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The Indian CITES MA has been reprimanded by the Secretariat for not practicing proper due diligence in verifying that animal imports to Vantara conform with the regulations. India must report back on what measures they plan to take
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As I suspected, the India Supreme Court so-called investigation of Vantara, the zoo that has been accused of trafficking thousands of wild animals, was a greenwashing sham. https://t.co/iRgYKOH41e
economictimes.indiatimes.com
The Supreme Court-appointed SIT has cleared Vantara, a zoological rescue and rehabilitation center in Gujarat, of any wrongdoing. The apex court bench, after reviewing the SIT report, noted the...
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A new article on Vantara funny business just out. https://t.co/l9umQitRTq
currencynews.co.za
The zoo – run by the son of India’s richest man – is under investigation for claims its animals have been bought illegally.
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Some brilliant posters condemning Vantara, the largest zoo in the world. https://t.co/J1Wp9HBxn5
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Nuremburg Zoo kills baboons, citing overcrowding. Why didn't they call on Vantara to take them?
dw.com
Nuremberg Zoo officials have said a lack of space left them with no option but to kill a dozen healthy baboons. Animal rights groups have filed a criminal complaint against management.
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Story of how the DRC wildlife authorities conspired with an Indian billionaire's emissary to ship off chimpanzees caught in the wild to the Vantara "rescue and rehabilitation" center.
africageographic.com
Controversy erupts over wild chimpanzees trafficked from DRC to India’s Vantara Zoo using suspect CITES permits. NGOs demand global action
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Vantara in India is not a rescue center, it is buying endangered species. This article has the price lists for Venezuela.
armando.info
Mukesh Ambani es el hombre más rico de India y propietario de Reliance Industries, un importante cliente de Pdvsa. El magnate además recibe una ñapa desde Venezuela: miles de animales que, a través...
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New report on Vantara in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. It asserts that the zoo has more than 39,000 animals, many acquired from highly suspect suppliers. Supply lists of traders are now so low, that wild-capture to satisfy Vantara's demand is necessary.
sueddeutsche.de
Eine der reichsten Familien Indiens hat sich den größten Zoo der Welt gebaut. Aber wo kommen die Arten her? Einblicke in den weltweiten Schattenmarkt für Wildtiere.
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Read about Ham, the first hominid to experience space flight.
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The EAGLE Network reports that 12 chimpanzees have gone from the Kinshasa Zoo in DRC to GZRRC in India, the largest private zoo in the world belonging to India's richest man.
freetheapes.org
Ed. note: This article is translated from French from Geo magazine. While the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of violent clashes, the capital’s zoo plans to acquire great apes…
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Gorilla trafficking network based in northern Nigeria
freetheapes.org
Editor’s note: This article is reprinted from Oxpecker’s Environmental Journalism. Daniel Stiles investigates organised transnational networks smuggling great apes from Africa via …
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Burger's Zoo in the Netherlands is shipping four male gorillas off to China to breed
facebook.com
Vier gorilla’s zijn vanochtend verhuisd vanuit ons park. Op advies van de coördinator van het Europese populatiemanagementprogramma (EEP) voor Westelijke gorilla’s vertrekken deze gorillamannetjes...
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Massive zoo in India threatens wildlife everywhere
academia.edu
Vantara presents itself as a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center. In reality it drives wildlife trafficking around the world.
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Another article on the seized baby gorilla in Istanbul, but more detailed. And still with the misleading info about Bua Noi. Bua Noi means Little Lotus, not Bwana, which was an earlier gorilla to Pata. https://t.co/XTypnIH39X.
animals24-7.org
The Istanbul baby gorilla is one among thousands bootlegged out of war-torn central Africa
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Another great interview with my friend @Kenyadan10 about The issues we find when dealing with #illegalwildlifetrade on the internet @CounteringCrime
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A new infant chimp arrives at a private zoo in the UAE, where did it come from?
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