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Tag: Poaching (Wildlife)

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New Origin Story for Gross Blobs That Wash Up on Beaches

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020Joshua SokolComments Off on New Origin Story for Gross Blobs That Wash Up on Beaches

DNA evidence shows that jetsam ambergris comes from sperm whales.

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They’re Stealthy at Sea, but They Can’t Hide From the Albatross

January 27, 2020January 29, 2020Katherine KorneiComments Off on They’re Stealthy at Sea, but They Can’t Hide From the Albatross

Researchers outfitted 169 seabirds with radar detectors to pinpoint vessels that had turned off their transponders.

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Scientists Created Fake Rhino Horn. But Should We Use It?

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Scientists Created Fake Rhino Horn. But Should We Use It?

Experts are divided over whether flooding the Asian market with convincing artificial rhino horn would help or hurt rhinos’ survival.

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Thailand Shuttered a Notorious Tiger Zoo, but the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse

September 23, 2019Richard C. Paddock and Amanda MustardComments Off on Thailand Shuttered a Notorious Tiger Zoo, but the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse

Activists say Thailand’s tiger zoos amount to little more than farms, which produce animal parts for a thriving black market.

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Trophy Hunter Seeks to Import Parts of Rare Rhino He Paid $400,000 to Kill

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019Mariel PadillaComments Off on Trophy Hunter Seeks to Import Parts of Rare Rhino He Paid $400,000 to Kill

The federal government is considered likely to approve a Michigan man’s application for the animal’s skin, skull and horns to come into the United States.

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Poachers Are Invading Botswana, Last Refuge of African Elephants

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Poachers Are Invading Botswana, Last Refuge of African Elephants

New data leave little doubt that the illegal ivory trade has reached the country, scientists say.

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‘These Forests Are the Lungs of the Country’: Thai Rangers Guard Precious Rosewood

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019Ben C. Solomon and Richard C. PaddockComments Off on ‘These Forests Are the Lungs of the Country’: Thai Rangers Guard Precious Rosewood

Deep in a jungle in Thailand, a battle is being waged between poorly armed forest rangers and poachers trying to sate China’s growing appetite for rare and precious rosewood.

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500 Vultures Killed in Botswana by Poachers’ Poison, Government Says

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019KIMON de GREEFComments Off on 500 Vultures Killed in Botswana by Poachers’ Poison, Government Says

As scavengers, vultures can help rangers locate poachers by their presence in the air over freshly killed animals, such as elephants.

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Bengal Tigers May Not Survive Climate Change

May 6, 2019KAI SCHULTZ and HARI KUMARComments Off on Bengal Tigers May Not Survive Climate Change

The tigers of the Bangladesh Sundarbans may be gone in fifty years, according to a new study.

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Seizure of 14 Tons of Pangolin Scales in Singapore Sets a Dismal Record

April 8, 2019April 9, 2019TIFFANY MAYComments Off on Seizure of 14 Tons of Pangolin Scales in Singapore Sets a Dismal Record

If the illegal trade in the scaly anteater is not curtailed, “pangolins face the risk of going extinct,” an official with a conservation group said.

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