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Villagers cite self-defense in tiger killing, but missing body parts point to the illegal wildlife trade

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Four Indonesian farmers charged in killing of orangutan that was shot 130 times

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2018

Indonesian police bust Chinese nationals with 200 kg of turtle shells

Wahyu Chandra 12 Feb 2018

Orangutan shot 130 times in Indonesia, in second killing reported this year

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2018

Scientists deploy DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating in latest salvo against ivory trafficking

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 5 Feb 2018

Indonesian rubber farmers charged in gruesome killing of Bornean orangutan

Basten Gokkon 2 Feb 2018

Hong Kong votes to ban ivory trade by 2021

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2018

Elephant tusks and pangolin scales seized, six suspects arrested in Ivory Coast

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

Rhino poaching in South Africa dipped slightly last year, but ‘crisis continues unabated,’ conservationists say

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2018

Crowdsourcing the fight against poaching, with the help of remote cameras

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Jan 2018

Thai police bust leading wildlife trafficker

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

To Counter Wildlife Trafficking, Local Enforcement, Not En-Route Interdiction, Is Key (commentary)

Vanda Felbab-Brown 19 Jan 2018

Decapitated orangutan found near palm plantations shot 17 times, autopsy finds

Basten Gokkon 19 Jan 2018

Facebook being used for illegal reptile trade in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

Orangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probe

Mongabay.com 16 Jan 2018

Poachers blamed as body of Sumatran elephant, missing tusks, found in protected forest

Taufik Wijaya 11 Jan 2018

Indonesian ex-soldier among three jailed for illegal trade in Sumatran rhino, tiger parts

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Jan 2018

Rhino DNA database helps officials nab poachers and traffickers

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2018
A Kenyan ranger guards poached elephant tusks in preparation for the destruction of 105 tons of ivory and a ton of rhino horn in April. Photo by Mwangi Kirubi via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Ivory trade in China is now banned

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2018

Indonesia to kick off 10-year plan to save critically endangered helmeted hornbill

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Nov 2017

USAID Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge awards Acceleration Prizes for rapid tech developments

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Oct 2017

Two Indonesian soldiers found to be smuggling dozens of porcupines

Vinolia 25 Sep 2017

Pangolin hunting skyrockets in Central Africa, driven by international trade

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017

Illegal trade threatens nearly half the world’s natural heritage sites: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Apr 2017

South Africa makes it legal to sell rhino horns

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Apr 2017

Kaziranga: the frontline of India’s rhino wars

Sharon Guynup 4 Apr 2017

The military family that kept a pet orangutan in Indonesia

Philip Jacobson 29 Mar 2017

Translating the barcode of wildlife into action

Lalini Pedris 3 Mar 2017
Elephants in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania

Scanning the barcode of wildlife

Lalini Pedris 14 Feb 2017

27 critically endangered Javan slow lorises rescued from online traders in Indonesia

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jan 2017

Trouble in India’s rhino paradise

Moushumi Basu 10 Jan 2017

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