Illegal trade in wildlife is no longer an abstract issue. Organized transnational as well as trans-regional environmental crimes are rapidly rising threats to the environment, to revenues from natural resources, to state security and to global sustainable development. …At stake is the financial loss running into billions of dollars that these environmental crimes cause, the […]
#AntiCorruptionDay 2014 “The real Enemy of Wildlife in Africa and Asia? Not Poaching but Corruption”. Mr Andrea Crosta, Founder of WildLeaks and the Elephant Action League (EAL), believes there is no hope to stop wildlife crime without “choking the layer of corrupt government officials, politicians, and security officers.” “With WildLeaks we’ve involved the media to […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Changing the World through Tech: WildLeaks celebrated in this year’s Nominet Trust 100 Annual Nominet Trust 100 (NT100) list of the most inspiring digital social innovations highlights impact of global ‘tech for good’ market Technology’s transformative power is driving social change around the world WildLeaks is the world’s first wildlife crime whistleblower […]
LEAK COUNTRY/REGION: USA TOPIC: Illegal Killing of Wolves around Yellowstone National Park MESSAGE: (NOTE: the original message has been edited and sanitized in order to protect the source and avoid jeopardizing possible investigations). < Reporting on trophy hunters surrounding Yellowstone Park who are targeting, baiting and killing wolves out of the park. A key player […]
LEAK COUNTRY/REGION: Sumatra, Indonesia TOPIC: Poaching of Tigers MESSAGE: (note: the message been edited and sanitized for security and investigative reasons). Tiger poacher opening killing Sumatran tigers and selling tiger parts on the street. (omitted) authorities are being paid to turn a blind eye.According trappers tiger named Heri, aged 45 years, is estimated tiger caught […]
WASHINGTON – Two South African men were charged on Thursday by the US government with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts to American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns. The charges were part of an 18-count indictment unveiled against Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris, as part of a multi-year investigation by the […]
Legalizing Ivory Trade: Taking to New Heights a Dangerous Policy Proposal By Alejandro Nadal and Francisco Aguayo – A Voice for Elephants In a recent essay, Dan Stiles tries to explain why he thinks legalizing international ivory trade would help elephants’ conservation. “With a legal raw ivory trade, elephants can thrive”, he says. If legal […]
LEAK COUNTRY/REGION: Mozambique/South Africa TOPIC: Illegal trophy hunting of lions and leopards Corruption and bribery still allow illegal use of baits to lure lions and leopards from the Kruger National Park into Mozambique. Scouts pull decomposing meat along the border in the Kruger and pull it back into Mozambique, then pull the meat up to […]
During my years in Africa studying chimpanzees, I have also been privileged to spend time with other amazing wild animals, particularly elephants. It is shocking and tragic that these wonderful, intelligent and highly social animals, along with rhinos and other endangered species, are being slaughtered for their tusks, horns, skins and so on. I salute […]
WANTED Feisal Mohamed Ali For ivory trafficking in Kenya – Please help: www.wildleaks.org Charges: Dealing in wildlife trophies contrary to section 84(1) as read with section 92 of the wildlife conservation and management Act No. of 2014 laws of Kenya Interpol Red Notice here: http://www.interpol.int/notice/search/wanted/2014-58912
