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Poaching Threat Haunts Lake Chilika

12/28/2013

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Source:  Dailymail.co.uk

By
Rakesh Dixit

Lakhs of migratory birds have turned Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake straddling three Orissa districts, into a plumed wonder.

But even as three lakh birds from across the globe have arrived in the lagoon, spread over Khurda, Puri and Ganjam districts, the fear of poaching continues to haunt the winged beauties.

According to officials the 1,000 sq km lake, about 100kms from the state Capital, is hard to monitor by wildlife officials because of its huge spread.

Chilika divisional forest officer (DFO), B P Acharya said this year patrolling has been intensified at the lake.

"We have already set up 17 camps in villages near the lake to protect the birds from being hunted," he said adding that the camps were being manned by over 50 forest personnel.

Around 150,000 birds were sighted at Nalaban Island, the core area of the lake where the bird sanctuary is located.

Around the same number have also been seen in other parks of the water body which is a protected wetland site.

Most of the winged guests have arrived from areas as far as the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea, Russia, Mongolia, central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and the Himalayas.

At least 156 species of birds have been spotted in the lake so far. Of these 52 are local bird species. Photos.

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Awareness Programmes to Tackle Poaching Menace

12/23/2013

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Source:  Dailypioneer.com

By
Nazish Hussain

The problem of poaching in the State is causing serious nuisance to the migratory birds. Seeing the dwindling numbers of these birds the State department of Forest and Wildlife has taken measures to combat this menace.

“We are doing regular patrolling of the famous bird spots. A squad of 10 people  checks poaching to conserve the habitat for migratory birds in the local areas. As compared the previous years poaching cases have reduced. Earlier the birds were being killed and meat was sold at a large scale. The problem is still exists but in lesser magnitude,” said DFO Hazaribagh, RN Mishra. 

Apart from the regular checking and patrolling, awareness campaigns are also being conducted by the department to educate people about the protection of these birds. Programmes such as International Birds Day on November 12, Wild life week on October 10 are celebrated by the Forest and Wildlife department to create awareness among people. “We get mixed response from people, not everyone is co operative. Every possible measure is being taken to get full support from people.”

Every year the exotic birds coming from far-off Siberia and snow-caped Himalayan regions flock to the State. Numbers of different species of migratory birds come at the bird spots in Jharkhand in search of favorable climatic condition. The arrival of these birds starts from November and they stay here till March. The main bird areas in Jharkhand are Palamu, Hazaribagh and Udhwa.

Bird sanctuaries in the sate have been the safe haven for the migratory birds like black winged common teal, green shank, white and citirine wagtail, northern pintail, gargely, common coot, mallard, pygmy goose, pochard, red crested pochard and combed duck. Kanke dam, Hatia dam, Getalsood dam have also been the resting place for the Trans Himalayan birds and the Siberian cranes in the Capital.

“Over a period of time there has been a gradual decline in the number of these birds. The reason is these birds are changing their routes and now they are settling at isolated places because of the large scale human interference in the resting place of these birds. These birds identify their routes of travelling if there are changes in their way they lose the track to their destination,” said Nitish Priyadarshi a teacher of Geology in Ranchi University who is also a keen environmentalist. More....

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Four Poachers Nabbed

12/16/2013

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Source:  Thebhutanese.BT

By
Tanden Zangmo

The apprehended miscreants who were poaching inside protected park areas in the high altitude zones of JSWNP were caught after officials recovered one of the culprit’s CID from the vicinity of the crime scene

Poaching in the country, like in many other nations, is fast becoming rampant with reports of confiscation and clandestine incidents happening frequently, especially across the government reserved forests.

With the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) taking poachers and illegal wildlife traders head on, it has in the recent times, apprehended many culprits involved in the illegal practice. Most miscreants were caught in the act within the government reserved forests or within the protected areas.

In the most recent case, a team of forest officials from Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP) in Trongsa, while on patrol in the park areas, especially those in the high altitude caught and apprehended four poachers. According to the park officials, the surveillance team despatched earlier in November this year, encountered the poachers at the base of the Black Mountain in the place called Joe Dorshingla.

Joe Dorshingla, about three days walking from the park head office in Trongsa is situated 4,925 meters above the sea level in the deep jungles, away from any human settlements. Except for the rugged terrain, fenced by the towering mountains on all four sides, secluded in the heart of wilderness, the place offered just the right environment for the poachers.

JSWNP park manager Kezang Wangchuk said they suspected poaching in the area since a very long time. Although the park has been carrying out regular anti-poaching patrolling, due to its inaccessibility, the poachers used it to their advantage.

Upon investigation, the park’s anti-poaching team found that the poachers were involved in illegally killing atleast three musk deer and two Monal pheasant birds. In addition, the park officials have also confiscated bags of bush, musk deer pods and feathers of Monal pheasants.

