GREAT NEWS IN A NUTSHELL!  A sting operation like none other took place this week as global police and customs officials cracked down on the biggest wildlife trafficking ring the world has ever seen. The giant environmental crime operation involved 109 countries and resulted in nearly 2,000 seizures of protected wildlife, including 440 ivory pieces, more than 4,300 birds, and nearly 10,000 live turtles and tortoises, according to Interpol. Just in the month of June, officials seized 23 live primates, 30 big cats, more than a ton of pangolin scales, 74 truckloads of timber, more than 2,600 plants, and nearly 10,000 marine species.   Read more from National Geographic

16 Jul This entry was published on July 16, 2019 at 11:16 am. It’s filed under Great News in a Nutshell!, Rama Good News for the Earth and tagged big ats, birds, environmental crime fighters, ivory, marine species, pangolin scales, primates, protected wildlife, timber, turtles, wildlife trafficking. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.