Open letters and Compilation of documents by Karl Amman (2020-06-21) – Elephants already exported and in the process of being exported to China While looking into the export of the elephants to Dubai Safari we encountered representatives of a Chinese company, from Yunnan, inspecting some 50 elephants they said they had under contract. The concernedContinue reading “A Study of Illegal Trafficking of Lao PDR Elephants”
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Letter to CITES Secretariat
6 Medlaurst Close Claobhana, Surrey UK GU24 8PA t*44)7788 4040940 URGENT Via email and post: info@cites.ore CITES Secretariat Palais des Nations Avenue de la Paix 8-14 1211 Genève 10 Switzerland 21 February 2020 Dear Sir/ Madam, Complaint: Import of 18 Chimpanzees from South Africa to China in breach of the Convention on International Trade inContinue reading “Letter to CITES Secretariat”
The African Ranger Awards and the Demand Side of the Coin
When researching the illegal wildlife trade, very often some tentacles lead back to South Africa. Not only when it comes to rhino horn, abalone and lion bone but in this case to one of South Africa’s biggest company: Naspers, a major shareholder in Tencent, who in turn owns WeChat, a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social mediaContinue reading “The African Ranger Awards and the Demand Side of the Coin”
Interview with Fyodor Shidlovsky, head of the Russian Mammoth trading organization
An Interview by Karl Ammann – S : Shidlovsky A : Ammann S: You should have sent me questions. A: You are an expert, I did not consider it necessary to send them. S: Well, sometimes the questions are very naive. A: The director needs more details on how the mammoth business works. How isContinue reading “Interview with Fyodor Shidlovsky, head of the Russian Mammoth trading organization”
Letter to the Chinese Forestry Police
Dear Sirs, I am referring to our meeting at the Yunnan CITES office to discuss the import of elephants into China. Below is the report I sent to various parties last year after some of the initial evidence became available. I understand that for the forestry police the main issue is not the CITES technicalitiesContinue reading “Letter to the Chinese Forestry Police”
The world of Karl Ammann 