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Giant operation against wildlife crime in 92 countries
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2018
» PARIS: A month-long global operation against illegal trade in wildlife and timber has resulted in the seizure of thousands of live animals and tonnes of meat and ivory, international police agency Interpol announced on Wednesday.
Orangutan forest being logged despite Indonesian govt vow
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» JAKARTA: Environmentalists say a tropical forest that's home to critically endangered orangutans on Borneo island is being logged more than a year after Indonesia's forestry and environment ministry ordered a halt to the forest's exploitation.
Jitters in Europe over Russia-Belarus war games
Associated Press, Published on 15/09/2017
» MINSK, Belarus: Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on Nato's eastern edge practising how to hunt down and destroy armed spies, among other manoeuvres.
Vietnam seizes ivory smuggled from South Africa
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2017
» HANOI -- Police in northern Vietnam have seized nearly 3 tonnes of ivory smuggled from South Africa in the latest action taken against the illegal trade.
Cambodia conservationists find rare cache of crocodile eggs
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2017
» PHNOM PENH -- Wildlife researchers in Cambodia say they've found a clutch of eggs from one of the world's most endangered crocodiles, raising hopes of its continuing survival in the wild.
Photo shows animal unseen since '98
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2013
» HANOI - A camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam has managed to snap a photo of one of Earth's rarest mammals, the saola, which had not been seen in 15 years.