken a look at the state of paid search in the travel sector in the U.S. The company has found that, on the whole, paid search expenditures have been trending down since 2011. Spend fell 19% from ...
Sea Turtle Gallery [Published Ecology Global Network - May 21 2013] Sea turtles have lived for roughly 200 million years, since dinosaurs roamed the earth. These gentle ocean dwellers are rapidly disappearing as a result of human activities, such as habitat destruction from coastal development, commercial fisheries, ...
Royal event to tackle illegal wildlife trade [Published WWF - Environmental News - May 21 2013] Today His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and the UK government hosted a conference to call for action at the highest level to end the trade in illegal wildlife – a trade that presents a grave threat not only to the natural world, but also to national ...
Why the rhino poaching issue matters [Published Tech Leader - May 20 2013] That’s me in the screaming pink Hello Kitty cap. Next to me is my friend Mbekezeli Khumalo. The guy in the shorts at the end is Mark Boucher. The story about how the two of us came to be standing together next to that rhino cow in the Pilanesberg is a ...

Audio/Video

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Rhino poaching 'relentless' in S. Africa [Published CNN.com - Video - Apr 26 2013]
VIDEO: Poisoned rhino horn prevents poaching [Published BBC News Video - Science and Environment - Apr 24 2013]
Trading in endangered species: The customer is ... [Published Economist Magazine - YouTube - Apr 23 2013]
Indonesia zoo welcomes rare Komodo dragon babies [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Mar 18 2013]
Kenya to push for ivory trade crackdown at Bang... [Published Reuters Video: Technology - Mar 05 2013]

Press Releases

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PHOTO ADVISORY: Nintendo and Donkey Kong Visit ... [Published EON Consumer - 39 mins ago]
PHOTO ADVISORY: Nintendo and Donkey Kong Visit ... [Published Business Wire Technology News - 43 mins ago]
PHOTO ADVISORY: Nintendo and Donkey Kong Visit ... [Published Business Wire Photo/Multimedia News - 43 mins ago]
Nintendo and Donkey Kong Visit the L.A. Zoo Dur... [Published Business Wire Technology News - 11 hours ago]
Nintendo and Donkey Kong Visit the L.A. Zoo Dur... [Published EON Consumer - May 20 2013]