The crime also includes killing of an additional two female and one male musk deer, and another one male Monal pheasant. More....

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Bird Poacher Arrested Near Chilika Lake

12/2/2013

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Source:  Zeenews.India.com

In the first poaching case in the Chilika lake during this migratory season, wildlife officials have arrested a bird poacher at Balipatapur, official sources said.

The wildlife officials seized a dead open-bill stork and some poaching equipment from the poacher identified as Nimai Mandala during raids conducted near the lake yesterday, official sources said.

An estimated four lakh winged guests from far off places including Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, remote parts of Russia, central and South East Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas have arrived in Chilika so far.

Majority of them have congregated in the 15.69 sq.Km Nalabana bird sanctuary areas, the sources said.

Chilika Wildlife Division has made arrangements to provide safety to the migratory birds and to prevent poaching.

As many as 17 camps were set up in the lake involving over 50 personnel. Besides, police and local activists were also engaged in the task.

Patrolling was also being conducted in 16-km long coastline of the lake, the sources said.

Police personnel have been deployed in Sorana area, identified as one of the vulnerable area for poaching, the sources said.

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Wildlife Poaching Linked to Terror, CIA Asked to Probe

11/16/2013

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Source:  Millenniumpost.in

By Akash Vashishtha

Evidences on record show terror groups are behind illegal poaching in India, says environment ministry.

The government has, finally, acknowledged that wildlife poaching in the country is linked to terror. The ministry of environment and forests has reportedly shared the links of the poaching networks with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The ministry, on the basis of leads gathered from its various wildlife wings, has asked the CIA to probe the link between wildlife poaching in the country and terror networks operating in South Asia.

‘Given the use of highly sophisticated weapons and assault rifles and the modus operandi of the poaching gangs, we strongly fear that some terror groups are behind the poaching incidents in India. We have provided some information to the Central Intelligence Agency,’ a top wildlife official of the ministry of environment and forests told this correspondent on request of anonymity.

‘There are some organised, transnational groups engaged in the wildlife crimes in India, which are believed to have an extensive network. The CIA has been assigned to investigate their role. There are some evidences but they are yet to be verified,’ the official said.

Apart from the CIA, the ministry is also known to have shared the details with Interpol and the CBI.

The poaching gangs, sources said, could have been linked to terror outfits in Bangladesh, Nepal, which may be part of a larger international terror syndicate with its base in Pakistan. The harbouring of such poaching gangs by China is also a subject of investigation.

While most of the rhino horns are traded illegally into Vietnam and China, tiger skins also find most of their way into Tibet and China. Similarly, ivory trade is dominated by gangs operating in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam in Asia, apart from Cameroon, Gabon and Mozambique in Africa.
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Uganda Seizes Blood Ivory Ready for Shipment to China

10/17/2013

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Source:  Eturbonews.com

By Wolfgang H. Thome

News received earlier in the week confirmed a major blood ivory seizure by law enforcement officials in Kampala last weekend, when over 800 pieces were found concealed in a container ready for shipment via the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to China. Said to be worth over 6 billion Uganda Shillings, the catch will financially pain the middlemen of the illicit trade but have cost several hundred elephant their lives. As Uganda itself has relatively low poaching numbers, suspicion is high and investigations therefore concentrate on Uganda being used as a transit country for ivory poached beyond her own borders, likely in Eastern Congo where the slaughter of wildlife continues almost unabated as a result of the regime in Kinshasa neglecting their duty under the CITES convention.

This is yet another case, several containers from Uganda were of late confiscated in Mombasa upon verification of the cargo manifests revealing smuggled contraband, where Uganda was used as a transit point and a leading Ugandan conservationist blamed corruption as a major cause for this “very unfortunate turn of events that Uganda should be used as a smuggling route simply because some of our officials can be bought cheaply.”

Police in Uganda are now looking for a Kenyan by the names of Odhiambo Owino who allegedly was named in the shipment documents as the owner of the cargo to help with the investigation while the driver of the truck carrying the container is already in custody according to a source from Kampala. This latest find reinforced calls by the conservation fraternity for the Chinese government to finally shed their intransigence and begin to treat the growing illegal ivory trade into China as a major crime with the same source saying in a clear fit or rage: “They are very ruthless when it comes to dealing with anyone poaching their Pandas but when it comes to tens of thousands of African elephant, they show no concern at all. This is not just bad practice, this is a form of complete racist attitude towards our continent and our wildlife resources. More....

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Forest Officers Join Hands with CID to Quiz Poachers

9/27/2013

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Source:  TimesofIndia.Indiatimes.com

After showing reluctance for long to lodge cases of poaching, several senior forest and police officers from the state dashed to Nagpur on Tuesday to interrogate notorious tiger poacher Surajbhan alias Sarju Bagdi. TOI on September 19 had reported that even as tiger hides from the state's reserves were being seized in faraway Nepal, MP forest department was reluctant to lodge cases of poaching. It was reported that MP is a crucial link in the international poaching corridor straddling Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal and Tibet.

