Pangolin trade probe exposes serious legal loopholes
Legal loopholes in wildlife trade between Uganda and China could facilitate an illicit shadow trade in the scales of endangered pangolins, a new report warns
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Footage reveals criminal-run tiger ‘farms’ in Laos have actually been expanded
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today released new covert footage showing the huge expansion of captive-breeding facilities in Laos for tigers and bears
Fast growth of traditional Chinese medicine in Africa poses direct threat to endangered species
The aggressive expansion of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many African countries is posing a direct threat to the future of some endangered species
Confirmed: China’s revised wildlife law looks to be a grave missed opportunity for threatened wildlife
Despite intense international scrutiny since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese Government’s revision of its key legislation on conservation and trade in wild animals looks likely to be a major disappointment and failure of nerve
Revealed: The Chinese Government’s pangolin trade deception
new report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Smoke and Mirrors, reveals the extent to which the Chinese Government is supporting the continued use of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammal
Legal petition urges US to certify that China’s pangolin trade violates wildlife treaty
Conservation organisations filed a legal petition urging the US secretary of the Interior to formally certify China for illegally trading in critically imperilled pangolins