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July 2025

Airport seizure spotlights US demand for rare corals
Traffickers use hammers and chisels to remove corals from reefs in places like Australia and Indonesia
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Sam Meadows
'Coffee' shops selling illegal wildlife products to tour groups in Laos
An investigation has discovered more than 20 shops on a trail popular with Chinese organised tours selling products from ivory to rhino horns
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Sam Meadows
How the world's wildlife treaty works — and where it falls short
Hundreds of delegates will meet at the CITES CoP this winter. And the decisions they make could shape the future of thousands of species.
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Sam Meadows
Illegal miners, wildlife traffickers targeted in Amazon raids; and donkey penises seized
The two-week, multi-country raids saw more than 1,500 officers mobilised and resulted in nearly 100 arrests
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Sam Meadows
Exclusive: Pangolin scales listed for sale online by British company
Pangolins are often described as the most-trafficked animal in the world and the trade in their parts is being facilitated online
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Sam Meadows
Tiger King star jailed for buying endangered animals for road-side zoo
Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle featured in the viral Netflix series about animal keeper Joe Exotic's feud with rival keeper Carole Baskin
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Sam Meadows
When is a wildlife crime justifiable?
Activists in the UK this week said they are doing 'God's work' by illegally releasing beavers into the wild. But so-called guerrilla rewilding comes…
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Sam Meadows
Cecil's legacy: what lion conservation looks like a decade on
Ten years ago, Cecil the Lion's death at the hands of a trophy hunter caused global outrage. Conservationist Andrew Loveridge spoke to Wild Crime about…
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Sam Meadows

June 2025

Luxury fashion’s hidden cost: brands linked to Amazon deforestation
Also this week: thousands of turtles rescued in Mexico, protection for pangolins, and a new home for parrots
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Sam Meadows
'Mermaid ivory' and shark fins being sold online
New research is attempting to build a picture of the extent of the role social media firms play in the trade of wild animals
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Sam Meadows
Oceans at 'tipping point' and time is running out to save them
From calls to ban bottom trawling to a global push to ratify the High Seas Treaty, the UN Ocean Conference has brought oceans to the top of the global…
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Sam Meadows
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