Surajbhan is on remand with Nagpur forest officials, who have arrested more 30 poachers in the past three months, including around 20 from Katni and Damoh district of MP.

While they were allowed to interact with him, Maharashtra officers advised them to get an offence registered if they were serious about the investigations.

Maharashtra officers also shared inputs on poaching of two tigers from Balaghat and Seoni district. Officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) asked MP team to register an offence, if they were really keen on breaking the poaching syndicate.

"Teams have been formed for a major crackdown on poachers. We have sought help from police and we are hopeful that there would be fresh arrests from the state," chief wildlife warden (CWW) Narendra Kumar told TOI. The CID has joined the investigations. "The forest department has approached us for a support. Our inspectors have joined them," said Rajeev Tandon, additional director general (ADG) of CID.

Their Maharashtra counterparts nabbed 13 members of a gang of poachers from MP in the last three months. More....

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Madhya Pradesh on Global Poaching Map, Officials Wink, Smugglers Revel

9/19/2013

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Source:  Economictimes.Indiatimes.com

By P. Naveen

Madhya Pradesh is a crucial link in the international poaching corridor straddling Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal and Tibet. But even as tiger hides from the state's reserves are being seized even in faraway Nepal, the MP forest department is reluctant to lodge cases of poaching. With the big cat population depleting, insiders accuse senior officials of the forest department of breeding tigers for poachers.

Their Maharashtra counterparts have not only nabbed 13 members of an MP-based poaching network in the last three months, but have also stumbled on clues on unabated smuggling of wildlife contrabands to international borders from here.

On Thursday, a team of the MP forest department is being dispatched to Nagpur to interrogate tiger skin smuggler Sarju Bagdi alias Suraj Bhan.

Sarju's name figures in the statements of more than 13 MP poachers lodged in Nagpur Central Jail. His call details records indicate he was in constant touch with at least seven poachers in MP.

Sarju, a resident of Akbarpur Bharota in Sonepat (Haryana), has confessed to have smuggled out skins of 20 tigers poached in the Central Indian tiger landscape.

It is also being suspected his gang is behind smuggling of five tiger skins confiscated by Nepal police on January 12, which includes skin a tigress poached from the Pench Tiger Reserve. The state forest department had been sitting idle on a Wildlife Crime control Bureau (WCCB) and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) proposal for a probe on seizure of its skin in Nepal for more than seven months. Principal chief conservator of forest PCCF Narendra Kumar, said he will personally look into this case and get an offence registered once the skin is verified.

The said recommendations, a copy of which is in TOI's possession, is based on the report of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun. More....

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Wildlife Smuggler Claims 13 Tiger Skins Trafficked from Region

9/18/2013

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Source:  TimesofIndia.Indiatimes.com

For the state forest officials, who are still not ready to concede that poachers have taken away 20 tigers from Vidarbha and Pench-Kanha corridor, revelations by Sarju Bagdi, the arrested tiger skin trader from Haryana, that others like him had trafficked 13 skins should come as an eyeopener.

A member of team interrogating Sarju has revealed that the trader gave figure of 13 skins have been smuggled from the region. Trafficking of even more skins might be revealed after arrests of other traders like Dalbir and Kalla and poachers who supplied these skins. Since Day 1, forest officials have been admitting to poaching of only five tigers. It could not be confirmed whether officials are taking the figures revealed by Sarju on record.

Meanwhile, the two-member team which had been to Delhi to take custody of Naresh Lala, an accomplice of Sarju, return empty-handed. Delhi Police sources said due to technical reasons Lala could not be handed over to Nagpur officials. They said now he would be brought to Nagpur by Tihar jail officials as he is in magisterial custody.

TOI from Bhopal reports that on January 12, 2013, Nepal Police had confiscated five tiger hides and seven sacks full of tiger bones from Nuwakot district while they were being taken to Tibet from Kathmandu via Rasuwa in a mini-truck. The truck owner, Suk Bahadur Tamang of Chilime-4, and the driver Nakul Tamang of Gatlang-5 in Rasuwa were arrested. During initial interrogation, they revealed that the skins and bones were being transported to Chinese border passing through Langtang National Park.

Thereafter, multiple raids were carried out in Kathmandu to arrest kingpin of the racket but he managed to escape. During raids at his house, police seized 22 pieces of tiger and leopard skins including some embedded in garments, various items made out of ivory, over 100 canine teeth, four human skulls, and cash amounting to about Rs40 lakh and 4,800 Chinese Yuan.

Sources said of the five skins seized, one is said to be from MP Pench while source of others remains to be found out. Sarju had procured skins during April and May this year. The gravity of number of tigers poached can be ascertained from these facts.

