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Singapore:
wildlife trade
issues, status, efforts, discussions
see also exotic species, pets and our wild
places
Who
do you call? if you come across any errant pet shops that trade
in illegal animals, you can call
Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA)
6471 7198 or 6227 0670
Acres Wildlife Crime Hotline
9783 7782 (24-hours) more
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Argentina seizes five tons of protected
Philippine coral, seashells Yahoo News 5 Nov 07
US-S'pore plan to tackle green issues
Ending illegal trade in timber and wildlife among items on agenda
By Arti Mulchand Straits Times 2 Nov 07
China's Caged Bears in Long Battle for
Freedom
Story by Gillian Murdoch PlanetArk 23 Oct 07
Protection or profit? Wildlife farming
in China
Reuters 22 Oct 07
Once Cool now Cruel: No sponsors for
historic Tiong Bahru Bird Corner By Ng Tze Yong The New Paper 8 Oct
07
Enforcement officers being trained to
spot rare reptiles
Move to tackle illegal wildlife trade passing through Singapore
By Tania Tan The Straits Times 4 Oct 07
More funds needed to create awareness
of illegal wildlife trade here Sheralyn Tay Today Online 27 Sep 07
Pythons skinned and left to die
The shocking reality behind fashion's new obsession
By Tom Rawstorne The Daily Mail 20 Sep 07
Malaysia looks for bear bile in medicine
Yahoo News 17 Sep 07
Genetic "barcodes" may cut illegal trade
By Alister Doyle Yahoo News 15 Sep 07
Wildlife rescue centre to open next month
Tania Tan Straits Times 11 Sep 07
Record Cache of Snow Leopard Parts Seized
in China
Kelly Hearn National Geographic 10 Sep 07
Malaysia Seizes 168 Smuggled Pangolins
- Report
PlanetArk 6 Sep 07
Police Find Two Tigers in Hanoi Woman's
Fridge
PlanetArk 6 Sep 07
Myanmar wildlife pays the price for Chinese
demand
Reuters 3 Sep 07
Possible open season on monkeys?
Elizabeth John New Straits Times 17 Aug 07
Tourists Fuelling Endangered Wildlife
Trade
PlanetArk 16 Aug 07
DNA analysis promises a new chapter in
wildlife management and conservation By Tan Cheng Li The Star 7 Aug
07
Experts fear Jatukham fever may endanger
dugongs
Phuket Gazette 31 Jul 07
Wildlife Smuggling Boom Plaguing L.A.,
Authorities Say
Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 26 Jul 07
Experts seek to stop turtles' extinction
By Dorie Turner, Associated Press The Yahoo News 26 Jul 07
300kg of 'delicacies' seized in Johor
The Electric New Paper 10 Jul 07
China Internet Surfers Save More Than
800 Cats
Story by Benjamin Kang Lim PlanetArk 10 Jul 07
Malaysia Seizes 900 Monkeys From Wildlife
Poachers PlanetArk 10 Jul 07
Malaysia to Return Smuggled Tortoises
to India
PlanetArk 26 Jun 07
Cash row at wildlife trade forum
By Richard Black Environment BBC 16 Jun 07
China in the hotseat at UN wildlife trade
forum
by Marlowe Hood Yahoo News 15 Jun 07
Red and Pink Corals Get UN Trade Protection
Story by Alister Doyle Yahoo News 14 Jun 07
Detection kit helps crack down on illegal
bear bile trade
by Marlowe Hood Yahoo News 12 Jun 07
Looking for clues in the ivory jungle
By Richard Black BBC 11 Jun 07
Slow loris trade: Too cute for comfort
By Richard Black BBC 7 Jun 07
Wildlife advocates disagree on how humans
fit into picture
by Marlowe Hood Yahoo News 4 Jun 07
Wildlife smuggling in Asia still a roaring
trade
by Kevin McElderry Yahoo News 31 May 07
CITES to study species over-exploitation
By Arthur Max Yahoo News 31 May 07
EU: Top global importer of wildlife
WWF 31 May 07
Wildlife rescue centre needs $250k more
or construction halts Total $1m bill includes operation costs for centre
till year end
By Melissa Tan Straits Times 31 May 07
Singapore youths help set up the Acres
Wildlife Rescue Centre
Acres Press Release 30 May 07
Thousands of pangolins among illegal
