Recent snake sightings are good for the traditional and digital media but majority of the news stories are not favorable for the snakes.
The alarmist tone of news reports about the “pandemic” of snake sightings feeds into many Filipinos’ fear and mistrust of these creations.
The global illegal wildlife trade has been threatening the already endangered wildlife that may lead to their extinction. Palawan hornbill Closer to home, law enforcers are having a hard time catching the bad guys, who are openly offering online the illegally caught wildlife. With the use of the Internet, smartphones…
MANILA – Hornbills in the Philippines already suffer from habitat loss and forest conversion, but the illegal sale of these endangered birds in the online market could further plunge their numbers in the wild, according to a recently published study. This possible decrease in their populations due to poaching could have a knock-on effect on […]
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Protected by law but threatened by trade, rare and endangered parrots native to Indonesia are frequently sold via Facebook in the Philippines, a new survey has found. The analysis of online sales, government seizures and trade data compiled by the U.K.-based wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC indicates strong market demand in the Philippines for birds native […]