Authorities with the U.S. government recently discovered that an exotic animal dealer in the state of Michigan was violating the Endangered Species Act – trying to sell approximately 150 vulnerable, threatened, and endangered animals off to the public for thousands of dollars. Sign the petition to demand justice! In one case, the man attempted to […]
Tag: Porcupine
Porcupine Family Defends Themselves Against Leopard
Earlier this year, a tour guide in South Africa’s Kruger National Park witnessed an amazing reminder of how amazing and diverse this world is. Mfundo Nyambi was leading a safari expedition when the group witnessed an amazing display of bravery by a porcupine family. Mfundo had heard a leopard had been spotted in the area. […]
New oil refinery ‘a huge disaster’ for Nigerian forest reserve
IWUOCHANG, Nigeria — It was morning in mid-March and the wooden canoe skimmed silently across the Ibeno River in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom. A young boy and an elderly man paddled with measured rhythm towards the shore of Iwuochang, where passengers disembarked beside a group of chatting fishers and a pile of […]
This Porcupine Was Rescued from an Empty Water Tank by The Forest Department
Animal Rescue India got a call from the forest department about a porcupine that was stuck after falling in an empty water tank. The forest department and the Animal Rescue India team hurried over to the location with all the necessary equipment and evaluated the area. When they arrived at the location, the first thing […]
Smuggling of exotic animals in India reaches high as kangaroos spotted in Bengal
Illegal wildlife trafficking gangs have begun transporting kangaroos – native to Australia – to the eastern Indian state of West Bengal as the smuggling of exotic animals via India rises exponentially. Three of the marsupials were rescued by wildlife officers last month after a botched smuggling attempt when residents called in sightings in West Bengal’s […]
US hunters import almost one million hunting trophies including skulls, mounts, and teeth
“The tremendous influx of hunting trophies into the United States indicates massive animal exploitation at a time when the world is facing extinction.” Over the course of five years, American hunters imported more than 700,000 hunting trophies, including skulls, mounts, and teeth, among other things. According to data collected by the Center for Biological Diversity […]
Endangered chimps ‘on the brink’ as Nigerian reserve is razed for agriculture, timber
ORE, Nigeria — More than two decades ago, fate took Tajudeen Babalola to his lifelong ambition. The 52-year-old longed for a more serene life that offered hope for survival away from the fake fancies of Lagos, Africa’s second-largest city and Nigeria’s commercial nerve center. One evening, after an exhausting shift of commercial driving, he received […]
Study warns of impacts of unregulated trade in Indonesian porcupines
JAKARTA — The unmonitored illegal trade in porcupines across Indonesia has prompted calls from conservationists for stricter protection for the species’ population in the wild. A new study examining seizure data of porcupines, their parts and derivatives in Indonesia has found more than 450 of the animals in nearly 40 incidents between January 2013 and […]