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Gentle giants, only <1,500 Bornean Pygmy 🐘💔 still live in . They're surrounded by and . Fight for them when you shop 👏☮️ and 🌴🚫 every day! @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/19/bornean-pygmy-elephant-elephas-maximus-borneensis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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John Hume, the South African who bred the world’s biggest rhino herd, has been arrested on charges of smuggling millions of dollars worth of the endangered animals’ horns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/20/wildlife/rhino-herd-horn-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Venomous vipers found in checked bags on a flight from Thailand to India illustrate a "very troubling" trend in wildlife trafficking seen being driven by the exotic pet trade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/snakes-thailand-india-trafficking-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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South Africa's Wildlife Forensic Academy aims to fight poaching by teaching investigation skills to rangers, conservation officers and law enforcement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/world/society/south-africa-wildlife-school-poachers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A critically endangered harlequin poison-dart frog is among 14 species bred for sale at a laboratory near Bogota as part of several plans worldwide to combat the illegal trade in wildlife by supplying specimens that are legally bred in captivity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/10/17/wildlife/lab-grown-frogs-colombia-trafficking/

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Conservationists fear poachers have killed up to a third of the surviving population of Javan rhinos in Indonesia, possibly with inside help. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/06/19/wildlife/javan-rhino-indonesia-poaching/

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While trying to save giant salamanders native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/18/japan/science-health/nearly-extinct-giant-salamanders/