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Tibetan Monks and Endangered Cats

9/16/2013

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Source:  Economist.com

By K.M.

A new study of the snow leopard’s habitat across the Tibetan plateau has found that Tibetan Buddhist monasteries may be better equipped than formal preservation programmes to protect the endangered cats from poaching, retaliatory killing by farmers and other deadly perils. The key is their ability to extend their influence across administrative boundaries and maintain safe space for the animals. 

The research, led by Juan Li of Peking University and sponsored by the wildcat protection group Panthera, focused on the snow leopard’s habitat on the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve, a 360,000 sq km area in north-western China that holds the headwaters of the Mekong, Yellow and Yangzte Rivers. Researchers found that the region’s more than 300 Tibetan monasteries lie close to important snow leopard habitats, and that monks are critical to protecting the cats. About 4,000 snow leopards remain in China, most living in the Sanjiangyuan region.

“Monks on the Tibetan plateau serve as de facto wildlife guardians,” Panthera said in a news release about the study. “Tibetan Buddhism considers the snow leopard and its habitats strictly sacred, and the monks patrol wild landscapes surrounding monasteries to enforce strict edicts against killing wildlife.”

Until recently Tibet had a thriving trade in wild animal skins. Tiger and leopard skins featured prominently in clothing. Monks were not allowed to kill animals, but they wore the skins. In January 2006 Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, put an end to all that, calling on Tibetans to stop buying, selling and wearing wild animal skins. The displays, he said, were counter to Buddhist principles and within weeks Tibetans were burning tiger skins in the streets and the trade was halted.

Today, conservationists say, land near monasteries provides safe haven and cats tend to stay in close proximity. More....

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Buddhist Monks are Protecting Snow Leopards from Poachers

9/10/2013

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Source:  Treehugger.com

By Chris Tackett

A new study in the journal Conservation Biology found that snow leopards living near Buddhist monasteries in Tibet are being helped by monks who actively patrol the forests to prevent poachers from killing the endangered cats.

Tia Ghose at LiveScience reports:

"The team found that many Buddhist monks -- not just those at the four monasteries they worked with -- actively patrolled the areas to prevent the killing of snow leopards; the monks also taught the local people that killing the majestic creatures was wrong.

In household surveys with 144 families, most people said they did not kill wildlife, with many citing Buddhism's nonviolence as their reasoning.

All told, a greater proportion of the snow leopards were being protected in regions around monasteries than in the core nature reserve set aside for the big cats, the study found."

Like the demand for rhino horn and elephant tusks, the demand for snow leopards is largely fueled by traditional Chinese medicine, but in the snowy, Tibetan plateau, the leopard fur is also valued for warmth.

While it is true that Buddhism values non-violence and respect for nature, it is also true that all of the main religions of the world have teachings that would support animal and environmental conservation. Exploring these related, but distinct viewpoints was the purpose of our Green Spirit series. We wanted to see how religion and spirituality could help contribute to the environmental movement.

After hearing about the success the Buddhist monks have had in educating locals to not harm the snow leopards or other wildlife, I'm left wondering how similar approaches could work in places like India, Africa and Southeast Asia, where poaching remains a major crisis.

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Tibetans in a Dilemma as Second Group of Poachers is Freed

9/4/2013

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Source:  Rfa.org

Authorities in a Tibetan-populated prefecture of northwestern China’s Qinghai province have freed a second group of Chinese caught poaching in a wildlife protected area, adding to environmental concerns among local Tibetans.

The group was discovered fishing on Aug. 17 at the Panchen Yutso lake in the Golog (in Chinese, Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture’s Pema (Banma) county, a Tibetan resident of the area told RFA’s Tibetan Service on Wednesday.

“When the local Tibetans saw them, they rushed to the lake, and the Chinese intruders abandoned the area, leaving their equipment behind,” RFA’s  source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

A group of 40 Tibetans went to the county court to complain, but the poachers were made only to “promise that they would not hunt in local forests for wild animals or catch fish in the local lakes” and escaped punishment, the source said.

The Tibetans in turn were asked by court officials to “continue to protect the environment and to watch for encroachments,” he said.

Three areas around Panchen Yutso lake called Mei, Yei, and Watsuk are famous for their large herds of deer and musk deer and for their abundance of fish, RFA’s source said.

And though poachers have been caught in the area in the past, and were released by authorities on promises not to return, “intrusions still take place,” he said.

“So the Tibetans are still worried about encroachments on the local wildlife.” More....

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Tibetans Clash with Chinese Poachers in a Protected Zone

8/27/2013

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Source:  Rfa.org

Tibetan villagers assigned to guard protected forests in a Tibetan prefecture in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have clashed for a second time with Chinese poachers who appear to be shielded by the authorities, according to a local source.

