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  • China Reports Largest-Ever Trafficking Bust of Pangolin Scales

    5,000 to 7,500 pangolins must have been killed to produce the amount of scales seized this month in Shanghai. https://t.co/T98XCqnEnP — NPR (@NPR) December 28, 2016 Chinese customs just discovered a colossal illegal shipment of pangolin scales. Three people were caught in the bust, which consisted of 101 bags of scales weighing in at an […] More

  • Global Wildlife Populations Plummeted 58% in Last 50 Years

    Earth is losing precious wildlife at a horrifying rate. The 2016 Living Planet Report, published this past October by the World Wildlife Fund, declared that global wildlife populations declined by 58% between 1970 and 2012. This is a shocking revelation, and it means that if this trend continues, it will have declined by two-thirds by […] More

  • Giant Rats Are Helping Save Pangolins From Wildlife Trafficking

      Wildlife officials in Tanzania are training African giant pouched rats to help identify illegal shipments of pangolins, a heavily trafficked endangered species.   Funded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as an effort to end wildlife trafficking, this program is currently assessing the rats’ ability to sniff out pangolins in various settings. […] More

  • Peruvian Authorities Seize 8 Million Seahorses Bound For Asia

    Image: Peruvian Production Authority Authorities in Peru have seized an estimated 8 million illegally trafficked seahorses on a ship bound for Asia. Officials said that the dried seahorses are worth nearly $4 million. The seahorses were found in the hold of the ship while at port in Callao on June 7. The captain of the Chinese vessel […] More