\n<\/strong>the defaunation bulletin
\n1584 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened between October 1 and <\/strong>December 31, 2022
\n397 iconographic documents 12 maps and historical archives
\n(pdf, 256 pages – 8.9 Mo)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Donkey trafficking between Israel and Egypt via Palestine has been partly halted thanks to a furtive agreement between an animal lover in Gaza and an animal lover in Netanya (Israel). In Egypt, the donkey skin, hooves and penises are cut before being shipped to China for the ejiao market and for so-called food and sex supplements.<\/p>\n “One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats it’s animals” (tweet from the Indian Railway Protection Force on October 3, 2022 as part of Operation Wilep against wildlife smuggling on passenger trains).<\/p>\n More and more poisoning<\/strong> More and more electrocutions<\/strong> More and more reports of fishing with explosives<\/strong> More and more mixed trafficking in wildlife and narcotics<\/strong> Targeting by customs officers<\/strong> Traffickers’ tricks<\/strong> The mystery of the Red Dragon Made in France jars filled with cobra or presumed cobra venom persists. The seizures date back to “On the Trail” n\u00b09 published in July 2015. They are regular in subsequent issues. There are 2 in this issue 38. The supply chain is spreading to Bangladesh, India and China via Nepal. Some articles in the regional press do not cast doubt on the French origin.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ALT38-papillon-Robindesbois.png\")
<\/a>Trogonoptera brookiana<\/em>. Photo \u8449\u70fd<\/p>\n
\nThe poisons most commonly used are carbofuran, strychnine and slug pellets containing metaldehyde: a tiger in India, a tiger in Nepal, 3 leopards in India, 18 painted dogs in Malawi, an American black bear in the United States (Michigan), 35 white-backed vultures and 5 tawny eagles in South Africa, steppe eagles in Kazakhstan, a white-tailed eagle in Ireland, 5 peregrine falcons in Germany, red kites in Spain, 3 vultures in Greece, a common buzzard and a red kite in the United Kingdom, 5 white-tailed eagles (as well as 2 foxes and 3 dogs) in Serbia. An attempt to poison wolves in Germany (Bavaria) resulted in the deaths of 6 dogs and 2 cats. Hedgehogs are particularly at risk. The baits are impregnated with concentrated agricultural poisons. A gamekeeper was sentenced to 200 hours’ community service and a 1,320 US$ fine in the United Kingdom for poisoning 4 common buzzards, and a pigeon farmer was given a 3-year suspended prison sentence for poisoning 2 red kites, 2 foxes and 3 weasels in the Czech Republic.
\nIn this country, 2 Chesapeake Bay retrievers, Victory and Irbis, and in Italy, more than 20 Belgian shepherds and labradors, are specialists in detecting poisoned bait. They are also responsible for detecting bait in the truffle woods of Piedmont. Some truffle gatherers seek to eliminate competitors’ dogs. Other dogs, such as Inspector Beagle in Thailand and Carlo in Hungary, spotted smoked bat meat in suitcases and the corpse of a cinereous vulture shot by a poacher. In India, Topsi, another sniffing dog, “marked” the corpse of an electrocuted lion and buried lion ashes and bones. In Africa, many K9 brigades are involved in apprehending poachers of pangolins, rhinos and other mammals. The name K9 comes from the name of the robot dog in the 1970s science fiction series “Doctor Who”.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/K9-RobindesBois.png\")
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\nThe Indian subcontinent is hit. Power lines are hijacked. 13 elephants in India, one in Nepal, one in Bangladesh. Fish and marine mammals are not spared: a Ganges river dolphin in Pakistan, salmonids in Russia. The scourge is spreading to Europe: 1,600 kg of fish were caught using electricity in Northern Italy and smuggled for sale to Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELEPHANT_ELECTROCUTED-CHITTOOR-TheHindu-RobindesBois.jpg\")
<\/a>\u00a9 The Hindu<\/p>\n
\nSix interventions by marine patrols in Indonesia, 3 in Malaysia, 2 in the Philippines, 2 in Viet Nam. Ammonium nitrate explosive gels used in mines are diverted from their intended use. Major trafficking between India and Sri Lanka. The authorities are simultaneously fighting fish poaching and terrorism.<\/p>\n
\nElephant ivory and methamphetamine in South Africa, American black bear and marijuana in the United States, common marmoset and cannabis in France, Hermann’s tortoise, amphetamine and marijuana in Serbia, abalone and mandrax in South Africa…<\/p>\n
\nIn Hong Kong, traffickers had the bad idea of declaring on import that 8 maritime containers contained plastic pellets and 4 others contained household appliances. As China is the main producer, customs officials were dubious. What was actually inside were 75,000 classical music vinyl records, 15,000 bottles of alcohol and 22 tonnes of sea cucumbers, swim bladders, manta ray gills and dried seahorses.<\/p>\n
\n– Crocodile oil in a parcel declared to contain “massage oil”.
\n– Beetles in packages declared to contain “plastic toys”, “stationery supplies”, “snacks”, “sweets” or “make-up remover cottons”.
\n– Scorpions in packages declared to contain “sweets”.
\n– A shark’s tooth in a shipment declared to contain “lithium-ion batteries”.
\n– Still carved ivories in milk powder tins and ivory beads inside fishing rods.
\n– A baby spider monkey in a wooden box declared to contain “beer”.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/atele-US-Immigration-and-Customs-Enforcement-RobindesBois.jpg\")
<\/a>\u00a9 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\u00a9 Bengal Forest Department<\/p>\n