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Thirty-one dead seahorses, two desiccated snakes and a pair of alligator heads were among the bizarre items that people unsuccessfully tried to smuggle into the country through airports and mail centres last year. Customs also seized two wildcat teeth, a turtle shell, and 2kg of meat from a near-threatened species of antelope under legislation combatting international trade in endangered animals.

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Seahorses, snakes, and wildcat teeth seized by customs

More than two dozen dead seahorses, two desiccated snakes and a pair of alligator heads were among the bizarre items that people unsuccessfully tried to smuggle into the country through airports and mail centres last year.

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Richard Collins: Pangolin is the fall guy for our killer pandemic

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Kenya’s burning of its elephant ivory is the example to follow

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Kenya burns ivory from more than 8,000 elephants in protest against trade

home and gardens

Vintage view: How to identify real elephant Ivory

Sharks’ short shrift in life aquatic

Vintage view: Antique rosewood

Kya deLongchamps says resilient vintage or antique rosewood retains strong appeal.

Sun, 29 Jun, 2014

Rathkeale Rovers top players in stolen rhino horn trade

A sprawling Irish criminal network has become synonymous with the lucrative trade in stolen rhino horn.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2014

Targeting Irish Rovers

Adam Higginbotham goes on the trail of the Traveller gang behind Europe’s rhino horn theft epidemic.

Sat, 18 Jan, 2014

Range of smuggled endangered animal items confiscated

Hippo teeth, walrus horns, tortoises and big cats are among some of the endangered animal items being smuggled into Britain, border officials have said.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2013

Illegal trade threatening great apes

International trade in illegal wildlife that has driven creatures like the tiger to near-extinction is also threatening the survival of great apes, according to a new UN report.

Tue, 26 Mar, 2013

Internet threat to rare species

THE internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fuelling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said yesterday.

Mon, 22 Mar, 2010

UN wildlife body rejects US bluefin tuna ban proposal

A US-BACKED proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected yesterday by a UN wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing economies.

Fri, 19 Mar, 2010

Grisly display highlights illegal trade in endangerd species

The head of a brown bear and a spitting cobra in a bottle are among some of the more unusual items seized in the last year at Irish airports, it was revealed today.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2009

100 dolphins can be captured and sold every year, Soloman Islands say

UP TO 100 live bottlenose dolphins can be exported from the Solomon Islands every year, and the government is encouraging residents to enter into the lucrative trade, the fisheries minister said yesterday.

Tue, 28 Aug, 2007

Solomon Islands to promote wild dolphin exports

Up to 100 live bottlenose dolphins can be exported from the Solomon Islands every year, and the government is encouraging residents to enter into the lucrative trade, the fisheries minister said today.

Mon, 27 Aug, 2007

British journalists 'offered tiger meat' in China

British journalists have allegedly been served tiger meat in China.

Wed, 13 Jun, 2007

Caviar exports banned

Caviar exports by the world’s major producers have been temporarily halted by a United Nations panel.

Wed, 04 Jan, 2006

Endangered wildlife trade talks open in Bangkok

Wildlife conservationists are expected to push for new trade restrictions to protect fast-disappearing animals and plants, while lobbyists try to liberate trade in some species at international talks starting today in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sat, 02 Oct, 2004

New controls on mahogany trade

New restrictions to try to protect rapidly disappearing mahogany forests by regulating trade in the €86.8m a year business will enter into force this week, a UN environment body said today.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2003

Norway premier admits he 'smuggled' elephant tusks

The Norwegian Prime Minister has admitted he unwittingly smuggled two illegal elephant tusks into the country.

Wed, 29 May, 2002