Saturday
20Jun
2 arrested in South Africa over Abalone haul
2 Chinese men were arrested by Western Cape police after 952 Abalones were found in their truck, reports News24.com
Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 12:37 Latest seizures & other reports
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 12:37 Thursday
18Jun
3-year jail sentence for Tiger poacher in India
Dariya, a notorious Tiger poacher in India, has been convicted and sentenced to 3 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of INR10,000. He was arrested by the Katni Forest Division in November 2008 in possession of a tiger spring trap, a leopard spring trap, a cheetal skin, antlers, a spear and other poaching equipment, reports the Wildlife Protection Society of India.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 12:06 Tuesday
16Jun
No hoot for owls online in India
Barn Owls are the latest species of wildlife found to be illegally sold online in India, according to The Times of India
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 11:15 Monday
15Jun
Smuggled Central Asian Tortoises returned to Pakistan
550 Central Asian (Afghan) Tortoises have been returned to Pakistan after they had been shipped to Hong Kong declared as crabs, reports Dawn.com
TRAFFIC note: in March 2009 an identical number of Central Asian Tortoises was seized from a Quetta-Karachi train in Pakistan.
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 9:38 Sunday
14Jun
Deer horns seized in India
24 deer horns were seized by railway police in Mumbai and a man arrested who was said to have transported the products from Rajasthan, reports The Times of India
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 16:43 Sunday
14Jun
Tigers lost from Panna Reserve, India
Officials have confirmed that the last resident Tiger in Panna Reserve, India, has disappeared. Just 6 years ago there were more than 40 Tigers in the reserve, reports The Times of India
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 11:57 Sunday
14Jun
Deer hides and leopard skin seized in India
Naka police arrested 3 people and seized 12 deer and 1 leopard hide, reports The Times of India
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 11:52 Sunday
14Jun
Poachers poisoning elephants in Indonesia
A poisoned dead elephant with tusks removed has been found im Sumatra, the ninth such incident in 3 months, reports Associated Press
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 9:25 Friday
12Jun
Rhino horn sellers arrested in Namibia
Two men have appeared in court charged with attenpting to sell rhino horns in Namibia, reports Allgemeine Zeitung
Friday, June 12, 2009 at 15:11 Thursday
11Jun
Tiger parts and birds seized, three arrested, in Malaysia
Department of Wildlife and National Parks staff seized parts ofa two-year old Tiger from a car and, in a separate incident, 10 White-rumped Shamas reports the New Straits Times. The Tiger parts were en route to Thailand and the birds to Indonesia; a total of three people were arrested.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 14:48 Thursday
11Jun
Six arrested and ivory seized in India
Two elephant tusks were seized and six alleged wildlife poachers arrested by Jarda rande officials in India, reports the Indian Express
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 9:28 Tuesday
09Jun
600 kg of pangolin meat seized in Indonesia
Customs at Soetarto-Hatta airport, Jakarta, Indonesia, have seized around 600 kg of pangolin meat in packages labelled as live eels en route to Hong Kong, reports TEMPO Interactive
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 11:50 Monday
08Jun
Bear paws and other parts seized in Guangxi, China
A gang has been arrested after Guangxi police stopped their truck en route to Fangchenggang city and found 173 bear paws, 4 python skins and a pangolin aboard, reports Xinhuanet.com
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 11:48 Wednesday
03Jun
Tortoises sniffed out in Poland
A Customs sniffer dog has discovered 121 Central Asian Tortoises a Ukrainian man was attempting to smuggle into Poland for the pet trade, reports AP.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 16:30 Monday
01Jun
Six arrested in Tanzania over ivory smuggling
Six Customs officers from the Tanzania Revenue Authority have allegedly been arrested on suspicion of their involvement in the smuggling of six tonnes of elephant ivory from Tanzania to Viet Nam earlier this year, reports THISDAY
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 13:58 
