Show threadRorshok Spain3d ago

(3) The government plans to reshape the El Valle de los Caídos site to honor those affected by Franco’s dictatorship rather than commemorate him.
(4) The police arrested a couple in Mallorca for illegally breeding and selling exotic cats.
Listen to the full stories and more in the latest episode of the Update! Link in bio - @rorshok.spain
Picture credits: [Reuters, Barcelonia Catelonia, NYT, CNN]

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Headlines Africa3d ago
Kenya: Ant smuggling suspects set to be sentenced on May 7 http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKKb1J #Kenya #AntSmuggling #WildlifeCrime #EnvironmentalProtection #Nairobi
Rorshok Spain5d ago
The police arrested a couple in Mallorca for illegally breeding and selling exotic cats.
We've got more details about this story, so follow the link in bio!
Picture credits: [CNN]
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Jonny ClarkApr 7

Why?! 😡😡😡

#wildlifecrime

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq80yqnl54eo

Peregrine falcon eggs smashed in St Albans Cathedral live stream

Police are investigating after reports that a man was seen walking across the nest.

BBC News
NSW.BiodiversityMar 20

They poison cockatoos in Newcastle don't they

More than 100 corellas have survived a suspected mass bird poisoning in Newcastle. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/flock-of-corellas-regains-strength-suspected-mass-poisoning/105076740
#wildlife #Birds #Carrington #Hamilton #Broadmeadow #WildlifeCrime

Flock of corella survivors regains strength after suspected mass bird poisoning in Newcastle

Vets and wildlife volunteers are nursing around 100 corellas back to health after the birds survived a suspected mass poisoning in Newcastle that killed hundreds of birds.

ABC News
NSW.BiodiversityMar 15

The wombat outcry :
An (illegal) selfie with wildlife
vs systematic wildlife destruction and wilful neglect

"The irony of our country’s leaders condemning the actions of a young tourist’s treatment of a wombat while shamelessly sanctioning their slaughter is impossible to overlook...Kangaroos, native birds, possums, black swans and emus are just a few of the many native animals that landholders are granted licences to kill under the ATCW list."

"Our leaders have a lot to answer for and must confront the uncomfortable truth of their own involvement in wildlife destruction. They can no longer ignore the role they play in enabling the harm of native animals while lecturing others on respect for wildlife."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/14/attacking-a-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-of-a-wombat-is-hypocritical-and-misses-the-point
#biodiversity #WildlifeCrime #Australia #culture #EPBCAct #ecocide #governance #roadkill #deforestation #logging #harm

Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the point

What’s happening to our native wildlife across the country is just as horrific as what we witnessed in that video – it’s just occurring behind closed doors

The Guardian
Show threadThe Bright SideMar 8

Operation Thunder has uncovered some jaw-dropping things: seahorses in snack boxes, turtles in luggage, and even a polar bear carcass! This global crackdown on illegal wildlife trade is in its eighth year, run by Interpol and the World Customs Organization.

#OperationThunder #WildlifeCrime

Feb 13

#wildlifecrime | Jan Van den Berghe, milieurechter op rust, is de drijvende kracht achter #BIOVAL, de tool die het Europees Forum voor Milieurechters (Eufje) en INBO uitwerkten om financiële compensaties te berekenen voor opzettelijke schade aan de natuur wanneer herstel in natura niet mogelijk is. In lekentaal: BIOVAL geeft aan hoeveel een stroper zou moeten betalen als natuurcompensatie wanneer hij bijvoorbeeld een sijs, kauw of das doodt.

https://www.vlaanderen.be/inbo/nieuws/bioval-wanneer-schade-aan-de-natuur-leidt-tot-een-schadevergoeding/

#faunabescherming #stroperij

Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek

Het INBO is het onafhankelijk onderzoeksinstituut van de Vlaamse overheid dat via toegepast wetenschappelijk onderzoek, data- en kennisontsluiting het biodiversiteitsbeleid en -beheer onderbouwt en evalueert.

INBO
Richard AshwellFeb 10

How low will they go? Nowhere is safe

Golden Eagle and White-tailed Eagle Nests Destroyed

Sign the petition to #BanDrivenGrouseShooting here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036

The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not good for an industry which supplies an expensive leisure activity to be underpinned by criminal activity. There are many reasons for wanting change (we’d say a ban) of driven grouse shooting and criminality is one of them.

https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/how-low-will-they-go-nowhere-is-safe/

#BanGrouseShooting #wildlife #WildlifeCrime

Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting

Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignificant when contrasted with other real and potential uses of the UK’s extensive uplands.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Jan 28

#stroperij | 😢 Er 'verdwijnen' wolven...

"Niet dat elke jager direct verdacht is, maar, zegt [wildlife crime-specialist]: ‘Jagers zijn een heel belangrijke groep als het gaat om stroperij. De verzamelde incidenten in het buitenland rondom wolvenstroperij betreffen vrijwel altijd jagers.’ Ook zegt zij ‘betrouwbare informatie’ te hebben dat er in jagerskringen soms hardop wordt gesproken over het stropen van wolven."

https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/er-verdwijnen-wolven-in-nederland-experts-zien-aanwijzingen-voor-stroperij~b860c27d/

#wildlifecrime #faunabescherming

Er ‘verdwijnen’ wolven in Nederland. Experts zien aanwijzingen voor stroperij

Een kwart van de geregistreerde ‘Nederlandse’ wolven lijkt verdwenen, zonder natuurlijke verklaring. Ecologen en wolvenexperts vrezen dat stropers aan het werk zijn. ‘Dat je van een waargenomen wolf nooit meer iets vindt, is vrijwel onmogelijk.’

de Volkskrant