Frontline organization working for a world free of wildlife trafficking and human slavery. Founding member of @earth__team, a global alliance.
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Wildlife trafficking is a form of organised crime. Behind every shipment sits a network that moves wildlife, their body parts and money across borders.
This is why Freeland designed the Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) course together with...
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the US State Department's INL bureau and law enforcement agencies from around the world.
The course trains agencies to work together across borders, because a trafficking chain that spans continents takes more than one flag to break.
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Check out the course modules here: earth-team.org/lms/course/in…
Every training, every task force and every case we crack runs on supporters who believe wildlife deserves a fighting chance. Support the frontlines: giving.classy.org/campaign/7…
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The same trafficking syndicates smuggling poached ivory are the same crooks trafficking people too.
For instance, Southeast Asia's scam centers are recruiting and exploiting thousands of victims from all over the world, mostly Asia and Africa.
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In 2015, Freeland's analysis helped Thai authorities indict 103 suspects including an army officer in a Rohingya trafficking and corruption case. That is what a joined up response can do.
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Every officer we train and every network we connect depends on supporters who refuse to look away. Give today at giving.classy.org/campaign/7… and learn how we are stopping traffickers at freeland.org
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#FurryFriday presents the Pig Tailed Macaque! Named for its short, curly tail, this forest dweller is native to Southeast Asia.
Their charm has made them a target of the pet trade. Baby macaques are taken from the wild, often after their mothers are killed, and...
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including our appeals to close Thailand's notorious Chatuchak pet market.
This shot was captured by a Freeland sponsored camera trap, a rare look at a macaque living wild where it belongs.
Spotted a macaque for sale online? Snap it and report it.
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Argentina, 2024:
The Noya case, the biggest wildlife seizure in the country's history, led to the rescue of one puma and 3 peccaries. Large quantity of hunting trophies were also seized during the raids. Hunters signing up came mainly from the United States and Europe, and the...
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Suriname, 2023:
Suriname's forest service seized 29 Lear's macaws and 7 golden lion tamarins believed to have been trafficked from Brazil for sale in Europe. Both species are endangered and found only in Brazil.
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The animals were repatriated to Brazil, where the tamarins went into quarantine.
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Asia has been a busy front for rescue and repatriation, and the wins keep coming. Here are some of the wildlife that are safe today.
Indochinese tigers were rescued from Phuket Zoo, with law enforcement support from...
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Baby orangutans Nobita and Shizuka were rescued from a zoo in Ratchaburi and repatriated to Indonesia, with help from the Royal Thai Police.
72 cockatoos were repatriated from Indonesia to the Philippines after TRIPOD 2023, thanks to our trainees.
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Pig tailed macaques were rescued from Samui and placed in the care of Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand.
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