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<title><![CDATA[pet trade news from mongabay.com]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Illegal wildlife trade worth $20B/yr]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The illegal wildlife trade generates $5 to $20 billion annually, making it the largest illicit market after guns and drugs trafficking, reports a study released by the Congressional Research Service.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0319-wildlife.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Predator of the world's largest macaw key to its survival]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a bizarre biological twist, a new study shows that the Hyacinth Macaw depends on its greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, for continued survival.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-hance_macaws.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Madagascar's tortoises at high risk of extinction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Madagascar's rare and unique turtles and tortoises face high risk of extinction in the wild if conservation measures are not rapidly put into place, warned a group of scientists meeting to discuss the fate of Madagascar's most threatened repitles.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-wcs_madagascar.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global warming puts primates at greater risk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[29 percent of the world's primate species are in danger of going extinct warns a new report from the Primate Specialist Group of IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the International Primatological Society (IPS).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1025-primates.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[16,306 species threatened with extinction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[16,306 of 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction, reports the World Conservation Union (IUCN).  The total number of known extinct species now stands at 785, while a further 65 are only found in captivity or in cultivation.  One in four mammals, one in eight birds, one third of all amphibians and 70% of the world's assessed plants on the 2007 IUCN Red List are considered at risk.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-redlist.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Animal trafficking at Miami International airport]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wildlife Inspector Carlos Pages vividly remembers the times when he opened a crate of imported animals only to discover that not all of them were still in the cloth bags that serve as their shipping cages.  Those are the moments when his speed trumps their speed.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0823-fws.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet drives trafficking of endangered species]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's true, said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Ed Newcomer, that the Internet has made wildlife crime easier, and easier to hide.  But it's also made it easier for wildlife law enforcement agents to pose as potential customers -- and to catch people.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0809-fws.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuddly primate trade banned]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CITES delegates agreed to a total ban on trade in the slow loris, a Southeast Asian primate commonly trafficked for the pet trade.  Environmental groups welcomed the move.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-loris.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[98% of orangutan habitat gone in next 15 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia is losing more than 2.1 million hectares (5.2 million acres) of forest a year to illegal loggers, states a new report from the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP).  The report, which estimates the value of illicit timbering at $4 billion annually, warns that 98 percent of Indonesia's lowland forests will be gone by 2022, putting species like the orangutan at risk of extinction in the wild. The report, Last stand of the Orang-utan: State of Emergency, was released Monday at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in The Hague.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rare kangaroos released into New Guinea rainforest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China, soon to be the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, unveiled its first climate change initiative Tuesday. According to state media, the National Climate Change Program plan calls for China to reduce energy use 20 percent by  2010, promote carbon sink technologies and other adaptive technologies, raise the efficiency of coal-fired power plants, and increase the amount of renewable energy it produces.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0605-kangaroos.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuddly slow loris threatened by the pet trade]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The slow loris, a big-eyed primate found in the rainforests of southeast Asia, is threatened by the international pet trade said ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife activist group that has called for a ban on the illegal trafficking of the charismatic animal.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0509-loris.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ASEAN nations agree to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, plants]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a strategic move to address the persistent criminal activity targeting South-east Asia's unique biological diversity, representatives from the 10 Member Countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed last week to form a regional law enforcement network to combat the illegal trade in animals and plants.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1101-traffic.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exotic pet trade controls needed to fight bird flu says Greenpeace]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A thriving trade, both illegal and legal, in exotic birds like parrots is undermining Mexico's otherwise strict measures against bird flu, Greenpeace said on Thursday.  Mexico prohibits imports of all birds and bird products from countries with confirmed outbreaks of the virus, but the environmental group wants a blanket ban, saying the nature of the trade makes it hard to know where birds come from.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1031-reuters.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered wildlife trafficked via eBay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An investigation by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) reveals that vast quantities of wildlife products and live animals are bought and sold illegally on the Internet -- a lucrative trade that is driving the world's most endangered species to the brink of extinction.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0816-ifaw.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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