Resident icon at the Australian Reptile Park, Ranger Mick has hit an incredible milestone today, officially marking 30 years of service at the Park. To celebrate, staff at the Park surprised Mick with a very special cake, made in the shape of his favourite reptile, Rosie the Alligator.
Orion, our International Associate, provides updates on requiem sharks, Bonnethead Sharks, and freshwater stingrays from the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES for short).
The first week of COP 19 has been really eventful, so we wanted to provide a few updates.
On Wednesday, we supported a side event by Costa Rica and Panama. That was a big success. We had a rough timeslot at 7:30 AM, so when the room ended up being completely packed, we were very excited.
We also had a number of important proposals that came … Continue
Join Orion, our International Associate, in Panama for the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES for short). Our international team is advocating in particular for proposals to list the full family of glass frogs, the full family of requiem sharks, aquatic turtles, horned lizards, freshwater stingrays and neotropical trees, which play an outsized role in supporting biodiverse rainforest ecosystems.
I’m Orion Cruz, International Associate with Defenders of Wildlife down here in Panama City for CITES COP19.
There are a whole bunch of really exciting and contentious issues that … Continue