Asian animal shipments Yahoo News 22 May 07
ASEAN meets on illegal wildlife trade
Channel NewsAsia 21 May 07
Smugglers using Malaysia as transit point
By Eddie Chua The Star 12 May 07
Asian markets push illegal ivory
BBC 11 May 07
Wildlife caught in Web of Internet
sales
by Ken Dermota Yahoo News 4 May 07
US to lock horns over wild species trade
by Ken Dermota Yahoo News 4 May 07
Cambodian rangers trained to help bears
Yahoo News 27 Apr 07
India steps up protection for rare Asiatic
lions
By Rupam Jain Nair Yahoo News 7 Apr 07
China Breeders Urge Lifting of Tiger
Parts Ban
PlanetArk 30 Mar 07
Tigers in the eye of Vietnam conservation
storm
by Frank Zeller Yahoo News 29 Mar 07
China's Turtle Farms Threaten Rare Species, Experts Say
Scott Norris National Geographic 23 Mar 07
Two rescued Indonesian orangutans give
birth
Yahoo News 18 Mar 07
Take shark's fin soup off menu for Olympics:
lawmaker
Yahoo News 13 Mar 07
Wildlife Groups Urge China to Keep Tiger
Trade Ban
PlanetArk 13 Mar 07
China Delegate Says Bear Bile Farming
in Bad Taste
Story by Lindsay Beck PlanetArk 8 Mar 07
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban, New
Protections for Great White, Whale and Basking Sharks, Manta Rays Underwatertimes
3 Mar 07
Chinese Medicine Shops Busted In Bear
Goods Sting Tortured bears in volunteers’ minds when they’re posing
as customers… They say of sting: Hardest part is pretending to be happy
By Teh Jen Lee The New Paper 2 Mar 07
Scheme to stamp out sale of endangered
species products in traditional chinese medicine shops
Gracia Chiang Today Online 2 Mar 07
New Curbs Proposed on Trade in Endangered
Species
Story by Robert Evans PlanetArk 1 Mar 07
Abalone - are you getting what you pay
for?
By Sarah Ng Straits Times 18 Feb 07
S'poreans splurge on New Year dinners
By Wee Li-En Business Times 17 Feb 07
Five things not to eat for Chinese New
Year
TRAFFIC 12 Feb 07
Illegal wildlife trade in China undiminished
by bans, health threats by Stephanie Wong Yahoo News 12 Feb 07
US launches international campaign against
illegal wildlife trade by Karen Calabria Yahoo News 10 Feb 07
Whale on your plate? Tell AVA
Today Online 10 Feb 07
Whale on our plates? How?
Letter from Wee leng leng Today Online 7 Feb 07
'Fa cai' has many medicinal benefits
and is important for CNY celebrations Letter from Heng Cho Choon Straits
Times Forum 2 Feb 07
CITES: Proposals to change wildlife regulations
unveiled
WWF 17 Jan 07
Indian police rescue 2,000 turtles from
smugglers
Yahoo News 8 Jan 07
Southeast Asia hunts wildlife poachers
By Michael Casey, AP Yahoo News 23 Dec 06
Thai students enlisted to combat illegal
wildlife trade
Yahoo News 22 Dec 06
China Tiger Farms Lobby to Sell Animal
Parts to Aid Conservation Scott Norris National Geographic 22 Dec
06
24kg of python skin seized at Tuas checkpoint,
two men arrested Channel NewsAsia 16 Dec 06
UK report supports use of primates in
research
By Patricia Reaney Yahoo News 12 Dec 06
Bird's nest, the viable alternative
Letter from Oscar Lee Shing Kian
Straits Times Forum 11 Dec 06
Exotic pets in U.S. may pose health risk
By Margaret Ebrahim and John Solomon, Associated Press Yahoo News 28
Nov 06
Wildlife under pressure find second chance
By Charles J. Hanley Yahoo News 26 Nov 06
Scientists say SARS-civet cat link proved
Yahoo News 22 Nov 06
UK Police Crack Down on Rare Species
Medicine Trade PlanetArk 17 Nov 06
Manila wants tougher enforcement of environmental
laws
By Manny Mogato Reuters 10 Nov 06
Wild about wildlife: Acres
Acres chief talks about dolphins, polar bears, death threats and his beef
with the Singapore Zoo Today Online 3 Nov 06
Hunting for conservation solutions
Viewpoint by Eugene Lapointe BBC 27 Oct 06
Wild bird trade ban 'should stay'
BBC 27 Oct 06
What is wildlife crime?
