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“On the Trail” n°44, the defaunation bulletin

14 Apr 2025

“On the Trail” n°44, the defaunation bulletin

“A la Trace”, French version
“On the Trail”, English version
Quarterly information and analysis report on endangered animals poaching and smuggling
No. 44
1,545 events
between January 1 and March 31, 2024
1,184 sources, 244 pages, 7.2 MB

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“On the Trail” n°43, the defaunation bulletin

20 Dec 2024

“On the Trail” n°43, the defaunation bulletin

“On the Trail” n°43
Quarterly information and analysis report on endangered animals poaching and smuggling

Poaching is not a movie

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(Français) Paul Watson et les narvals. Groenland

17 Dec 2024

(Français) Paul Watson et les narvals. Groenland

Only in French.

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“On the Trail” n°42, the defaunation bulletin

14 Nov 2024

“On the Trail” n°42, the defaunation bulletin

“On the Trail” n°42
Quarterly information and analysis report on endangered animals poaching and smuggling
(pdf, 177 pages – 5.4 Mo)

1,062 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened
between September 1 and October 31, 2023.
215 iconographic documents, 7 maps and historical archives.
880 sources.

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Elementary, my dear Watson!

1 Oct 2024

Elementary, my dear Watson!

The Kingdom of Denmark allowed in the special autonomous region of Greenland between 2013 and 2023 the harvest of 30,764 harbour porpoises, 4,772 narwhals, 2,956 long-finned pilot whales, 2,457 belugas, 1,787 common minke whales, 1,572 white-sided or white-beaked dolphins, 274 killer whales, 77 fin whales, 57 northern bottlenose whales, 49 humpback whales and 2 bowhead whales.

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Lima, the review

27 Sep 2024

Lima, the review

69th IWC – Press release n°3

– The resolution on the contribution of whales to food security stranded behind the scenes and did not make it to the debating table. Despite Japanese and Norwegian propaganda, more and more members of the human species are refusing to include whale meat in their diet (1).

– At the initiative of the European Union, the resolution recalling the obligation set under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to cooperate with a view to the conservation of marine mammals and work through the appropriate international organizations was accepted by 37 votes in favour, 12 against and 8 abstentions. Iceland, Norway and Japan, which openly hunt whales for commercial purposes in violation of the moratorium, are signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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The cry of the krill

25 Sep 2024

The cry of the krill

69th IWC – Press release n°2

The Euphausia superba, Antarctica’s superb little crustacean, a pillar of the South Pole ecosystem and a staple food for whales, penguins, seals, petrels and other seabirds, is in danger. It may join the dodos, the American migratory pigeons and the great auks of the North Atlantic, deemed to be innumerable and now extinct because of human voracity and short-sightedness.

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Lima, crucial for whales

20 Sep 2024

Lima, crucial for whales

69th IWC – Press release n°1

The 69th plenary meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will be held in Lima, Peru, from 23 to 27 September 2024.

A draft resolution on “food security” is submitted for approval to the 88 member countries of the IWC by the Republic of Guinea, with the support of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, the Republic of Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Cambodia. This project “reaffirms its support for the sustainable use of marine living resources, including whales”.

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“On the Trail” n°41, the defaunation bulletin

6 Aug 2024

“On the Trail” n°41, the defaunation bulletin

“On the Trail” n°41
the defaunation bulletin
(pdf, 230 pages – 7.9 Mo)

1,438 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened
between June 1 and August 31, 2023.
304 iconographic documents, 11 maps and historical archives.

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(Français) Projet d’arrêté – établissements autorisés à héberger des spécimens vivants de cétacés

18 Jun 2024

Only in French.

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