In a significant milestone for international wildlife cooperation, four elephants from the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) ...

After the successful relocation of four elephants from Bannerughatta Biological Park (BBP) in Bengaluru to Japan, A.V. Sury ...

By Carolyn Cowan A glut of social media videos featuring captive Asian small-clawed otters in the mid-2000s led to what wildlife trade experts term “the pet otter boom.” Demand for the species ...

According to a report published in June by TRAFFIC, a non-governmental organization that monitors the wildlife trade, the pet trade poses the most significant threat to otter populations ...

James A. Baker III was secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush. Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state under President Barack Obama. As the world watches the Tokyo Olympics, our ...

Wildlife trafficking is a crime against nature which occurs mainly because of consumer demand. Trafficking refers to the illegal smuggling and continued exploitation of wild animals, plants or ...

In 1994, international pressure finally forced Japan to withdraw its reservation. Hawksbill imports immediately spiked, according to Traffic, the wildlife trade-monitoring organization, as ...

According to a report published in June by TRAFFIC, a non-governmental organization that monitors the wildlife trade, the pet trade poses the most significant threat to otter populations ...

Recent reports on wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia suggest that, compared to 2019, on-the-ground activity has decreased due to pandemic restrictions and weakened demand for wildlife products.

Japan is one of the world’s largest importers of wildlife and thus benefits greatly from global biodiversity. Japan’s long history of trade in ivory, fragrant agarwood and other wildlife products from ...

Tokyo, Japan, June 2017–Late last month, Japan’s Diet (Parliament) passed revised legislation tightening regulations on domestic wildlife trade, including those governing ivory trade. Under the ...