Wildlife Trade Campaign News Archive

Poaching still biggest threat to recovery of world’s tiger populations

Serious gaps in protection are leaving tigers exposed to poachers, a new WWF study says, but this ...

23 November 2012
Cameroon sends army to defend borders from Sudanese poachers

Cameroon announced Friday it has mobilized its Special Forces units to prevent Sudanese poachers ...

16 November 2012
Tiger killer given strong punishment

A Russian man convicted of killing an endangered Amur tiger has been sentenced to 14 months ...

15 November 2012
Major rhino horn trader sentenced to 40 years behind bars

A Thai national, Chumlong Lemtongthai, has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for his ...

09 November 2012
WWF applauds Hillary Clinton's call to stop wildlife crime

WWF applauds U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her call to stop illicit wildlife ...

08 November 2012
Russia boosts protection for tigers

Trade, transportation and possession of endangered species will all be considered crimes under new ...

30 October 2012
Central African Republic begins independent ivory audit

WWF and TRAFFIC congratulate the Central African Republic's decision to independently audit ...

26 October 2012
Illicit wildlife trafficking recognized as a new form of transnational organized crime

Governments gathering for a meeting of the United Nations Convention against Transnational ...

22 October 2012
Champion wildlife crime opponent awarded top WWF honours

Ofir Drori, a tireless anti-corruption whistleblower and law enforcement activist working on ...

22 October 2012
Record poaching drives rhinos toward tipping point

Rhino poaching statistics released today by South African authorities show that a record 455 rhinos ...

16 October 2012

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