How did Wildlife SOS cofounder & experienced anti-poaching investigator Kartick Satyanarayan get caught in such a tangle? AGRA, India––Wildlife law enforcement agents worldwide, both with government agencies and with nonprofit organizations, might take a lesson from the present plight of Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan. In particular, Satyanarayan could probably teach quite a bit from […]
Big wins for elephants, rhinos, giraffes, sharks & falcons in Uzbekistan desert
The big loser at CITES Conference of the Parties 20 was the saiga antelope, native to host nation Uzbekistan SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan––Elephants, rhinos, giraffes, white-tipped sharks, peregrine falcons, and the Vantara captive wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat state, India, were among the big winners at the twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the […]
Behind the Alpha Genesis monkey “great escape” & recaptures
Forty-three rhesus macaques made a jailbreak, but then didn’t know where to go, or how YEMASSEE, North Carolina–– Eighteen of forty-three young female rhesus macaques who escaped on November 6, 2024 from an Alpha Genesis research colony in Yemassee, South Carolina remained at large through the Veterans Day weekend, but 25 had been recaptured. The […]
Wild horses: reintroduced in Kazakhstan, shot Down Under, gathered here
A horse is a horse is a horse of course, except in public policy PRAGUE, SYDNEY, WASHINGTON D.C.––Conservationists on June 7, 2024 paradoxically cheered the simultaneous reintroduction of wild horses to Kazakhstan and Mongolia, and the ongoing massacre of 8,000 wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, with another 5,000 slated to […]
Two “sportsmen” convicted of Capitol invasion & one of sheep-screwing
U.S. Department of Justice bags trophy hunting guide, promoter of catfish “noodling,” & breeder of genetically modified bighorn sheep WASHINGTON D.C.––Bagging three prominent “sportsmen” participants in the Rocky Mountain region trophy hunting industry within 10 days, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on March 20, 2023 announced the conviction of hunting guide […]
Hong Kong busts expose scams, wildlife traffic, & dog-and-cat meat trade
Criminals don’t stop at just one type of animal & human exploitation HONG KONG; HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––Recent busts in Hong Kong brought crime, rabies, wildlife trafficking, illegal immigration, and the dog and cat meat trade together as never before––and more may soon follow. “Law enforcement agencies in Hong Kong have arrested four asylum […]
The ghost of ivory traffic investigator Esmond Martin stalks Connecticut
Six years after Esmond Martin’s unsolved murder, the Humane Society of the U.S. took a page from his books HARTFORD, Connecticut––The ghost of ivory and rhino horn traffic investigator Esmond Martin still stalks ivory merchants six years after Martin, 76, was stabbed to death in his own bed on February 5, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, […]
Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?
1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]
Crocodile tears in the monkey labs as Charles River suspends imports
Charles River is latest monkey supplier named in wild-caught macaque smuggling case BETHESDA, Maryland––Laboratory monkey users and investors in the laboratory monkey business are shedding crocodile tears to mass media about an alleged monkey shortage jeopardizing public health by delaying approval of new drugs and medical procedures. No less an authority than the National Institutes […]
Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings
Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]