“Glue” made from the bones of endangered tigers is being sold to promote health during the pandemic
Criminal wildlife traders continue to cash in on the coronavirus crisis – including touting tiger bone “glue” to maintain health during the pandemic
Tag: rhino-horn
Wildlife Week: We know there’s a way to save tigers – now we need the political will
A look at what progress has been made since the 2010 International Tiger Forum in St Petersburg set out to double the wild tiger population by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger
Wildlife Week: Innovation and courage in the fight against wildlife crime
A brief history of EIA's illegal wildlife trade investigations, from elephants and tigers through to pangolins
China’s conservation image tarnished by tiger bone decision
With fewer than 4,000 wild tigers remaining across Asia and approximately 30,000 rhinos in Asia and Africa, government leaders must do everything possible to end poaching and trafficking.
Fake horn is no cure for the epidemic of rhino poaching
For the past three years or so, a handful of scientific entrepreneurs have increasingly championed a possible solution to the current appalling levels of rhino poaching. Specifically, several companies have been advocating the use of biotechnology to artificially create rhino horn and then ‘flood’ the market with it
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‘Sin City’ wildlife raids a start but what about the long-term?
Vientiane Times has reported that four restaurants at Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GT SEZ) had been shut down and illegal wildlife products confiscated and burnt, following the release of EIA’s Sin City report