The July 22-23 confrontation in the Golog (in Chinese, Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture’s Pema (Banma) county followed the killing of wildlife in the officially protected area, a resident of the area told RFA’s Tibetan Service this week.

“This year, several Chinese poachers entered the Chapayang forest in the Markok Chenpo area and killed a number of animals,” the man said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“They set up wire traps in the forest and killed several deer, musk deer, and monkeys,” he said.

When local Tibetans heard about the poaching, the second such incident within a year, “a group of 20 Tibetans went to the site and confronted the Chinese poachers,” the man said.

The poachers responded by throwing stones and clubbing the Tibetans assigned by officials to protect the area with “iron bars,” and the Tibetans in turn struck at the Chinese with their fists, injuring several, he said.

“Though police arrived at the site, they did not resolve the issue and left,” he said.

Authorities 'don't respond'

When poachers had hunted in the area the year before, local Tibetans enforcing the protected area had seized the men’s belongings and appealed to local authorities to take action against them, RFA’s source said. More....

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Rare Monkey Population up 50 Percent in China and Tibet

8/15/2013

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Source:  Blogs.scientificamerican.com

By John R. Platt

Two decades ago just 50 black snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) lived in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. This January a survey revealed that number had risen to an amazing 700 animals. Now further surveys of the monkeys’ other populations in China bring us even more good news: The total population for this endangered species has risen from fewer than 2,000 in 2006 to more than 3,000 today according to the Xinhua news agency.

Nature Conservancy scientist Long Yongcheng—nicknamed “The Monkey King” for his work researching China’s primates—surveyed the black snub-nosed monkey populations with the help of French scientists. He told Xinhua that he credits years of working with local people—who used to hunt the monkeys for their meat and heavy fur—for the recent population boom. “We are providing funding and training to help hunters, often the poorest members of the communities, switch to other livelihoods,” he said.

The majority of the monkeys—more than 1,800 animals—live in the Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, where the population has grown from just 200 in 1987. Unfortunately, the reserve also has 70,000 human residents, many of whom live in poverty. Many hungry poachers in the region have been known to set snares for musk deer which catch the monkeys instead.

While the population boom is a sign that conservation efforts are working, the monkeys are hardly out of the woods. Three populations of the species have disappeared due to habitat loss since 1994 and the remaining monkeys are isolated from each other in 18 subpopulations, many of which may lack enough animals to be viable in the long term. The species is adapted for high-elevation fir-larch forests at up to 4,700 meters above sea level—the highest elevations ever recorded for non-human primates—leaving them few areas to move as human populations grow.

The manager of the Baima Snow Mountain reserve told Xinua that residents have made “sacrifices” to protect the endangered monkeys and that “more compensation and support” would give them even more incentive to do so in the future.

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Comrades in Conservation

8/2/2013

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Source:  Ekantipur.com

By Navin Singh Khadka

It is a persisting irony. A country with a smash-hit track record in nature conservation, Nepal often finds itself dis-reputedly involved in illegal wildlife trafficking. While it boasts of increasing a number of endangered species including tigers, rhinos and snow leopards in its protected areas, Nepali territories have been transit points for the transportation of these animals’ body parts.

Sample these facts: this week, Nepal celebrated World Tiger Day by making public a rewarding result of tiger conservation. The latest data showed that the population of this endangered species has gone up by more than 60 percent since 2009. And yet, sacks-full of tiger bones, claws and pelts continue to be frequently seized at different Nepal-China border points.

In another example, while even a rogue elephant like Dhurbe—initially ordered shot to death—remains elusive in the country’s plains, elephant tusks are smuggled out to China through Nepal. A recent incident of such smuggling even led to a strike by labour unions at the Tatopani customs point. They argued that the driver caught for the crime had no idea what he was carrying in the vehicle while the alleged owner of the contraband had already made it across the border.

Take rhinos as yet another instance. With increased security in national parks and protected areas and sophisticated anti-poaching technology, the pachyderms are much safer than they were a few years ago. Officials even celebrated one of the recent years as “zero-poaching” year. While just across the border, more than 20 rhinos were poached in the Kaziranga national park in India’s Assam state in the past year. Wildlife conservationists believe several horns from the poached rhinos have been smuggled out via Nepal. More....

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Maharashtra Government to Hand over Tiger Poaching Cases to CBI

7/30/2013

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Source:  Ndtv.com

By Saurabh Gupta (with inputs from Prasad Kathe)

In a landmark decision, the Maharashtra government has announced that tiger poaching cases will be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Speaking at a function on World Wildlife Day, Chief Minister Prithviraj said, "It has been revealed that two people who were caught in the recent poaching case in Nagpur had received $10,000 from Tibet. A CBI investigation will expose poaching rackets that stretches across the nation internationally too."

