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POPSDespite 2002 Hunting Ban, Snow Leopard Furs Being Sold As Souvenirs In Kabul U.S. soldiers joke with a snow leopard skin sample during an awareness programme at a military base in Kabul May 25, 2008. Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat -- foreigners involved in rebuilding the war-torn country. Despite a complete hunting ban across Afghanistan since 2002, snow leopard furs regularly end up for sale on international military bases and at tourist bazaars in the capital. Foreigners have ready cash to buy the pelts as souvenirs and impoverished Afghans break poaching laws to supply them. Picture taken May 25, 2008. To match feature AFGHAN-SNOWLEOPARDS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN) AFGHAN-SNOWLEOPARDS/ KABUL Afghanistan 6/27/2008
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POPSStolen rhino horns could be deadly, says museum "Rhino populations have fallen dramatically over the last few decades as poaching decimated the animals across Africa. Bredekamp said museums worldwide were being targeted by organised crime to help supply lucrative markets with a wide range of artefacts. After a previous robbery attempt, South African museum officials removed several other specimens of rhino horn from public display, he said. -- Reuters
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POPSStop Cat Poaching Now! A Cause We Can All Support! Okay, so I think this will be my least controversial clip ever. I believe that the time has come to stop shooting other people's pet cats. You may call me closed minded. You may call me a radical. But is say there is right and wrong, and if you shoot other people's cats and then make clothes out of them, then you are wrong. Further more, from now on, I promise to boycott all Swiss garments made from cat fur, and I hope you all do the same! By the way, I'm dying to know the link between this and traditional Chinese medicine! Are they sure they didn't mean Cantonese cooking?
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POPSPreacher Says Shark Poaching "Was God's Will" Federal officials say Thompson ran a poaching gang that may have removed as many as 10,000 baby leopard sharks from San Francisco Bay. At a press conference at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Monday, Lisa Nichols of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the poachers caught hundreds of sharks a day during the breeding season. The ring began to fall apart in 2003, when a smuggling expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration saw a baby leopard shark that was for sale on a Web site and started asking questions. Towards the end, according to investigators, some of these poachers asked their preacher whether they were doing the right thing. He responded, allegedly, that the poaching was God's will.
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POPSJapanese now getting desperate It is clear the Japanese whalers are becoming frustrated and this is when things can happen very quickly. Sea Shepherd is resolute however in the face of the might of Japan and I admire the protesters tenacity.
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POPSSea Shepherd's Non-Toxic, Organic, Non-Violent Response to Whale Killers
Yet these same whalers are violating international conservation law and an Australian Federal Court order by illegally slaughtering endangered whales in an established whale sanctuary. The Sea Shepherd crew did not shoot any of these poachers like the rangers in Africa would when they encounter elephant killers in the bush. No, we tossed rotten butter and fake banana peels onto their deck to discourage their illegal operations. The material tossed onto the deck of the Nisshin Maru was both organic and non-toxic. The Japanese whalers are spinning the story describing butter acid as caustic and harmful when it is completely harmless. Not all acids are harmful; if they were we would not drink orange juice and some just smell bad. It is a fact that butter becomes Butyric acid when it goes bad. That does not make it toxic, just obnoxiously smelly. The objective in tossing a foul smelling substance onto the deck of the largest floating slaughterhouse in the world is simple - to d
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POPSSea Shepherd Requests a Warrant from the Australian Government “We need to create another international incident,” said Captain Paul Watson. “We need to keep the pressure on to stop Japan’s illegal poaching of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Lack of enforcement by Australia and other nations is forcing Sea Shepherd to implement risky measures to stop the deadly harpoons. I cannot stomach this slaughter of these gentle giants any longer - if it means pushing the envelope, we are ready and willing to take the risks.” Captain Watson has questions for Environment Minister Peter Garrett. “What will it take to get Australia to enforce the law against Japan? What will it take to have Japan and Uruguay treated equally under the law? Why is Uruguayan poaching of toothfish not tolerated by Australia but Japanese whaling is? Why the double standard? When will the deaths of these whales be taken seriously?” And two final questions. “Does someone have to die or be seriously injured down here in these remote waters before Australia takes
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POPSTiger numbers halved by new census The good news are: "existing tiger reserves, if well managed, should be sufficient to give the big cats a good start in pulling back from the brink." Truly hope this is the case :)
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POPSEcotourism in Belize Green travel dollars are well-spent at this eco lodge in Belize. There are fun and interesting travel packages and day trips, and it helps support conservation.
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