A Michael Broad Blog
A businessman in China has been caught illegally buying, killing and eating three tigers that were smuggled into, China probably from India/Bangladesh. That would make them Bengal tigers, which were almost certainly poached from a reserve. He was jailed for 13 years and fined £160,000 – 1.5m yuan or $250,000 USD. The man is …
The Burmese government is too corrupt to be able to discharge its obligations under CITES. Mong La, Burma is governed by a lawless armed gang. The Burmese government abdicated their responsibilities to govern Mong La (aka: Little Mong La or Xiaomengla) in a deal with the gang. We don’t know what the deal is …
Bengal tiger fact – You’re a Bengal tiger, your penis is worth $6,000, watch out…… Of all the Bengal Tiger facts by far the most important as far as many people are concerned is that this animal is highly endangered because of human activity. The situation is becoming precarious (Dec 2014) and getting worse. …
There has been some unclear reporting on a tightening up of existing legislation in China. Despite the existence of the 1998 (1997?) Law On the Protection of Wildlife in China, there has been widespread eating of the body parts of some endangered wild life species. Often they are high profile, exotic species as the …
Canine distemper is a well known dog virus. It is very contagious and deadly. However, it can be prevented through vaccination. It not only makes dogs very ill; it can also affect wild animals such as ferrets, raccoons, skunks, wolves and foxes. It can also infect “some felidae“. Felidae is the scientific name for …
This is a short essay on wildlife conservation for students – probably more senior students. If you like it, or parts of it, feel free to copy or use it in any way you wish under a creative commons license. The purpose of wildlife conservation is to protect wild flora and fauna against the …
Will banning the tiger from the core areas of India’s Bengal tiger reserves help in the conservation of the Bengal tiger? Currently, there is a temporary ban imposed by India’s Supreme Court on tourists to core areas of tiger reserves. As I understand it, the idea is that tourists should be confined to buffer …
On an application by a conservationist, Ajay Dube, the Supreme Court of India has temporarily banned tourism in the core areas of all tiger reserves. The objective of the judgment is to allow the tiger populations to recover. It is believed by conservationists that tourism to the tiger reserves disrupts the lives of tigers …
