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Customs foil wildlife smuggling in Kano
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (357+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone "B, has recorded another breakthrough in its anti-smuggling operations with the interception of live pangolins along the Kano'Takai'Jigawa road. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement issued by the units Public Relations Officer,…...
How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (954+ words) In 2003, a shipment of exotic African rodents to a pet store in Illinois sparked the United States' first mpox outbreak. Gambian giant rats and other rodents infected prairie dogs, which in turn infected nearly 100 people who handled the animals. Ebola…...
Customs Intercept Live Pangolins, Intensify Crackdown On Wildlife Traffickers
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (522+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operation Unit Zone "B" has recorded another breakthrough in its anti-smuggling operations with the interception of live pangolins along the Kano'Takai'Jigawa road. Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone "B", carried out the latest seizure…...
Customs intercept live pangolins, intensifies crackdown on wildlife traffickers
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (415+ words) Customs officers with the recovered pangolins. Credit - Nigeria Customs Service Zone 'B', Kaduna The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone "B, has intercepted live pangolins along the Kano'Takai'Jigawa road. Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone "B, carried out…...
Customs intercept live pangolins, intensify crackdown on wildlife trafficking
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (298+ words) April 9, 2026 by Abdul Gafar Alabelewe, Kaduna The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone "B, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intensified its crackdown on wildlife trafficking, recording another major interception of live pangolins along the Kano'Takai'Jigawa road. The latest operation…...
Customs intercept pangolin smugglers in major wildlife trafficking crackdown
12+ hour, 21+ min ago (397+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone "B, has intensified crackdown on endangered species trafficking with the interception of additional live pangolins along the Kano-Takai Jigawa axis. This is contained in a statement by the acting Public…...
Customs intercepts live'pangolin smugglers in major wildlife trafficking crackdown - Enviro News - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy
13+ hour, 29+ min ago (269+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone "B, has intensified its crackdown on endangered species trafficking with the interception of additional live pangolins along the Kano-Takai Jigawa axis. This is contained in a statement by Mohammad Balarabe,…...
Pangolins Face Critical Threats, Making Them the World's Most Trafficked Mammal
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (975+ words) Home " Animals " Pangolins Face Critical Threats, Making Them the World's Most Trafficked Mammal Most people have never seen a pangolin. Honestly, many have never even heard of one. Yet right now, as you read this, one of the most ancient…...
Outpacing wildlife traffickers through regional action
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (829+ words) At the Nepal'India border, traffickers can move a pangolin from a collection hub in Nepal to a consolidation point in India in under an hour. Law enforcement, bound by procedural delays and the need for cross-border permissions, is often left…...
Kolkata Wildlife Trafficking Seizure At Airport Raises Alarm
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (459+ words) urbanacres. in Kolkata Wildlife Trafficking Seizure At Airport Raises Alarm A wildlife enforcement operation at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport has led to the seizure of critically endangered turtles, underscoring Kolkata's continued vulnerability as a transit point in illegal…...