Wildlife activists have welcomed the move. Anish Andheria, President of Wildlife Conservation Trust told NDTV, "It's a very futuristic decision and it's a welcome step. It will have a long lasting impact on the poaching mafia that is active in the central Indian landscape encompassing four to five states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Rajasthan."

"The recent spate of poaching in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh has links with traders in Haryana and Delhi and a national level investigation will help break the nexus between the traders and local poachers who sell tiger parts to buyers in Nepal and China," Mr Andheria added.

Maharashtra has one of the largest tiger populations in the country. Poaching has been a worry for wildlife officials in areas like Chandrapur and Nagpur. Experts feel the CBI will be able to overcome challenges that local police face while investigating poaching cases.

According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India there have been 54 tiger deaths this year. Of these 25 were due to poaching and seizures. In such a scenario, this step is being welcomed by tiger conservationists.

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Western Demand for Cashmere Said a Threat to Endangered Asian Species

7/24/2013

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Source:  UPI.com

Some of the planet's rarest large mammals may become "victims of fashion" as the cashmere trade threatens ecosystems, U.S. conservationists say.

Expanding goat herds meant to increase profits for the cashmere trade in Western markets could see wildlife icons from the Tibetan Plateau to Mongolia suffer, the Wildlife Conservation Society reported Wednesday.

Species at risk include the snow leopard, wild yak, chiru, saiga, Bactrian camel, gazelles, and other already endangered species of remote Central Asia, the society said in a release.

Goats from this region produce high-quality fibers that, when processed into cashmere, are highly sought by western consumers.

The growth in goat herds is bringing increasing conflicts with pastoralists, predation by dogs on wildlife, retaliatory killing of snow leopards preying on goats and displacement of wildlife away from critical food habitats, experts said.

A study has used date from fieldwork in India, western China, and Mongolia and builds upon economic data including herder profits, changes in livestock numbers, and the relative abundance of wildlife, researchers said.

"The consequences are dramatic and negative for iconic species that governments have signed legislation to protect, yet the wildlife is continually being squeezed into a no-win situation," said lead study author Joel Berger, a biologist for the society and professor at University of Montana. More....

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Poachers Killing India's Endangered Cats Using Pesticides

7/21/2013

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Source:  Newindianexpress.com

By Dean Nelson

They have called for a ban on the chemical Carbofuran, which is used as a cheap pesticide by local potato farmers.

Tribal poachers are laying traps for tigers by leaving recently killed animal carcasses filled with the chemical on their territories.

The tigers are believed to die within an hour of eating the carcass and the poachers then sell their lucrative skins, teeth, nails and organs for thousands of pounds to Tibetan and Chinese traders.

Conservationists called on the Indian government to follow the United States, Canada, and Kenya, where it has been banned to protect wildlife.

Officials uncovered the scale of the chemical's use by poachers when they recently interrogated a number of tribals to establish why so many tigers and leopards were being found dead without any obvious cause.

The chemical is transparent and odourless and difficult to detect in tests.

It costs under a pound for enough to kill a tiger but a single grain is enough to kill a bird.

Dr Abhishek Singh of the Endangered Flora and Fauna on Earth Conservation Team said his staff had been tipped off about the use of pesticide while investigating tiger deaths in the Kumaon Hills, the jungle landscape where the legendary tiger hunter Jim Corbett turned pioneered big cat conservation. More....

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Indian Wildlife Park Battles Rhino Horn Poachers

1/10/2013

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Source:  News.msn.com

By Denis D. Gray

An endangered one-horned Indian rhinoceros is under constant threat from poachers as Chinese demand for exotic ‘medicines’ made from its husk continues to grow.

Out of the early morning mist and tall grass of northeast India emerges a massive creature with a dinosaur-like face, having survived millions of years despite a curse literally on its head. As elephant-borne riders approach, the formidable hulk sniffs the air for danger, then resumes its breakfast.

This is life in Kaziranga, refuge to more than 2,200 endangered Indian rhinoceros and one of the world's best-protected wildlife reserves. But even here, where rangers follow shoot-to-kill orders, poachers are laying siege, attempting to sheer off the animals' horns to supply a surge in demand for purported medicine in China that's pricier than gold. At least 18 rhino fell to poachers in and around the park in 2012, compared to 10 in all of India in 2011.

Insurgents eager to bolster their war chests here in India's Assam state are also involved, according to police. Authorities are investigating a recent news report that a Chinese company offered two rebel groups a deal: weapons in exchange for horns and body parts of the one-horned species whose scientific name is rhinoceros unicornis.

Pitted against the poachers, some armed with battlefield rifles, are 152 anti-poaching camps staffed by more than 900 rangers, guards and other personnel, almost one for every square kilometer of the reserve. These include a well-armed task force rushed in when the poaching erupted again early last year. Kaziranga also is ready to deploy drones and satellite surveillance to track the intruders. More....