BBC 19 Oct 06
Malaysian intercepts 6,000 exotic animals
bound for Hong Kong Yahoo News 20 Oct 06
Wildlife rescue centre to be set up by
April next year
By Asha Popatlal Channel NewsAsia 11 Oct 06
Protected species traded quite openly
in Indonesia
Bambang Parlupi Jakarta Post 10 Oct 06
Brit Tourists Warned After Seahorse Smuggling
Arrests
'One of the Most Serious Global Problems of Our Time' Underwatertimes
3 Oct 06
On a mission: about ACRES
By Hilary Chiew The Star 3 Oct 06
Reptile skin smuggler jailed, fined
by Elena Chong Straits Times 23 Sep 06
ACRES needs support for Wildlife Rescue
Centre
Email from Louis Ng 22 Sep 06
Smuggler found with 1,460 star tortoises
Elizabeth John New Straits Times 15 Sep 06
Rare Olive Ridley turtles seized in Agra
NDTV.com 14 Sep 06
253kg of endangered reptile skins seized
from barge
Channel NewsAsia 15 Sep 06
Vietnam police seize truckload of illegal
wildlife
Yahoo News 15 Sep 06
Vietnam Becoming Asia's Illegal Animal
"Supermarket," Experts Warn Maryann Mott National Geographic 13 Sep
06
Thai monkey business over as orangutans
head home
Yahoo News 14 Sep 06
Zoos targets for exotic animal thieves
By Sue Leeman, Associated Press Yahoo News 10 Sep 06
BOS Foundation ready to pick up orangutans
from Thailand Antara 8 Sep 06
"Taiping Four" Gorillas to Return to
Cameroon
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 5 Sep 06
Exotic Monkeys Find Home in South African
Suburb
Story by Sarah McGregor PlanetArk 1 Sep 06
Record Ivory Cache Traced to Zambia Elephants,
DNA Shows
Susan Brown National Geographic 17 Aug 06
Illegal wildlife trade takes heavy toll
in Vietnam
by Frank Zeller Yahoo News 14 Aug 06
Researchers appeal for new regulations
to save coral reefs from live fish trade University of Cambridge
website 4 Aug 06
Thai elephants begin controversial journey
to Australia
Channel NewsAsia 31 Jul 06
Vietnam to send two smuggled orangutans
back to Indonesia Channel NewsAsia 24 Jul 06
Indonesia to protect native wildlife
at all costs
From Loretta Ann Soosayraj 20 Jul 06
Ape Meat Sold in U.S., European Black Markets
Sara Goudarzi National Geographic 18 Jul 06
Airport law enforcers net valuable reef
fish cargo (Humphead wrasse) TRAFFIC 11 Jul 06
More than 5 tonnes of ivory from
Tanzania seized in Taiwan within three days TRAFFIC 7 Jul 06
Singapore rescues 630 endangered turtles
destined for cooking pots Channel NewsAsia 5 Jul 06
Bad taste to broadcast programme on the
eating of the endangered Napoleon wrasse
Letter from Law Sin Ling Straits Times Forum 6 Jul 06
Bushmeat "Sold in Secret European, US
Markets"
PlanetArk 5 Jul 06
African Grey Parrots "Under Threat From
Pet Trade"
PlanetArk 5 Jul 06
Taiwan seizes huge haul of smuggled ivory
from Tanzania
Yahoo News 4 Jul 06
Rules set by the Palau government on
the catching of Napoleon fish highlighted in show Reply from Mediacorp
Straits Times Forum 4 Jul 06
Aunt lost $20,000 when nephew jumped
bail for smuggling endangered birds By Elena Chong Straits Times
30 Jun 06
More hands-on opportunities needed to curb animal abuse
Letter from Niam Xing Wei Straits Times Forum 28 Jun 06
Take a strong stance against animal smugglers,
abusers
By Louis Ng Straits Times Forum 23 Jun 06
Thai authorities seize illegal cargo
