FIND OUT WHAT SOUVENIRS YOU SHOULD NOT PURCHASE ON YOUR NEXT VACATION BECAUSE THEY ORIGINATE FROM TRAFFICKED ANIMALS... (click on tiger or podcast #5)
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Quoted directly from WWF website:
In the last hundred years tiger numbers have declined by 95%. Up to 12,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year to supply domestic ivory markets. Three out of seven species of marine turtles are now critically endangered. Illegal wildlife trade is one of the primary threats to a large number of species. WWF plays an important role in fighting illegal trade, most significantly through TRAFFIC – the world’s largest wildlife trade monitoring network. More on wildlife trade
From WWF website: The Wild Things Wild Things podcasts normally take listeners to rainforests, mountaintops and other far-flung field sites. But in today’s new edition we’ll be exploring a locked storeroom at WWF headquarters in Washington, DC. That’s where experts on illegal wildlife trafficking keep a “suitcase for survival” full of confiscated items made from seahorses, tiger paws and other animal parts sold to tourists overseas. Join us as we learn what not to buy on your next big vacation.
WWF launched this podcast series to tell the stories of scientists, researchers and others on the frontlines of the struggle to preserve the natural world. “Wild Things” is written and produced by award-winning journalist John Nielsen, formerly an environment correspondent at National Public Radio.
Links to other WWF podcasts below. The Wild Things
Podcast Episodes:
Episode #1: mountain gorillas, Sumatran tigers, sacred forests, climate change and penguins (released April 15, 2009)
Special edition: interview with record-breaking mountaineer Apa Sherpa as he completes his 19th ascent of Mount Everest (released May 22, 2009)
Episode #2: climate change in the Himalayas, linkages between coffee and a lost herd of Sumatran elephants, illegal sea turtle souvenirs in the Caribbean (released June 1, 2009)
Episode #3: bushmeat bust in Cameroon, searching for orangutans in Borneo, meltdown in the Himalayas (released June 17, 2009)
Episode #4: threats to bluefin tuna, the sounds of the rare Mekong River dolphin and Dengue Fever - a Cambodian-American band (released July 22, 2009)
Episode #5: Learn what souvenirs you should avoid purchasing on your next big vacation. (released September 14, 2009) This is the one profile at the top of the page with a link by clicking on the tiger.
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WWF launched this podcast series to tell the stories of scientists, researchers and others on the frontlines of the struggle to preserve the natural world. “Wild Things” is written and produced by award-winning journalist John Nielsen, formerly an environment correspondent at National Public Radio.
Links to other WWF podcasts below. The Wild Things
Podcast Episodes:
Episode #1: mountain gorillas, Sumatran tigers, sacred forests, climate change and penguins (released April 15, 2009)
Special edition: interview with record-breaking mountaineer Apa Sherpa as he completes his 19th ascent of Mount Everest (released May 22, 2009)
Episode #2: climate change in the Himalayas, linkages between coffee and a lost herd of Sumatran elephants, illegal sea turtle souvenirs in the Caribbean (released June 1, 2009)
Episode #3: bushmeat bust in Cameroon, searching for orangutans in Borneo, meltdown in the Himalayas (released June 17, 2009)
Episode #4: threats to bluefin tuna, the sounds of the rare Mekong River dolphin and Dengue Fever - a Cambodian-American band (released July 22, 2009)
Episode #5: Learn what souvenirs you should avoid purchasing on your next big vacation. (released September 14, 2009) This is the one profile at the top of the page with a link by clicking on the tiger.
Wild Things Videos America’s Arctic: Safeguarding a National Treasure
Learn more
20th Anniversary of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Learn more
Tiger farms: a ticket to extinction
Learn more
*photo by Betsy Seeton at the Tiger Temple in Thailand