2020 Review

 “Scotland to ban mass culling of mountain hares” (The Guardian 18 June 2020) – Image courtesy of Robert Harding Well, 2020… Read more 2020 Review

Zoonotic Diseases of Mass Destruction (Part II) – Who is regulating who?

Banner image courtesy of Animals Asia In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the legal trade and illegal wildlife trafficking trade has come… Read more Zoonotic Diseases of Mass Destruction (Part II) – Who is regulating who?

Open letter to World Health Organisation

6th April 2020 Dear Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [Director General, World Health Organisation] and Dr Zhang Qi [Co-ordinator of Traditional and… Read more Open letter to World Health Organisation

Zoonotic Diseases of Mass Destruction

Banner image courtesy of artist Olaf Hajek and The New York Times Sunday Review The ‘true’ cost of wildlife abuse… Read more Zoonotic Diseases of Mass Destruction

China’s ban on wildlife consumption is an overdue death knell for lion bone industry

by Don Pinnock, The Daily Maverick, 24 February 2020 The Chinese government has placed an immediate ban on the illegal trading… Read more China’s ban on wildlife consumption is an overdue death knell for lion bone industry

Inside The Global Conservation Organization Infiltrated By Trophy Hunters

In depth investigation by Roberto Jurkschat, “Inside The Global Conservation Organization Infiltrated By Trophy Hunters,” BuzzFeed, 13 February 2020 (see original… Read more Inside The Global Conservation Organization Infiltrated By Trophy Hunters

Where wild things are under threat, wildlife trade needs to be dealt with

Banner image: “Tigers rub against a cage fence at a captive breeding centre for large predators at an undisclosed location… Read more Where wild things are under threat, wildlife trade needs to be dealt with

China’s Wildlife Trade is Out of Control

Photo by J. Patrick Fischer via Wikimedia Commons – Annamiticus IWB’s Letter to the Chinese Ambassador, Chinese Embassy, London, dated 6… Read more China’s Wildlife Trade is Out of Control