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Lets catch these baby gorilla traders!

Category: Gorillas | Date: May 08 2008 | By: admin

Ok, I have an idea. Lets do some detective work.
This is the contact information Phone: Country code (237) –74631656 - Fax: 00237–74698532

Could someone out there call these guys and let us know ifthis is genuine? This may require a French speaker to make the call.

We need to find out how much the baby is going for, where it came from? Does anyone have any other ideas about how to get to the bottom of this? Where exactly is it located so that we can send the authorities after them.

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14 Responses to “Lets catch these baby gorilla traders!”

sheryl, washington dc, on 08 May 2008

Did you look at the Whois information?
Domain Name………. bikudo.com
Creation Date…….. 2005-08-13
Registration Date…. 2005-08-13
Expiry Date………. 2008-08-13
Organisation Name…. Erdal Irmak
Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. EmeryVille
Organisation Address. 94662
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. US

Admin Name……….. PrivateRegContact Admin
Admin Address…….. P O Box 99800
Admin Address……..
Admin Address…….. EmeryVille
Admin Address…….. 94662
Admin Address…….. CA
Admin Address…….. US
Admin Email………. contact@myprivateregistration.com
Admin Phone………. +1.5105952002
Admin Fax…………

Tech Name………… PrivateRegContact TECH
Tech Address……… P O Box 99800
Tech Address………
Tech Address……… EmeryVille
Tech Address……… 94662
Tech Address……… CA
Tech Address……… US
Tech Email……….. contact@myprivateregistration.com
Tech Phone……….. +1.5105952002
Tech Fax………….
Name Server………. ns1.bikudo.com
Name Server………. ns2.bikudo.com

The previous information has been obtained either directly from the registrant or a registrar of the domain name other than Network Solutions. Network Solutions, therefore, does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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Current Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
IP Address: 66.96.218.117 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-PENNSYLVANIA-SCRANTON
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: Apache 1
Lock Status: clientTransferProhibited
Web Site Status: Active
DMOZ no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Web Site Title: Bikudo Manufacturer Directory
Secure: No
E-commerce: No
Traffic Ranking: 4
Data as of: 25-Feb-2008

The site is registered here. In the U.S.

s.

sheryl, washington dc, on 08 May 2008

I just called the admin phone number from the Whois listing and got a message telling me the mailbox was full.

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admin, on 08 May 2008

Thanks Sheryl, I have a ‘friend’ calling them as we talk. I’ll let you know what the outcome is shortly

Wanda, Atlanta, on 08 May 2008

This is like something out of a movie — it can’t be true and if it is how many more are there and does this go on all the time — horrible!

Robert Williams, on 08 May 2008

Thanks for jumping on this, Sheryl. I just did a phone number and address search on Erdal Irmak, but only found a match for Ermine in Menlo Park. I will keep digging.

sheryl, washington dc, on 08 May 2008

Yeah, that’s all I found on zabasearch, too. I did a google search for the name with the domain name and then with the state name and got lots of Erdal Irmaks but none seemed quite like the one we’re looking for.

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sheryl, washington dc, on 08 May 2008

Here’s something I found while viewing the source on the contact us page: Bikudo Headquarters
Feyzullah Cad., N 2/14
34840 Maltepe Istanbul
Turkey

Christine C., on 08 May 2008

Should law enforcement be handling this…contacting the organization in a undercover way, and, if finding it is true, confiscating the animal? What the hell does someone think they are going to do with a gorilla as a pet? Who the hell is vaccinating them?? Sheryl — who is that guy we went to see at the Zoo…the wildlife criminal investigators…maybe they can help??

sheryl, washington dc, on 08 May 2008

Wildlife Alliance - they work in Asia, not Africa.

s.

Lets catch these baby gorilla traders!, on 08 May 2008

[…] sunitram07 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWe need to find out how much the baby is going for, where it came from? Does anyone have any other ideas about how to get to the bottom of this? Where exactly is it located so that we can send the authorities after them. … […]

Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL, on 09 May 2008

The FBI has an internet crimes devision. Perhaps they can look into this.

Batters, on 09 May 2008

The Environmental Investigation Agency might be able to help with this.

sheryl, washington dc, on 12 May 2008

What’s going on with this? The WD Web site is _messed up_, so maybe no one can update their blogs?

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Nicola, on 12 May 2008

Hi, only just seen this, I have seen programmes from MonkeyWorld in the UK, where they have had dealings with people working in Istanbul, they may have good contacts? / be able to helP?http://www.monkeyworld.co.uk/main.php

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