of pangolins and freshwater turtles at Bangkok airport TRAFFIC Southeast
Asia and WildAid 26 Jun 06
China, India and Nepal work together
to address illegal trans-boundary wildlife trade TRAFFIC 27 Jun 06
MediaCorp shouldn't air programme which
shows feast on endangered species
Letter from Ang Fui Gan Straits Times Forum Online 21 Jun 06
Tragic End for Box Turtles
Straits Times 21 Jun 06
Singapore's
action on box turtle smuggling commended by TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and WildAid
the habitatnews blog
Indonesian arrested for attempting to
smuggle protected turtle species through S'pore
By Wong Siew Ying Channel NewsAsia 16 Jun 06
Elephants' journey to Australia in limbo
after protests in Thailand Channel NewsAsia 7 Jun 06
Southeast Asia Plans Wildlife Crime-Busting
Units
PlanetArk 26 May 06
Monkey rescued from captivity repatriated
to India
By Asha Popatlal Channelnews Asia 19 Apr 06
China Seizes Hundreds of Bear Paws, Pangolins
PlanetArk 28 Apr 06
Boxing orangutans offer hope on animal
trade war
Channel NewsAsia 23 Apr 06
Falcon Smugglers Swoop to Profits, Endanger
Birds
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 21Apr 06
No site yet for wild animal shelter
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 7 Apr 06
World Must Tackle Wildlife Smuggling
- UN Official
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 27 Mar 06
Man caught at airport with 12 rare birds
by Shefali Srinivas The Straits Times 16 Feb 06
Tarantulas found abandoned
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 7 Feb 06
Seizures of illegal wildlife at new low
by Radha Basu The Stratis Times 2 Feb 06
Scientist jailed for smuggling Malaysia's
rarest orchids
By Michael McCarthy The Independent 18 Jan 06
AVA gets more teeth against illegal wildlife
trade
by Lim Wei Chean The Straits Times 18 Jan 06
Going straight for the jugular Wednesday
Loh Chee Kong Today Online 18 Jan 06
Illegal wildlife trade second only to
drugs
by Khushwant Singh The Straits Times 3 Jan 06
Building capacity in key international
airports of Southeast Asia by Chris R. Shepherd, Regional Programme
Officer TRAFFIC Dispatches (PDF file) 22 Dec 05
Malaysia sends smuggled orang-utans home
to Indonesia
AFP Channel NewsAsia 18 Dec 05
Southeast Asian countries launch law
enforcement network to fight wildlife smuggling
Written by Michael Casey PlanetSave 1 Dec 05
Wildlife endangered
By Hilary Chiew The Star 22 Nov 05
APEC to enhance bio-security to keep
out “invasive alien species” Radio Singapore International 15 Nov
05
Whistle on wildlife Today Online
14 Nov 05
New study uncovers major inaccuracies
in global wildlife trade monitoring By Conservation International Eurekalert
3 Nov 05
Call for new wildlife trade rules
By Helen Briggs BBC Online 31 Oct 05
ASEAN countries pave way for world's
largest wildlife law enforcement network TRAFFIC website 25 Oct 05
Britain suspects bird flu infection originated
from Taiwan
Channel NewsAsia 24 Oct 05
Britain calls for EU ban on wild birds
after parrot dies of bird flu Channel NewsAsia 23 Oct 05
China Bear Bile Farmer Eaten by own Animals
PlanetArk, 12 Oct 05
Laws can't keep up with surge in exotic
pets--or irresponsible owners By The Asahi Shimbun Channel NewsAsia,
1 Oct 05
Trader fined $56,000 for smuggling clams,
corals
