Sentences with phrase «animal smuggling»

Officials believe he was part of an exotic animal smuggling ring.

WWF conjectures that one - quarter of this trade is illegal (at the time, selling prairie dogs was not illegal), making animal smuggling, after the drug trade, the most lucrative illegal activity in the world.

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He has campaigned on numerous Animal Welfare causes such as against puppy smuggling [8] and has supported the Dogs Trust UK as well as BirdLife Malta in its campaign against the hunting of migrating birds.

He said Manila's criminal trade in animals ranges from pet stores «with many endangered and illegal species hidden behind the scenes» to major international wildlife violators and wholesale smuggling rackets.

Unlike drug trafficking, though, penalties for getting caught smuggling animals are minimal.

She once smuggled a spider monkey across the Mexican border by swimming the Rio Grande with the animal balanced on her head.

One Web site continues to sell live animals ranging from lion cubs to brown bears, while an investigator who asked another seller if he could document the legality of his products replied that he had «no papers since everything is smuggled.»

While many people are familiar with the idea of dogs and cats getting chipped, the practice is also used with exotic pets like the Asian arowana fish, above, when there's concern of possible smuggling or sale of wild animals.

Hoping to persuade potential customers, sellers volunteered information about the tortoises» «Red List» status and offered suggestions about how to smuggle the animals out of the country.

An American wildlife expert was convicted last month of smuggling animal skins and horns from Pakistan into the US.

The smuggling and consumption of wild animals has helped Ebola spread in West Africa.

I can probably smuggle a ferret or other small furry animal in there.

The animated set pieces are technically flawless, with Yuh staging eye - busting battle scenes that employ rousing feats of flight and fist from the animal heroes, but also smuggles in plenty of physical comedy, again tracking Po as he bounces all over China, leaving a trail of destruction behind him.

They immediately clash, even over what music to play on the radio, but of course, the two must team up and go undercover at the prestigious Canini Invitational Dog Show in Las Vegas, where the smuggled panda is going to be sold to an exotic animal collector.

And soon the Zabinskis are working with the local resistance to smuggle many more Jews out of the ghetto and into hiding, masking their mission by working with eminent Nazi zoologist Lutz Heck (Daniel Bruhl) on an ambitious animal - breeding program.

Sloe, 13, treks through a dangerous, dystopian wilderness as she searches for a safe haven for the DNA of the genetically engineered animal species that she is smuggling.

The authorities warned that smuggling animals of unknown health statuses into Singapore may introduce diseases, such as rabies, into the country.

Just think - maybe sugar gliders are bred here now but first they had to be captured in the wild and smuggled into the country - thousands of animals die this way every year but its just considered «the cost of doing business.»

A few weeks ago at a large animal exposition a person evidently smuggled in a box of VERY young Cocker Spaniel puppies, not yet weaned and with no shots.

Many of these animals originate from puppy mills, many in the San Diego area have been smuggled by the hundreds / thousands from puppy mills in Mexico.

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Should wild populations of threatened animals be protected from over harvesting, smuggling and cruel exploitation?

The darker side of this animal exploitation, the mistreatment of these majestic creatures through smuggling, separation or use in elephant begging, however can be particularly cruel.

It is working with the government on the illegal dog smuggling issue and on a new animal welfare bill.

«Instead of smuggling immigrants over the border, you're now bringing animals from the wilderness into the comfort of a zoo, where they are provided plenty of food, water, shelter, and state of the art health care.»

Smuggled goods from poached animals find their way to Europe, Australia, China, and the United States.

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