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Why Hong Kong should lead the crackdown on wildlife smuggling
Hong Kong can make a true difference by reforming its reputation as a major trafficking hub and tackling an issue of global importance.
29 Sep 2023 - 9:30AM
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China’s place in the climate crisis fight with Jane Goodall
3 Dec 2022 - 9:00AM
China crackdown on ivory trade deters smugglers, Hague report finds
28 Sep 2022 - 7:00PM
Hong Kong officials impound 284 pieces of ivory in raid on shop
Hong Kong officials seize biggest haul of ivory since trade was banned late last year.
1 Aug 2022 - 4:54PM
While there’s demand, China will be a wildlife smuggling centre: report
Case involving Chinese family shows criminals are resourceful and can adapt if demand for ivory persists: Wildlife Justice Commission.
1 Feb 2022 - 8:02PM
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Indonesia jails poachers who killed endangered elephants
Nine men were given sentences of between 10 months and three-and-a-half years; two others were jailed for almost two years.
27 Jan 2022 - 11:17PM
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Hong Kong’s ivory ban is not enough to end demand or save elephants
Banning the ivory trade without addressing the demand for ivory products only forces the trade underground and makes it harder to stop. Hong Kong needs to ban the sale of antique ivory and remove demand before it can truly protect elephants.
16 Jan 2022 - 9:15AM
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Editorial
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Hong Kong ivory ban needs to be strictly enforced
Cruel smugglers have got away with it long enough and now the city must make sure those who break the new law by selling prohibited products pay the price.
5 Jan 2022 - 8:00AM
China’s ivory ban at risk from legal trade in woolly mammoth tusks
High volume of woolly mammoth ivory ads sparks fears these could drive up demand for elephant ivory or act as a cover for trade in the banned product.
3 Nov 2021 - 11:18PM
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The grim facts of Hong Kong’s role in wildlife crime, and hope for a change
The plight of the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked mammal, is emblematic of Hong Kong’s leading role in the global extinction crisis as a hub of the illegal trade in wildlife and animal parts.
15 May 2021 - 8:41AM
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China jails ivory smuggling ringleaders for life in landmark case
17 people sentenced for moving millions of dollars in tusks from West Africa as part of the biggest illicit network of its kind in China.
1 Jan 2021 - 10:37PM
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Seized ivory on display in China
4 Dec 2019 - 3:10PM
Maasai warrior hopes to see end to Chinese obsession with rhino horn, ivory
Daniel Ole Sambu, a conservationist from the Big Life Foundation, talks about the impact of the Chinese demand for wildlife products, and why his Kenyan culture is turning its back on the teenage tradition of lion-killing
5 Sep 2019 - 4:57PM
Delight and dismay at elephant trade ban
Countries have agreed to limit the controversial sale of wild elephants caught in Zimbabwe and Botswana, to the delight of conservationists but the dismay of some of the African countries involved.
28 Aug 2019 - 9:38PM
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‘Hundreds’ of elephants are being poached each year in Botswana
Elephants Without Borders research likely to increase pressure on Botswana, which last month sparked controversy by lifting its ban on hunting.
14 Jun 2019 - 3:10AM
Good news: elephant slaughter down. Now the bad news ...
The illegal slaughter of African elephants to feed Asia’s demand for ivory has decreased by more than half in eight years, but the majestic mammals are still threatened with extinction, researchers warned.
29 May 2019 - 8:59PM
Letters
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Asia must stop being a paper tiger in fighting illegal wildlife trade
Numerous national regulations and global treaties exist that target the traffic in ivory, rhino horn and other endangered wildlife, but lax enforcement makes them paper tigers.
20 May 2019 - 5:00PM
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Chinese customs officers seize more than 7 tonnes of ivory in record haul
Twenty-six suspected members of international trafficking ring arrested in coordinated operation across six provinces.
15 Apr 2019 - 10:47PM
9 tonnes of ivory seized in Vietnam amid struggling crackdown
The ivory-stuffed timber logs were discovered Tuesday at Da Nang’s main port on a ship from the Republic of Congo in central Africa
29 Mar 2019 - 2:20PM
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No excuse for Hong Kong not to crack down on illegal ivory right away
Hong Kong should treat Japan’s recently passed law requiring proof that ivory was legally obtained as an example to follow
28 Mar 2019 - 11:00AM
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Beijing backs 15-year jail term for Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’
21 Feb 2019 - 5:24AM
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Customs seize US$16.7 million in goods, arrest 1,200 in holiday blitz
During 27 day operation, customs detect about 1,300 smuggling cases.
12 Feb 2019 - 11:45AM
Letters
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New stiffer penalties strike harder at illegal wildlife trade
Increased penalties for the smuggling of endangered species send a clear message to the public about the seriousness of such offences.
8 Feb 2019 - 1:03PM
Wildlife smugglers must face justice
The lack of prosecutions following the seizure of ivory tusks worth HK$70 million is sending the wrong message to those who trade in animal parts
1 Feb 2019 - 8:56PM
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Are ivory chopsticks worth the lives of elephants?
Hong Kong must redouble efforts to stop the illegal trade in ivory, following the latest reminder of how syndicates that profit from the crime often go scot-free.
30 Jan 2019 - 3:14AM
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Ivory smuggling target of campaign by Chinese customs and environmentalists
28 Jan 2019 - 9:33AM
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Biggest seizure of ivory in 30 years ... but zero prosecutions
Customs seized seven tonnes of tusks worth about HK$70 million in a shipment of frozen fish in 2017 but justice department said there was insufficient evidence to support a reasonable prospect of conviction.
28 Jan 2019 - 10:06AM
Blood of 3,000 elephants, 65,000 pangolins on Hong Kong’s hands
Study reveals alarming surge in smuggling activity, but prosecution rate remains low. Experts call for cases to be handled under law against organised crime for greater deterrence and investigative firepower.
21 Jan 2019 - 11:54PM
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