Fifteen of the leading e-commerce sellers operating in China, including Alibaba, Taobao, and Tencent, have signed a declaration stating they have a zero-tolerance policy towards their services being used to conduct illegal wildlife trading. The statement says sellers and buyers must comply with all aspects of China’s Wild Animal Protection Law and regulations under CITES […]
Two U.S. students stranded in the New Zealand wilderness by a snowstorm hiked back out to safety after surviving their nine-day ordeal by rationing their meager supplies of food and warming themselves in hot springs. Alec Brown and Erica Klintworth, both 21, returned to the city of Christchurch on Monday after meeting up with members […]
The founder and leader of a Georgia megachurch — who was arrested last week on charges of choking his teenage daughter, slamming her into the ground and hitting her with a shoe — told churchgoers on Sunday that he did not beat her. “The truth is, she was not choked, she was not punched,” Creflo […]
Eduardo Saverin, Facebook co-founder, drew public attention and ire last month following the revelation that he had renounced his U.S. citizenship, a move widely seen to dodge taxes. Yet thousands of wealthy foreigners are lining up to replace him, making investments here and putting themselves on a path to citizenship in the process. The State […]
Officials from the countries of South Asia met this week to devise operational plans to combat illegal trade affecting some of the region’s most threatened wildlife species. The First Regional Meeting of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN), which took place in Sri Lanka from 3rd-6th June, also worked on an updated work programme […]
Many say it was unfair, unjust and just plain wrong. Timothy Bradley’s controversial split-decision victory over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in their World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden was one of the most controversial things in the boxing history. Bradley won a decision the vast majority of those in attendance […]
When the tsunami hit Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents. One floated up on a nearby island. Two have not been seen again. But one made […]
Central African countries recently signed a groundbreaking regional plan to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species at risk from illegal wildlife trade. The plan was adopted by the ten member states of Central African Forest Commission, known as COMIFAC, as escalating rates of wildlife crime plague the region. Wildlife […]
Sometimes animals have more “heart” than humans. A farm dog in Ghana was declared a hero after spending a night protecting an abandoned newborn human. Authorities say the dog was found under a bridge in Winkongo, which is near Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital of Ghana, with the tiny baby snuggled against him. A […]
In the final tragic moments before Air France Flight 447crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, it took the captain of the plane, who was on a scheduled break, more than a minute to return to the cockpit, despite his two co-pilots’ frantic calls for help, black box recordings revealed. Although it was never revealed […]
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