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1,800 Endangered Reptiles escape the cooking pot
Source:AsiaOne News
BUKIT KAYU HITAM, Malaysia - Over 1,800 endangered reptiles meant for the cooking pot were rescued by the Customs Department here. Acting on a tip-off, the department personnel seized 475 hill tortoises, 437 freshwater tortoises, 710 monitor lizards and 196 cobras and king cobras from a lorry that was parked near the Malaysia-Thai duty free zone at about 6.40am on Monday. The reptiles were kept inside blue sacks, plastic bags and plastic baskets and were hidden between heaps of empty fruit baskets and 20 boxes of sawn logs meant for carving.
State Customs director Ishak Ahmad said the lorry had passed through the Malaysian immigration checkpoint and had queued to enter the Thai checkpoint that opened at 7am. "We believe the reptiles that weighed 4,300kg were bound for restaurants that sell exotic dishes. The smugglers thought they could fool us by hiding the reptiles in the front part of the lorry and loading the empty fruit baskets and logs behind," he told reporters at the Customs store yesterday [Dec. 22]... Click To View The Full Article |
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Researchers: African elephants are two species
Source:CNN Environment By:Brian Walker, CNN
Scientists have discovered a new species of elephant, and it's been right under their noses the whole time. A paper published Tuesday in the *PLoS Biology scientific journal shows that African elephants are, in fact, two species that diverged millions of years ago.
"A surprising finding from our study is that the divergence of African savanna and forest elephants, which some have argued to be two populations of the same species, is about as ancient as the divergence of Asian elephants and mammoths," according to the authors, who are made up of researchers from the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. "Given their ancient divergence, we conclude that African savanna and forest elephants should be classified as two distinct species." Modern savanna (or bush) elephants weigh roughly twice as much as their forest-dwelling cousins, and have significantly different body shapes, with the savanna breed standing nearly a meter taller than the forest elephants... Click Here To Read Entire Article At Source *Click Here To Read The PLoS Biology Scientific Journal Paper |
US gets tough on shark fins
Source:Terra Daily
The US Senate on Monday [Dec. 20] toughened laws against shark finning, hoping to save the ancient fish which experts fear is on the brink of extinction due to growing demand in Chinese restaurants.
Tens of millions of sharks are killed each year by fishermen who slice off their fins, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, and leave them to die in the water. Sharks live long and have few offspring, compounding risks to their survival.
The bill does not ban the sale of shark fin, which is readily available in many upscale Chinese restaurants in the United States. But conservationists welcomed the bill, saying it would curb a burgeoning but largely undocumented US trade in shark fins. Environmental groups estimate that up to 73 million sharks are killed each year around the world for fins, leading to declines of up to 90 percent of some species of sharks, which have swum the oceans since the age of the dinosaurs. Despite campaigns from activists, demand for shark fins is seen as growing as China becomes increasingly prosperous... Click To Read The Entire Article NWHS NOTE: NWHS advocates banning all shark fin sales & consumption in the USA, possibly setting an example for other nations. Otherwise, many vital species of sharks will soon be lost forever. |
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