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Judge Jerry Legrandeur got the detail he needed Thursday on the fines proposed for two Hutterite men guilty of illegally trafficking in bald and golden eagles and other wildlife.
Crown prosecutor Lisa Weich gave the judge a breakdown on the proposed fines for Nathan Tschetter and William Tschetter, along with 13 previous cases she studied.
“I will be taking time to look at all the cases,” Judge Legrandeur said.
The judge will give his decision Wednesday, June 6 in Fort Macleod provincial court....
“The fines have been increasing and increasing over time because unlawfully trafficking in wildlife has not stopped,” Weich said....
(CELEBRITY NEWS) Prince William is set to work with friend and British TV presenter, Ben Fogle, in an anti-poaching project and documentary.
A recent study examining war and contraband finds that American soldiers deployed abroad have helped create a niche industry for wildlife products made from imperiled species.
Q: How can one stop the poaching of exotic birds and what laws pertain to it?
A: Exotic birds are poached in their own countries and then smuggled into India, where they are sold openly. They come in containers in ships through Kolkata and Chennai and most customs officials are aware of the trade and profit from it. The trade is run by mafia that makes crores. The birds are smuggled across the country in trains, mislabeled as goods. The railways promised not to allow any live cargo but so many railway station masters are on the take. It is up to NGOs to keep a vigil on the railways. The law regarding exotic birds is very odd and encourages poaching as only ‘Indian’ birds can be caught under the Wildlife Protection Act. Shops selling Macaws and Cockatiels are never asked for any import licences or international permissions by either the forest department or the police, so this murderous trade carries on openly.
Prince William is planning to highlight the problem of animal poaching in Africa in a new TV documentary, according to a friend. The Duke of Cambridge, who was celebrating his first wedding anniversary Sunday, is considering taking part in the anti-poaching project after being moved by the death of Max, a hand-reared rhinoceros who was killed by poachers at a wildlife preserve in Kenya last year.....
State wildlife experts say the discovery of a turkey vulture that was recently shot with an air rifle in Logan underscores an ongoing poaching problem in Cache Valley.
Following Prince William's passionate anti-poaching speech, we look at the disturbing facts behind the poaching spree.
Dr. Vijay Mallya presents: The Forest Produced by: Ashvin Kumar, Judith James Written and directed by Ashvin Kumar. More than 150 people are killed in leopard or tiger attacks in India every year due to rising poaching and encroachment on wildlife preserves. Such animals turn into man-eaters. This film is about a wounded leopard, whose only chance for survival is to hunt human beings.
Three area men owe a combined $17,000 in fines and restitution for poaching seven mule deer from a truck while driving up and down the Chief Joseph Highway on a night in 2009.
As a part of their sentences for the illegal killings, 26-year-old Thomas G. Howard, 30-year-old Douglas Hutchins and 26-year-old Cody Waters have each been placed on unsupervised probation and banned from hunting or fishing for the next six years.
All three men had confessed to the poaching after being confronted by Powell Game Warden Chris Queen in 2010 and each finalized plea agreements with the Park County Attorney’s office over the last month. Waters was the last to be sentenced, on Tuesday in the Powell Circuit Courtroom....
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for effective strategies to help States monitor, control and secure their borders against the illicit flows of materials and goods, as well as people, highlighting how the United Nations is...
KUALA LUMPUR: A casual observer would be none the wiser seeing a tricked-out luxury car speeding down the highway.
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ivory poaching still a big problem in Africa, James Murdoch gives evidence to The Leveson Inquiry in London, dangerous booby traps found on a trail in Utah, and more in today’s daily brief
KINSHASA/KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa (Reuters) - The hit job was done by professionals who swooped over their quarry in a helicopter before opening fire.
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Over the weekend, microlight pilots Doug and Boni reported that they located three poached elephants in Maswa Game Reserve. An investigation is underway and we’ll keep you posted....
Blue-and-yellow macaws from Amazonia, green parrots, monkeys, turtles, anacondas and pumas: wild animal trafficking is a very lucrative business that spares no species in Brazil, including those facing extinction.
The sharp retort of a gun tells of a deer or a bigger animal felled deep in the hinterland forests.Closer to the coast, it is the treacherous noose that silently snaps around a civet cat or porcupine.
The continent’s porous border has been blamed for the recent slaughter of 600 elephants in just two months in Cameroon by armed poachers and hundreds of animal deaths elsewhere...
More than 50 participants met earlier this week in Budapest to share experiences on the use of wildlife detector dogs in tackling wildlife crime.
The participants came from 20 countries, mainly from within Europe, but also including Nepal and Kenya. They included representatives from international organizations such as INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO).
Countries currently operating wildlife detector dog programs who were present at the meeting included Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands and the UK.
Detector dogs prove to be a highly effective deterrent and weapon in the fight against trafficking of wildlife in a number of countries, with WWF and TRAFFIC-supported dog programs operating in countries including Germany, India and Russia....
Ian Craig, one of Africa's leading conservationists, says local communities are leading the charge to stamp out poaching. I firmly believe that the one-off legal sale of 105,000 tons of ivory to the Far East in 2009 stimulated a demand that was previously not there. It had a catalytic effect from which the whole African continent is now suffering.... Tourism plays a huge role in persuading local people that there is a future in community-led conservation; there is now a series of lodges available to holidaymakers, run by local people, for local people, that are the equal of anything national parks can offer....
Prince William and his wife Kate have voiced their support for Africa’s threatened wildlife at the premiere of a film about big cats. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were at the first showing of the nature documentary African Cats in London which helps raise funds for William’s conservation charity......
Investigators are trying to track down who cut off the paws of a 135-pound cougar found dead Wednesday morning near a California freeway.
Enforcement officers from 11 agencies working across one of Peninsular Malaysia’s most important wildlife landscapes took part in a two-day intensive training session to boost wildlife crime investigation in the area. Participants from the Royal Malaysian Police, Anti-Smuggling Unit and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, working in the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, were drilled in wildlife legislation, investigation techniques, informant handling as well as evidence collection and handling....
MANILA — Thirty-six turtles seized from smugglers, including 20 of one of the world's rarest species, are to be returned from Hong Kong to the Philippines, an official said Wednesday.
It will mark the first time a protected Philippine species seized from the illegal wildlife trade abroad has been returned, Philippine environment department deputy chief Luz Corpuz told AFP.
Wildlife authorities in Hong Kong will hand the 20 pond turtles and 16 South Asian box turtles to Philippine enforcement officers on Friday, she said.
"They are Philippine species, and returning them back to their natural habitat is a big accomplishment for our conservation efforts," Corpuz said of the Philippine pond turtles, which are found only in the island of Palawan.......
Members of the Pilanesberg National Park Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) stand guard as conservationists and police investigate the scene of a rhino poaching incident April 19, 2012. Elephant and rhino poaching is surging, conservationists say, an illegal piece of Asia's scramble for African resources, driven by the growing purchasing power of the region's newly affluent classes. In South Africa, nearly two rhinos a day are being killed to meet demand for the animal's horn, which is worth more than its weight in gold. Picture taken April 19, 2012. To match Feature AFRICA-POACHING/ REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA
Black bear body parts are harvested all over the world, used in Asian medicine and cooking. Until this year, New York was one of a few states where the trade was unregulated.
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