Stopping Unscrupulous Poachers
IFAW is the first international organization to fund anti-poaching patrols to save the Tibetan antelope. We are supporting patrols across its range in the desolate plateaus of western China. One group, called the Wild Yak Patrol, cracked 15 poaching rings and confiscated more than 700 pelts during the first half of 1999 alone.
IFAW-supplied patrol and communications equipment aided in the arrest of more
than a dozen poachers during the critical antelope birthing season in 1999. In
the first three months of 2000, dozens of poachers were also arrested in the
Qinghai Province, and Chinese authorities confiscated more than 1,000
pelts.
IFAW and the Chinese government also co-sponsored an international conference in Xining in October 1999, with Chinese and CITES officials and other organizations to raise awareness and share information among Tibetan antelope range, production and consumer countries.
Government representatives and conservationists from China, Nepal, India, Italy, France, the UK, the US and the region of Hong Kong China agreed to increase enforcement efforts, educate consumers and crack down on this illegal trade.
IFAW sponsored a law enforcement workshop in Nanjing from May 8-14, 2001. This workshop, organized by the Department of Forest Public Security of China’s State Forestry Administration, was attended by more than 30 forest rangers and representatives from CITES China Office.
One of the most significant barriers to advancing Tibetan antelope conservation, as identified by the workshop participants, is a lack of effective communication between regions within China, government departments, and police groups.
To improve communication and advance Tibetan antelope conservation, workshop participants plan to form a three-province support network among rangers from Xin Jiang, Qing Hai and Tibet to improve information sharing, and coordinate law enforcement measures and campaign initiatives among rangers from all three provinces.
IFAW and the Chinese government also co-sponsored an international conference in Xining in October 1999, with Chinese and CITES officials and other organizations to raise awareness and share information among Tibetan antelope range, production and consumer countries.
Government representatives and conservationists from China, Nepal, India, Italy, France, the UK, the US and the region of Hong Kong China agreed to increase enforcement efforts, educate consumers and crack down on this illegal trade.
IFAW sponsored a law enforcement workshop in Nanjing from May 8-14, 2001. This workshop, organized by the Department of Forest Public Security of China’s State Forestry Administration, was attended by more than 30 forest rangers and representatives from CITES China Office.
One of the most significant barriers to advancing Tibetan antelope conservation, as identified by the workshop participants, is a lack of effective communication between regions within China, government departments, and police groups.
To improve communication and advance Tibetan antelope conservation, workshop participants plan to form a three-province support network among rangers from Xin Jiang, Qing Hai and Tibet to improve information sharing, and coordinate law enforcement measures and campaign initiatives among rangers from all three provinces.
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IFAW supports anti-poaching patrols that have confiscated thousands of illegal Tibetan antelope pelts. © IFAW
