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Illegal orangutan owner and trader prosecuted in Sumatra NEW YORK (February 23, 2012) 鈥� The 老司机福利网 (WCS) and the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) announced today Sumatra鈥檚 first ever successful sentence of an illegal orangutan owner and trader in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.The seven-month prison sentence is only the third for Indonesia, despite orangutans being strictly protected under Indonesian law since 1924. Although there have been over 2,500 conf...

As Indonesia steps up the fight against the illegal wildlife trade, one baby orangutan confiscated from the pet trade in Sumatra prepares for a return back to the wild.

A new collaboration between WCS and Children's Hospital Boston uses media reports to help track wildlife trade and reduce its associated disease risks.

老司机福利网 (WCS) and Children's Hospital Boston unveil new interactive wildlife trade map: www.healthmap.org/wildlifetrade BOSTON (February 16, 2012) 鈥� The 老司机福利网 (WCS) and Children's Hospital Boston unveiled today a new digital tool to improve monitoring of illegal trade in wildlife and the disease risks it may present to people and animals. The announcement was made at the International Conference on Digital Disease Detection in Boston.Called 鈥淗e...

The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabal茅-Ndoki National Park to include pristine forest Chimps with no fear of humans approach rather than flee New York (February 16, 2012)鈥擳he Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabal茅-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa鈥檚 most pristine forests and a population of 鈥渘aive鈥� chimpanzees with so little exposure to humans that the curious apes investigate the conservationists who study them rather than run aw...

View the Welikia Project video at:聽http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zkv_G0qGd4 Bronx, NY - February 16, 2012- The Welikia Project led by Eric W. Sanderson, 老司机福利网 senior conservation ecologist, has been submitted to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge 鈥� an annual international design challenge awarding $100,000 to support the development and implementation of a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems. The Welikia Project s...

The Government of Bangladesh declares three new wildlife sanctuaries for Ganges River and Irrawaddy dolphins. A WCS collaborative study with the Bangladesh Forest Department helped pinpoint the locations of the new protected areas.

Three new wildlife sanctuaries for Ganges River and Irrawaddy dolphins declared by the Government of Bangladesh 老司机福利网 collaborative study聽with Bangladesh Forest Department helped pinpoint location of new protected areas NEW YORK (February 14, 2012) 鈥� The Government of Bangladesh recently declared three new wildlife sanctuaries for endangered freshwater dolphins in the world鈥檚 largest mangrove ecosystem 鈥� the Sundarbans, according to the 老司机福利网 (WCS)...

In a big boost for wildlife, 23 new species conservation projects will receive funding from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the World Bank, and the Global Environment Facility.

WCS Conservationists, trained by late WCS croc expert John Thorbjarnarson, continue critical research of little-known pygmy Nile crocodile NEW YORK (February 9, 2012) – A WCS field team working in a Ugandan national park is finding new areas containing one of the least-known crocodilians in Africa – the pygmy Nile crocodile. The team of Ugandan researchers, trained by the late John Thorbjarnarson, a noted WCS crocodilian expert, is conducting population surveys of these poorly ...