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China halts ivory sales, but leads the world in live elephant imports

January 5, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

No more “state-approved ivory dealers”             BEIJING,  China;  HARARE,  Zimbabwe––All trade in elephant ivory is now illegal in China,  effective January 1,  2018,  except in Hong Kong,  which is reportedly soon to enact a similar prohibition,  to take effect in 2022. “From now on, if a merchant tells you ‘this is a state-approved ivory dealer’… […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Darryl Fears, Grace Mugabe, Johnny Rodrigues, Luo Shugang, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, Robert Mugabe

Are vaquita captures for breeding or for show? Mexican report raises question

October 21, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Mexican environment secretary talks tourism             SAN FELIPE,  Mexico––The first-ever capture of an extremely endangered vaquita porpoise on October 18,  2017 in the Sea of Cortez,  disclosed a day later,  upstaged statements by Mexican environment secretary Rafael Pacchiano indicating that the capture might have been undertaken less from the hope of saving an endangered animal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Darryl Fears, Fanny Miranda, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Merritt Clifton, Omar Vidal, Rafael Pacchiano, Sandra Dibble

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