#Act4 Wildlife Following the Coronavirus outbreak, Eurogroup for Animals and several of its members have participated in a joint open letter targeting the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health OIE and the UN Environment Programme. Coronavirus: NGOs ask governments to shut down wildlife markets and work to reduce demand 13 February 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Today the European Parliament approved the free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam. European Parliament calls for EU and Vietnam to work on animal welfare 12 February 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Endangered species could be missing link between bats and humans, researchers believe. Pangolins may have spread coronavirus to humans 10 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Trophy hunters ‘boasted about how easy it is to shoot giraffes’ at a ‘gruesome’ trade show flogging low-price and ‘illegal’ killing expeditions. Cheap deals on ‘easy’ animal killing trips at Europe’s largest trophy hunting fair 10 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Experts say wildlife sold for human consumption raises risk of new epidemics. Calls for global ban on wild animal markets amid coronavirus outbreak 6 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife A recent study found that one-fifth of vertebrates on land are affected by the wildlife trade. Vietnamese schools to teach children about threatened wildlife 9 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The increasing number of tigers in Malta are at risk of being traded illegally, an investigation by an international animal rights charity has found. Malta’s big cats at risk of illegal tiger trade 7 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Governments and conservationists should adopt holistic and collaborative approaches to preventing and halting the poaching of and trade in the body parts of lions. Study finds lions face new threat: poaching and trade in their body parts 5 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Antique dealers fail in high court bid to overturn world-leading blanket ban on trading UK court rejects ivory ban challenge 5 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife On a hot, muggy day in October, an exotic pet trapper in an Indonesian forest snatched a young Javan gibbon from its mother, stuffed the animal in a sack, and took to his heels. Holding social media companies accountable for facilitating the illegal wildlife trade 25 October 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Geneva, 20 September 2019: At the 73rd session United Nations General Assembly, the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted its fourth resolution on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife. CITES welcomes new UN General Assembly resolution on tackling illicit wildlife trafficking 20 September 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The 183 Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will adopt decisions and resolutions to expand and further strengthen the global wildlife trade regime at CITES’ triennial World Wildlife Conference at Palexpo in Geneva from 17 to 28 August. CITES conference to strengthen wildlife trade rules for fisheries, exotic pets, elephants and more 7 August 2019