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Leopard Poaching is a Bigger Problem in India than Previously Believed

10/31/2012

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Source:  Mongabay.com

By Caillie Mutterback

A recent study conducted by wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC uncovered unnerving statistics about the illegal trade of leopards (Panthera pardus) in India: at least four leopards have been poached every week for the past decade in the country. The study, entitled Illuminating the Blind Spot: A study on illegal trade in Leopard parts in India, highlights the severity of leopard poaching from 2001 to 2010, despite preventative measures established in 1972 by the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA) that prohibit the sale of leopard parts in India.

"TRAFFIC’s objective analysis has cast new light onto the sheer scale of illicit trade in leopard parts in India, which has hitherto been overshadowed by the trade in another of the country’s national icons, the tiger," says Divyabhunusinh Chavda, President of WWF-India.

Using a compilation of statistics from newspaper records and the State Forest department, TRAFFIC found that the number of poached leopards was far higher than previously thought, more than doubling the reported statistics on illegal leopard trade. Of the 420 seizures of leopard parts reported in 21 Indian territories, 371 seizures consisted of only skins while 23 consisted of skins and other leopard parts (claws, bones, or skulls). Leopard bones and body parts are a popular substitute for tiger parts in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which may explain their presence in the illegal market. TRAFFIC estimates the total number of leopards poached during the past decade was over 2,000.

The study also points to several locations that have emerged as critical centers for the illegal trade sector. Delhi had the highest number of seized leopard parts, with more than 26% of India’s total seizures and identified as "the most important hub of illegal trade in Leopards," according to the report. The state of Uttarakhand had the third highest number of seizures and the highest seizures that involved small numbers of killed leopards, which TRAFFIC says indicates the region as a major source of illegal leopard parts. Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana were also highlighted as key trade hotspots. Every month, there is an average of 3.5 leopard seizures throughout India. Many of the leopard parts are smuggled to neighbouring countries in Asia such as Nepal, Myanmar, Laos and Tibet.

"Any increase in external market demand could easily lead to a decimation of leopard numbers in India, but I am hopeful this latest analysis will provide the impetus to catalyse effective conservation action; particularly increased effectiveness of law enforcement initiatives to curtail the illegal trade in leopard body parts," Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO of WWF-India says.

Chavda also warns that "without an effective strategy to assess and tackle the threats posed by illegal trade, the danger is the Leopard numbers may decline rapidly as happened previously to the Tiger." More....

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Four Leopards a Week Being Killed in India for Skins, Experts Estimate

9/28/2012

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Source:  Worldnews.nbcnews.com

By Miguel Llanos

While India has struggled to protect its declining tiger population, its leopards have been getting even less protection, or attention for that matter. A study released Friday recognized that flaw, estimating that at least four leopards are being killed each week, double the official reports, with their skins then smuggled to parts of Asia.

"Even though reports of illegal trade in leopard body parts are disturbingly frequent, the level of threat to leopards in the country has previously been unrecognized, and has fallen into our collective 'blind spot'," study co-author Rashid Raza, the India coordinator for the TRAFFIC wildlife trade monitoring network, said in a statement with the study.

At least 2,300 leopards were killed and then their body parts trafficked between 2001 and 2010, the study estimates.

Official reports of seizures account for nearly half that number, with the rest an estimate based on statistical analysis of "undetected trade" patterns by TRAFFIC, which is funded by the World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The WWF said it was time to focus more efforts on leopards. They have been "overshadowed by the trade in another of the country’s national icons, the tiger," noted WWF-India President Divyabhanusinh Chavda.

The report cited numerous cases of leopard skins from India that were for sale in nearby Myanmar, Laos and Tibetan regions of China.

Much of the illegal trade is thought to go through the "porous" border with Nepal, the experts said. More....

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4 Leopards Killed by Poachers Each Week in India

9/28/2012

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Source:  Treehugger.com

By Mat McDermott

A new report from Traffic looks at the state of leopard poaching and smuggling in India in the first decade of the 21st century, finding that over that period an average of four leopards have been killed each week, with their body parts entering the black market.

In addition to an international trade ban on leopard parts, India has domestic legislation prohibiting the trade.

Looking at records of leopard part seizures by authorities, and applying statistical analysis to attempt to estimate undetected smuggling, the report says that just under 3000 leopards were killed by poachers from 2001-2010.

As for where these leopard parts are sold, Traffic says many of the leopard parts sold in Myanmar, Laos, and Tibet are of Indian origin.

The chart below shows where the most seizures of leopard parts—90% of which are skins—have occurred.

Leopards once lived across a large swath of land from Siberia to South Africa (see map below), but habitat loss and hunting have drastically reduced their range. IUCN classifies leopards as being near-threatened, one step below being considered on the endangered spectrum and one above being of least concern. Graphics.

