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The rescue team carries a deer rescued from an artificial amusement park.

Bangladesh cracks down on illegal wildlife captivity — but what happens after?

Abu Siddique, Sadiqur Rahman 6 May 2025
A judge watches a cockfight in Peru.

How Peruvian cockfighters could tip the scales for endangered sawfish

Sierra Garcia 25 Mar 2025
Seized live turtles belonging to Pangshura tecta, Morenia petersi and Lissemys punctata species temporarily sheltered at the Forest Department enclosures before releasing them into the wild again.

Illegal trade is pushing Bangladesh’s freshwater turtles to the brink

Sadiqur Rahman 3 Feb 2025
The illegal trade is still one of the greatest threats to hawksbills, according to the April 2020 Global Tortoiseshell Report.

Illegal cockfighting threatens endangered sea turtles across Central America

Tina Deines 13 Dec 2024
A coyote in Chicago. Image courtesy of Cook County Coyote Project.

Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)

Zoe Newton 24 Jul 2024
A juvenile northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) held in a cage outside a gas station in Cambodia. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Impunity for Cambodia’s exotic pet owners as trade outpaces legislation

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 7 Mar 2024

Report: Rising slaughter of small whales and dolphins threatens ocean balance

Elizabeth Fitt 6 Mar 2024
Confiscated illegal wildlife parts.

Elite appetite turns Bangladesh from source to consumer of tiger parts

Mahadi Al Hasnat 9 Jan 2024
By Aqqa Rosing-Asvid - Visit Greenland - File:Finhval.jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47954017. Image courtesy of Aqqa Rosing-Asvid via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

Iceland’s whaling paradox (commentary)

Micah Garen 13 Oct 2023
Formosan black bears. Image courtesy of Yushan National Park.

Endangered Formosan black bears caught in Taiwanese ‘snaring crisis’ (commentary)

Gregory McCann 2 Oct 2023
Two fin whales hunted in Iceland in 2009.

International outcry as Iceland lifts ban on what could be last whale hunt

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 1 Sep 2023

Indonesian illegal shark and ray exports remain rampant amid poor monitoring

Asad Asnawi 8 Aug 2023
Loris

When “cute” is cruel: Social media videos stoke loris pet trade, study says

Carolyn Cowan 27 Jun 2023
The harpoon or catcher ship Hvalur 8 arrives at the whaling station in Hvalfjörður, West Iceland. Two fin whales are tied to the starboard side of the ship. Image by Arne Feuerhahn / Hard to Port.

‘No future’: Iceland cancels whale hunt over animal welfare concerns

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jun 2023

In Sri Lanka, activists push for ban on using human contraceptive jabs on animals

Hassaan Shazuli 8 Mar 2023
Wader chick

Probe finds Vietnam faltering in bid to curb wildlife trade, animal suffering

Carolyn Cowan 23 Nov 2022

Dog shooting highlights Sri Lanka’s need for stricter animal cruelty laws

Hassaan Shazuli 14 Oct 2022
Bua Noi in her enclosure

Thai zoos come under scrutiny again as tourism rebounds from COVID-19

Shannon Brault 10 Oct 2022
A leopard in a tree

Snares: Low-tech, low-profile killers of rare wildlife the world over

Laurel Neme 18 Aug 2022
A fish market in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fish-farming practices come under scrutiny amid surge in aquaculture

Nick Rodway 6 Jul 2022
Tourists petting a tiger cub at Doc Antle's Myrtle Beach Tiger Safari in South Carolina, U.S. Antle faces federal charges for wildlife trafficking.

Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers

Sharon Guynup 31 May 2022

Campaigners against dog meat trade take on one Indonesian city at a time

Eko Widianto 7 Mar 2022
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‘Huge blow’ for tiger conservation as two of the big cats killed in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jan 2022

‘The images are confronting’: Q&A with animal photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Oct 2021

Faroe Islands to evaluate traditional hunt after slaughter of 1,400 dolphins

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Sep 2021

Fashions to die for: The fur trade’s role in spreading zoonotic disease

Jenny Gonzales 15 Sep 2021

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn

Sharon Guynup 3 Aug 2021

‘What’s your real footprint on the animal world?’: Q&A with author Henry Mance

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jul 2021

‘Animal rights will be part of our DNA’: Q&A with Bogotá councilor Andrea Padilla

John Edward Myers 16 Jul 2021

South Africa pulls the plug on controversial captive lion industry

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 May 2021

China offers buyouts to wildlife farmers in response to pandemic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 May 2020

Thailand’s captive elephants face starvation amid COVID-19 tourism freeze

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Apr 2020

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