Kenya Wildlife DNA Forensics Lab One Step Closer to Opening (via Annamiticus)
A multi-national delegation, headed by Dr. William Clark of INTERPOL, has conducted a two-day training workshop and site inspection at the DNA Forensics Laboratory at Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) headquarters in Nairobi. This was done in order to assist…
Six years after their arrest, a once lauded Kruger National Park ranger and a state vet may finally stand trial for rhino poaching. https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/six-years-on-and-former-kruger-ranger-and-state-vet-yet-to-face-the-music-for-rhino-poaching-20220815
With the support of @USAID in June and July 2022, we conducted four tailored training courses for law enforcement agencies in #Mozambique and #SouthAfrica as part of a project supporting intelligence-led #wildlife crime investigations.
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A great article that highlights the close relationship between monkeypox and wildlife trade that goes back decades https://twitter.com/marynmck/status/1555527799796031490
Will monkeypox could find a home among wildlife in the Americas or Europe, turning it into an endemic disease as it has been in Africa? The past science is thin and the ecosystems are complex. But virologists admit they're worried. Me at @WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/monkeypox-originated-in-animals-could-it-spill-back-into-them/
Tripura: African hornbill, more rare birds and lizards seized; one held https://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2022/08/13/tripura-african-hornbill-more-rare-birds-and-lizards-seized-one-held/
Demand for rhino horn continues to decimate South African herds - 259 rhino poached in 1st half of 2022, of whom 133 in KwaZulu-Natal https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-08-01-demand-for-rhino-horn-continues-to-decimate-sa-herds/
