Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Authorities investigating the discovery of 14 dead vultures in a feeding zone that’s meant to be safe for the scavenging birds have found that they died from eating poisoned bait left for other wildlife. The preliminary inquiry by the Bangladesh Forest Department and the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, determined that local people had […]

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Forest management tool could help rein in rampant wildlife trade in Bangladesh

Forest management tool could help rein in rampant wildlife trade in Bangladesh

For years, authorities in Bangladesh have struggled to rein in the rampant illegal wildlife trade, as the country serves both as a source and transit point for domestic and international trade in a significant number of globally endangered species and their body parts. Trafficking routes often extend to China, India and Myanmar. Now, a patrolling […]

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Wild release marks return of giant forest tortoises to Bangladesh hills

Wild release marks return of giant forest tortoises to Bangladesh hills

Bangladesh’s population of one of the world’s largest tortoise species received a boost last month when researchers and villagers released 10 captive-bred juveniles into the evergreen forests of the Chattogram Hill Tracts. This initiative, in the rugged mountain range in the extreme southeast of the country bordering Myanmar and India, was the first rewilding of […]

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