Friday, December 19, 2025
ADVT 
National

List of plants and animals protected in 2013 by CITES

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Dec, 2014 11:52 AM

    Here's a list of the types of plants and animals protected in 2013 under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Canada has registered reservations against all of them.

    — Manatees

    — Turtles including leatherbacks, big-headed turtles, soft-shelled turtles, side-necked turtles, roofed turtles, box turtles, leaf turtles, river turtles, spiny turtles, black turtles, eyed turtles, giant turtles, cane turtles, tortoises and terrapins

    — Sawfish

    — Chamois and vicuna

    — Greater prairie chicken

    — Requiem sharks, hammerhead sharks, porbeagle sharks

    — Manta rays

    — Swallowtail butterflies

    — Agaves

    — Cashews

    — Elephant trunks (flowering plant in dogbane family)

    — Ginseng

    — Ebony

    — Rosewood

    — Sandalwood

    — Passion flowers

    — Sesames

    — Agar wood

    — Elephant-foot grape tree

    MORE National ARTICLES

    'There's no future:' Saskatchewan Family Loses Three Children In Farm Accidents

    'There's no future:' Saskatchewan Family Loses Three Children In Farm Accidents
    RAVENSCRAG, Sask. — When one of her children was killed six years ago, Anne Arnal never dreamed she would have to go through the same pain again.

    'There's no future:' Saskatchewan Family Loses Three Children In Farm Accidents

    'We can do business:' Prentice to discuss Energy East with Ontario and Quebec

    'We can do business:' Prentice to discuss Energy East with Ontario and Quebec
    CALGARY — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is scheduled to meet with his Ontario and Quebec counterparts this week to lobby for support of the Energy East pipeline.

    'We can do business:' Prentice to discuss Energy East with Ontario and Quebec

    Canadian Citizen Stabbed By Local Man In Oil-rich Eastern Part Of Saudi Arabia

    Canadian Citizen Stabbed By Local Man In Oil-rich Eastern Part Of Saudi Arabia
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The official Saudi Press Agency says a Canadian citizen was stabbed by a local man while he shopped in a mall with his family in the country's oil-rich Eastern Province.

    Canadian Citizen Stabbed By Local Man In Oil-rich Eastern Part Of Saudi Arabia

    Gill Rosenberg, Canadian Citizen, Reportedly Captured By ISIS In Syria

    Gill Rosenberg, Canadian Citizen, Reportedly Captured By ISIS In Syria
    An Israeli newspaper report says Islamist websites are claiming extremists have kidnapped an Israeli-Canadian woman who joined Kurdish fighters overseas.

    Gill Rosenberg, Canadian Citizen, Reportedly Captured By ISIS In Syria

    Philippines' Jamie Herrell Wins Miss Earth 2014 Title

    Philippines' Jamie Herrell Wins Miss Earth 2014 Title
    Jamie Herrel of the Philippines was Saturday crowned Miss Earth 2014. The runners-up are Miss USA, who was crowned Miss Air, Miss Venezuela won the Miss Water title and Miss Fire went to Miss Russia.

    Philippines' Jamie Herrell Wins Miss Earth 2014 Title

    Statue Of Indian-origin British Fighter Pilot Unveiled In Kent

    Statue Of Indian-origin British Fighter Pilot Unveiled In Kent
    A statue of Mahinder Singh Pujji, an Indian-origin fighter pilot who had served in Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War, was unveiled in Kent.

    Statue Of Indian-origin British Fighter Pilot Unveiled In Kent