Illegal trade pressure on pangolins pushes three species further up the risk register
Three species of pangolins have moved into a higher category of threat due to the growing impacts of habitat loss, poaching and illegal trade
Tag: poaching
Investors must turn their backs on traditional ‘medicines’ using threatened species
Thousands of leopards have been killed to feed China’s unethical trade in the endangered big cat’s bones but international investors are in a position to do something about it
It’s not over yet – antiques trade appeals over its failed bid to quash landmark UK Ivory Act
A small group of antiques traders which failed in its bid to overturn the UK Ivory Act has been granted leave to appeal
Antiques trade bid to quash landmark UK Ivory Act fails in the High Court
A small group of antiques traders have failed in their bid to overturn the UK Ivory Act
Snow leopards: ‘Ghost of the mountain’ under pressure from the spectre of illegal trade
Today is International Snow Leopard Day, a celebration of the beautiful and elusive big cat known as the ‘ghost of the mountain’. It is also a chance to renew focus on the price that illegal wildlife trade is exacting from this magnificent creature. The Snow Leopard Trust estimates there are somewhere between 3,290 and 6,390 […]
To be or not to be traded – the fate of the UK ivory ban now hangs in the balance
EIA Senior Wildlife Campaigner Shruti Suresh was at the UK High Court hearing of a law suit brought to quash the landmark UK Ivory Act