Hainan Gibbon
Hainan Gibbon
Customs Authorities in Hong Kong have seized the world’s largest ever haul of contraband shark fins.
via Massive Shark Fin Bust In Hong Kong! — Wild Open Eye – Natural Vision, News from Wild Open Eye
Banner Image: Wild-caught young elephants are held captive in a fenced boma by Zimbabwe authorities awaiting shipment to China in October 2019 © Oscar Nkalain / Humane Society International/Africa – “Opinion: Zimbabwe’s shameful export of baby elephants under the guise of ‘sustainable use’,” Africa Geographic, 18 November 2019 Posted at EMS Foundation, 11 December 2019 Dated […]
The New York Times The coronavirus epidemic prompted China to permanently ban trade of wild animals as food, but not for medicinal use. China this week announced a permanent ban on wildlife trade and consumption that international conservationists greeted as a major step, but one with troublesome loopholes for trade in wild animals for medicinal […]
via China’s Ban on Wildlife Trade a Big Step, but Has Loopholes — Natural History Wanderings
Peacocks, porcupines and pangolins among species bred on 20,000 farms closed in wake of virus Freshly-slaughtered meat from wildlife and farm animals is preferred over meat that has been slaughtered before being shipped. Photograph: Visual China Group/Getty Nearly 20,000 wildlife farmsraising species including peacocks, civet cats, porcupines, ostriches, wild geese and boar have been shut […]
