Poaching threatens quicker Big Five
johannesburg September 27, 2016 08:18Rhinos, lions and elephants in Africa faster than thought to extinction by the illegal trade in ivory, horn, bones and other body parts, which generate a lot of money.
Rhinos, lions and elephants in Africa faster than thought to extinction by the illegal trade in ivory, horn, bones and other body parts, which generate a lot of money.
A crew of an Indonesian tugboat after nearly two months in captivity escaped terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines. When his captors wanted to execute him was the 28-year-old sailor off, told a major of the Philippine Army.
Conservationists in Tanzania have developed an unorthodox method to prevent elephants come too close to human settlements: condoms filled with chili powder and a firecracker.
Departing President Aquino of the Philippines has,, brutal and senseless murder 'of a Canadian by terrorist group Abu Sayyaf hard convicted in his country. The beheading of Robert Hall also takes the fear for the fate of the Groninger Ewold Horn increasing.
Domestic trade in rhino horn still remains banned in South Africa. Which has declared the Ministry of Environment of the country Wednesday. According to the department, the government has successfully challenged a decision to allow the market again.
Rhino horn can be marketed again in South Africa. The South African Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the government to maintain a ban on trade, reported an interest in the country Monday. The ruling does not affect the ban on international trade.
With help from the European judicial organization Eurojust seventeen valuable paintings stolen in Italy found in Ukraine and arrested the thieves. This reported the Eurojust based in The Hague Friday.
Kenya on Saturday burned a huge pile of more than 105,000 kilograms of ivory. The value of the ivory is estimated at 88 million euros. The country wants the biggest ivory burning ever send an important signal. 'We want to show that ivory is only valuable for elephants,' says the director of the Kenyan service dedicated to the protection of wild animals.
More than 105,000 kilograms of ivory in Kenya goes Saturday in flames. Thus the country would send an important signal for approximately 35,000 elephants in the last year killed poachers in Africa.
Two men on a motorcycle on Monday in the town of Jolo in the same Philippine island dumped a plastic bag containing a head. The Islamist rebel group Abu Sayyaf had threatened to behead one of four hostages when Monday 15:00 local time no ransom of 300 million pesos (5.6 million euros) was paid for each of them.
Dozens of people have early Sunday morning in Hoorn their homes to leave because of a fire in an apartment building. The fire raged in a home and has since been extinguished, said a spokesman of the security.
Anonymous Internet can still anonymous. Before that, the Dutch student Jelle van den Hooff (24) developed a completely new network. This should make it much harder for hackers and intelligence agencies to spy on people. Thanks to the vuvuzela.
Domestic trade in rhino horn may again in South Africa. Since 2009 was subject to a ban, but that's Thursday by the supreme court abolished in the country. Which ruled that the state had not followed the correct procedure when setting up the ban.
How can such a smart person can make such stupid mistakes? That is, after the new blunders of Ben Carson, the question that America bends over in preparation for the fourth Republican debate tonight for an audience of millions on TV.
Volkswagen cars to be delivered next year withdrawn the application for licenses in the United States. According to a written statement from Volkswagen CEO Michael Horn in the US is so because the cars contain software that is not reported to the American and Californian environmental services.