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  • A shop front displays python skins from Indonesia in Hong Kong, China, 08 October 2010. Snakeskin has become the latest must-have and designer labels including Jimmy Choo, Donna Karan, Mulberry, Gucci, Prada, Roberto Cavalli and Yves Saint Laurent have all used it in coats, bags and boots, claiming it is farmed, but according to TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring network, python take too long to mature and are too expensive to rear in captivity. EPA/Paul Hilton Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • A day at the Sumatran rescue centre where thousand of native and no native species are kept after been confiscated from illegal wildlife crime across Indonesia. The demand for exotic pets is diving this huge industry but at a cost to our nature world. Photo: Paul Hilton for JAAN.
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  • A day at the Sumatran rescue centre where thousand of native and no native species are kept after been confiscated from illegal wildlife crime across Indonesia. The demand for exotic pets is diving this huge industry but at a cost to our nature world. Photo: Paul Hilton for JAAN.
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  • A day at the Sumatran rescue centre where thousand of native and no native species are kept after been confiscated from illegal wildlife crime across Indonesia. The demand for exotic pets is diving this huge industry but at a cost to our nature world. Photo: Paul Hilton for JAAN.
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  • A day at the Sumatran rescue centre where thousand of native and no native species are kept after been confiscated from illegal wildlife crime across Indonesia. The demand for exotic pets is diving this huge industry but at a cost to our nature world. Photo: Paul Hilton for JAAN.
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  • Wildlife products are sold at a wildlife life markets on the border of Myanmar and China, Shan State, Myanmar. These border towns make it easy for traders to move wildlife products easily across to neighbouring countries. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Wildlife products are sold at a wildlife life markets on the border of Myanmar and China, Shan State, Myanmar. These border towns make it easy for traders to move wildlife products easily across to neighbouring countries. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • A man reads about SARS virus, in China. After people consumed wildlife and civit cats at many of the local wildlife markets and restaurants in China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with the majority of cases in China (9.6% fatality rate) according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Civit cats are displayed in a wildlife market in China, during the SARS outbreak. Doctors confirmed the civit cats carry the caronavirus, and  warned the public that consuming these animals, could spread the virus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with the majority of cases in China (9.6% fatality rate) according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Tiger skin is destroyed at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Tiger skin is destroyed at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Civit cats are displayed in a wildlife market in China, during the SARS outbreak. Doctors confirmed the civit cats carry the caronavirus, and  warned the public that consuming these animals, could spread the virus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with the majority of cases in China (9.6% fatality rate) according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Bats and snakes are sold in a wildlife market, Indonesia. Tomohon Traditional Market in the hills of North Sulawesi, Indonesia  Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Tiger skin is destroyed at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Tiger skin at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, before it is destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree ( No Archives, no resales, one time use only ) Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • The burning of tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Confiscated wildlife contraband is counted before a burn in front of the Indonesian media, to send a message to Indonesians, telling them that wildlife crime with not be tolerated. More recently A court in Indonesia’s Aceh province has sentenced two men to four years behind bars for attempting to sell a tiger skin, in the toughest ever penalty handed down for a wildlife crime in the Province.
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  • The burning of tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Civit cats are displayed in a wildlife market in China, during the SARS outbreak. Doctors confirmed the civit cats carry the caronavirus, and  warned the public that consuming these animals, could spread the virus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with the majority of cases in China (9.6% fatality rate) according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Registration of tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre, June 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Critically endangered pangolin on the menu at one of Hanoi's wildlife restaurants, Vietnam. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Critically endangered pangolin on the menu at one of Hanoi's wildlife restaurants, Vietnam. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Critically endangered pangolin on the menu at one of Hanoi's wildlife restaurants, Vietnam. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A sunda pangolin is found in a transport cage, during a huge pangolin bust in Sumatra, Indonesia. Some 4000 frozen pangolin were destined for Veitnam and China, to be consumed in wildlife animal restaurants and to be used in Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM. Photo; Paul Hilton / Earth Tree images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Registration of wildlife contraband, including Tiger Skins, at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Registration of wildlife contraband, including Tiger Skins, at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Registration of tiger and crocodile skins and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Cat taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Registration of taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • HKG06 20031112 HONG KONG , CHINA : A snake awaits it's fate in a snake restaurant in Sham Shui Po , Hong Kong 12th November 2003. Snake soup is said to have many benefits to your health and is best enjoyed in the winter months  but snake traders are in for a bleak season as China's ban on wildlife exports, introduced to curb SARS , threatens to deprive them of their livelihood . EPA PHOTO/PAUL HILTON Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earthtree
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  • Registration of wildlife contraband, including Tiger Skins, at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Registration of taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • HONG KONG , CHINA : A snake awaits it's fate in a snake restaurant in Sham Shui Po , Hong Kong. Snake soup is said to have many benefits to your health and is best enjoyed in the winter months  but snake traders are in for a bleak season as China's ban on wildlife exports, introduced to curb SARS , threatens to deprive them of their livelihood   Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Registration of wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin poaching, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin scales for sale in TCM stores in Hanoi. Currantly, scales sells for US$700 per kilo, Vietnam. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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