Archive for July, 2009

IFAW-WTI ERN member facilitates arrest of peacock poachers in Gujarat

Posted on July 31st, 2009

The apprehended poachers (sitting) surrounded by locals
and enforcement officials

Junagadh (Gujarat): The Gujarat Forest Department apprehended two persons accused of hunting peacocks in Vavdi village, Junagadh, earlier this month.

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Confessions of an ivory poacher

Posted on July 30th, 2009

by WTI in PELT, Wildlife Enforcement

Carcass of the tusker killed in Kuttampuza Forest Range, Kerala

-by Jose Louies, Assistant Manager, WTIKuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala), July 30, 2009: “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from me. I pulled the trigger” Aji confessed without remorse.

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Ivory poachers busted in Kerala

Posted on July 27th, 2009

by WTI in PELT, Wildlife Enforcement

Carcass of the tusker killed in Kuttampuza Forest Range, Kerala

Idukki (Kerala): Authorities in Kerala have busted a gang of ivory poachers suspected of killing a young tusker in Kuttampuza Forest Range, Idukki district, earlier this month.

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European Union finalises seal product ban – European markets to officially close in 2010

Posted on July 27th, 2009

by WTI in IFAW

Brussels (Belgium): The Council of the European Union today adopted the regulation to ban the trade of all seal products within the EU. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) applauds the adoption as the last step of approval before the implementation of this momentous legislation. The ban is a significant victory in [...]

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Wildlife rehabilitation transit camp to be set up in Bodoland

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

by WTI in CWRC, Mobile Vets, Wild Rescue

Laying the foundation stone for the transit camp in Choraikhola, Kokrajhar.
(From left: PC Bhattacharjee, Trustee, WTI, Kampa Borgoyari, Deputy Chief,
Bodoland Territorial Council, Sonali Ghosh, DFO, Kokrajhar)

Kokrajhar (Assam): [...]

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