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Smooth Criminals: The Sophisticated Tiger Trade

10/17/2011

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Source:  Missinterpreting.com

By Monica Sarkar

The tiger trade is one of the largest criminal networks in the world, fetching around $10 billion a year. Comparatively, the cocaine trade is worth $70 billion, placing the two infamous industries on a similar scale.

The tiger parts trade is extremely complex and highly sophisticated, making it a tricky trade to understand and eradicate. And the fact that the Chinese government turns a blind eye means it continues to flourish in the background.

There used to be over 100,000 tigers roaming freely in the wild by the 20th century. Now, there are around 3,200 left. And counting. The mightiest animal in the jungle is now also the most vulnerable.

The reason for the decline? Human(un)kind – please hold your bloody hands up.

For centuries, the tiger has been a symbol of power and courage that has captured the imagination of artists and also the greed of the crooked.

Historically, tiger hunting was a popular past time among the wealthy British, Indians and Chinese and ‘success’ at the sport was a sign of heroism.

As soon as tiger populations became threatened, hunting was banned. But today we destroy tigers’ homes, shoot them dead for their skin to use as wall hangings or hearthrugs, use their teeth and bones for mythical medicine and even their penis as an aphrodisiac. As we procreate, tigers dissipate.

Why should we care?

Many people fail to understand the welfare of the tiger because they cannot see how it affects humans. But tigers are at the top of the food chain; therefore they keep the numbers of their prey – such as deer, antelopes and gaur – under control.

If the tiger becomes extinct, the populations of their prey will spiral out of control and destroy the forests and environment upon which they feed. More....

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The First Rare Pride China Leadership Program Successfully Completed!

8/13/2010

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Source:  Rareconservation.org

By Shiyang Li

On August 2nd, seven Pride Campaign Managers successfully graduated from Rare’s first Pride cohort in China at Southwest Forestry University in Kunming. Over the past two years, all of the seven Pride campaign managers have been inspiring innovations in hundreds of Chinese communities to address daunting threats of deforestation, overgrazing, and poaching in China’s Inner Mongolia and Yunnan, Gansu ,and Jilin provinces.

Rare hosted a reception in Kunming on August 2nd to highlight the bright spots that the first China Pride cohort has achieved. The leaders of  local Pride partners, international partners such as TNC and WCS, candidates from the upcoming China Pride Campaign cohort, media outlets, Yunnan Forestry Department, and grassroots NGOs attended the event. Seven Campaign Managers were invited as panelist to showcase their best practices during their campaigns.

The event started with a video documentary of the Hunchun Pride Campaign to protect the last remaining Siberian tigers. The Campaign Manager Jianmin Lang told a story of an old hunter who was attacked by a tiger when he was poaching many years ago. During the Pride campaign in Hunchun, the hunter realized the urgency to stop setting snares and join the patrolling team protecting tigers.

Li Xiaohong from the Yuhe Campaign to protect the Golden Monkey, who is also a professor at a local university, shared his experience about being a movie director for the first time in his life. Because the campaign survey showed the community residents liked to watch movies, Xiaohong decided to make a short movie about a story of a college student who helped his family adopt efficient stoves. More....

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Sansar Chand: India's Deadliest Poacher

8/3/2010

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Source:  Projectbiwan.com

By Raman Kirpal

Two hundred and fifty tigers, 2,000 leopards, 5,000 otters, 20,000 wild cats, 20,000 wild foxes and still counting. That’s the number of wild animals that law enforcers have been able to count as falling prey to the deadly trade plied by Sansar Chand, 55, dubbed the Veerappan of the North, in the four decades since he took to a life of crime. He himself says they are “uncountable” and betrays no remorse about this mayhem.

The incorrigible poacher and his partners in crime, at least five of them family members, have been apprehended in as many as 57 cases in a bid to link him to seizure of large caches of animal parts. But thanks to shoddy investigations, apathy of State authorities, possible bribery of witnesses and weak laws, Sansar Chand has so far been acquitted in 10 cases and convicted only in one. Seven cases are still pending. Right now he is lodged in Jaipur central jail, but is looking forward to freedom after serving a five year term.

The sustained cruelty to animals — caught in iron traps, clubbed to death and then skinned — has brought rich dividends. Over the years, Sansar Chand amassed 45 properties, some of them covering an entire lane in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar. A conservative estimate puts their cost at Rs 40 crore, but the present market value would be much more. He claims he has no bank account, but the rent from the shops and flats alone will keep him comfortable, should he walk free.

Sealing of these properties is not within the purview of the Indian Wildlife (Prevention) Act, 1972, under which the cases are being tried. He has also been dragged into the stranglehold of the more stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), 1999, but is trying to wriggle out on the technical ground that it can only be evoked for repeat offenders with more than two convictions. More....

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