Topic: Nature and the Environment
Japan Tuna
AP News
Fish dealers load tuna into a truck at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Fish dealers ...
Singapore jewelers selling tiger parts: report
Reuters Environmental Online Report
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some jewelry shops in Singapore are illegally selling tiger parts, helping fuel the disappearance of the big cat from Asia, a local animal protection group said on Friday. A three-month investigation by Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) found that 59 out of 134 jewelry and antique ...
Lifetime tiger hunter, 92, snared in Indonesia
AFP Global Edition
Indonesian conservationists said on Friday they had caught red-handed a 92-year-old man who had admitted to killing dozens of critically endangered Sumatran tigers over a lifetime of hunting. "We caught him Thursday while he was sailing a traditional wooden boat in a river in Kuala Cinaku with evidence of skin ...
Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection
AP News
Japanese fish dealers welcome rejection of tuna trade ban, but urge that quotas be enforcedJapanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from ...
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