Malaysia: Sabah considers growing elephant food in three areas to prevent encroachment

The state government is mulling the idea of planting elephant food in certain protected areas to prevent them from encroaching into plantations and risk getting killed.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Christina Liew, who is also state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, said the move could possible reduce human-elephant conflict and hopefully, prevent extinction of the species in Sabah ...

Source: www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/22/sabah-mulls-growing-elephant-food-in-three-areas-to-pre...

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On International Snow Leopard Day, the internet will be full of amazing pictures of these beautiful animals. Let us not forget that like other Asian big cats, people are buying their skins as home décor, their teeth as jewellery and their bones to make medicines.

In October 2018, we were at the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and called on the CITES Secretariat to prepare some specific recommendations for action by particular countries to address trade in Asian big cats.

We will know that countries are truly committed to saving these magnificent cats when they amend their laws to prohibit domestic trade, convict and seize the assets of individuals involved in trade, destroy stockpiles of parts and derivatives and run consumer behaviour change campaigns.

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Thermal imaging could slash whale strikes by ships

Conservationists are seeking ship owners and ports to trial thermal imaging hardware that could reduce the number of whales dying from ship strikes.

According to the International Whaling Commission’s ship strike database more than 1,200 whales have died since 2009. However, the real number of deaths could be significantly greater; the relative size of ships means that the vast majority of impacts are likely go undetected ...

Source: www.motorship.com/news101/ships-equipment/call-to-reduce-whale-strikes

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