The Straits Times 26 Sep 05
Record fine for smuggling sea gems
The New Paper 27 Sep 05
US launches campaign against Asian
wildlife trade amid bird flu threat Channel NewsAsia 24 Sep 05
Rare species ending up in Indian school
labs
Times of India 22 Sep 06
Web Shoppers Destroying Endangered Wildlife
-Report
Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk, 17 Aug 05
Web trade threat to rare species
BBC website, 15 Aug 05
Wildlife Act being reviewed
The AVA may also revise penalties
Reply by AVA Today Online, Voices Page 4 Aug 05
Seized: 500kg of python skins Haul
from a lorry on Causeway which was carrying audio speaker parts
By K.C. Vijayan The Straits Times, 30 Jul 05
Customs officers foil attempt to smuggle
python skins into Singapore By Joanne Leow Channel NewsAsia, 29 Jul
05
Pet shops selling at-risk species
By Arlina Arshad The Straits Times, 23 Jul 05
Turtle soup? Banned species in pet shops
by Jasmine Yin Today Online, 23 Jul 05
The authorities need to clamp down on illegal wildlife trade
Letters from Parameshvathy Sivalingam and Pramod Madhavan Haridass Today
Online, Voices Page 25 Jul 05
Endangered Turtles Sold in Singapore Pet Shops
Story by Teresa Geow PlanetArk website, 26 Jul 05
UK wildlife law closes loophole on illegal
endangered species trade World Wildlife Fund website, 22 Jul 05
The thrill of the hunt ...
Reply by Grant Pereira Letter to Today Online, 1 Jul 05
He hunts to help save endangered species
Today Online, 29 Jun 05
Seeking the green light for animal sanctuaries:
YES Plans for halfway house on Pulau Ubin for confiscated wildlife get in-principle
OK
By Chang Ai-Lien Science Correspondent
NO Expats' proposal to turn Pulau Tekukor into Monkey Island rejected and
Monkeys that turn too aggressive culled
By Jane Ng
The Straits Times, 24 Jun 05
Poacher hunter's escape and status of
wildlife trade in Singapore
Jasmine Yin Today Online , 24 Jun 05
Providing hope for animals
3-day conference in Singapore for activists to address animal-related concerns
by Jasmine Yin Today Online, 23 Jun 05
The state of animal welfare in Singapore
Radio Singapore International, 23 Jun 05
ASEAN stands firm against illegal wildlife
trade
Written and produced by Daphne Koh
Radio Singapore International website, 6 Jun 05
Ecuador Lifts Galapagos Sea Cucumber
Fishing Ban
PlanetArk website, 1 Jun 05
Importers of diseased plants face fine
of up to $1,000
By Ng Lian Cheong/Julia Ng Channel NewsAsia 30 May 05
ASEAN combats illegal wildlife trade
in Southeast Asia
WWF website, 26 May 05
Turtle trafficking on the rise in Japan
Wild tortoise and freshwater turtle populations in Asia are being threatened
by the growing pet trade in Japan, says TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring
network. Japan is the largest importer of live tortoises for pets in the
world.
WWF Newsroom 10 Mar 05
Shortage in supply leads to price hike
for abalone, shark's fins and sea cucumber By Lee Ching Yee and Tan
Bee Leng Channel NewsAsia, 13 Jan 05
Links
ASEAN
Wildlife Trade Initiative on the TRAFFIC website
Animal Concerns Research and Education
Society ACRES is dedicated to the issue of wildlife trade in Singapore
The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority
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