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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:34:12 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Latest wildlife trade seizures &amp; other reports RSS</title><subtitle>Seizures</subtitle><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-06-22T11:38:11Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>2 arrested in South Africa over Abalone haul</title><category term="Invertebrates"/><category term="Smuggling in Africa"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/20/2-arrested-in-south-africa-over-abalone-haul.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/20/2-arrested-in-south-africa-over-abalone-haul.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-20T11:37:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-20T11:37:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[2 Chinese men were arrested by Western Cape police after 952 Abalones were found in their truck, reports News24.com<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>3-year jail sentence for Tiger poacher in India</title><category term="Mammals - tigers"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/18/3-year-jail-sentence-for-tiger-poacher-in-india.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/18/3-year-jail-sentence-for-tiger-poacher-in-india.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-18T11:06:17Z</published><updated>2009-06-18T11:06:17Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>No hoot for owls online in India</title><category term="Birds"/><category term="Internet trade"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/16/no-hoot-for-owls-online-in-india.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/16/no-hoot-for-owls-online-in-india.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-16T10:15:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-16T10:15:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Barn Owls are the latest species of wildlife found to be illegally sold online in India, according to The Times of India<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Smuggled Central Asian Tortoises returned to Pakistan</title><category term="Herpetological"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/15/smuggled-central-asian-tortoises-returned-to-pakistan.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/15/smuggled-central-asian-tortoises-returned-to-pakistan.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-15T08:38:58Z</published><updated>2009-06-15T08:38:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[550 Central Asian (Afghan) Tortoises have been returned to Pakistan after they had been shipped to Hong Kong declared as crabs, reports Dawn.com <br /><br />TRAFFIC note: in March 2009 an identical number of Central Asian Tortoises was seized from a <a href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/3/5/large-tortoise-consignment-seized-in-pakistan.html">Quetta-Karachi train in Pakistan</a>.<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Deer horns seized in India</title><category term="Mammals - deer"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/deer-horns-seized-in-india.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/deer-horns-seized-in-india.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-14T15:43:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-14T15:43:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[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<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tigers lost from Panna Reserve, India</title><category term="Mammals - tigers"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/tigers-lost-from-panna-reserve-india.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/tigers-lost-from-panna-reserve-india.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-14T10:57:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-14T10:57:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[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<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Deer hides and leopard skin seized in India</title><category term="Mammals - deer"/><category term="Mammals - leopards"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/deer-hides-and-leopard-skin-seized-in-india.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/deer-hides-and-leopard-skin-seized-in-india.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-14T10:52:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-14T10:52:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Naka police arrested 3 people and seized 12 deer and 1 leopard hide, reports The Times of India<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Poachers poisoning elephants in Indonesia</title><category term="Ivory"/><category term="Mammals - elephants"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/poachers-poisoning-elephants-in-indonesia.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/14/poachers-poisoning-elephants-in-indonesia.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-14T08:25:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-14T08:25:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[A poisoned dead elephant with tusks removed has been found im Sumatra, the ninth such incident in 3 months, reports Associated Press<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Rhino horn sellers arrested in Namibia</title><category term="Mammals - rhinos"/><category term="Smuggling in Africa"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/12/rhino-horn-sellers-arrested-in-namibia.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/12/rhino-horn-sellers-arrested-in-namibia.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-12T14:11:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-12T14:11:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Two men have appeared in court charged with attenpting to sell rhino horns in Namibia, reports Allgemeine Zeitung<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tiger parts and birds seized, three arrested, in Malaysia</title><category term="Birds"/><category term="Mammals - tigers"/><category term="Smuggling in Asia"/><category term="enforcement"/><id>http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/11/tiger-parts-and-birds-seized-three-arrested-in-malaysia.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.traffic.org/seizures/2009/6/11/tiger-parts-and-birds-seized-three-arrested-in-malaysia.html"/><author><name>TRAFFIC</name></author><published>2009-06-11T13:48:01Z</published><updated>2009-06-11T13:48:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry></feed>