The NGO Conservation Justice (CJ), our partner in Gabon, made another arrest, an ivory trafficker. It’s already the 3rd important operation in August. CJ reports that the last trafficker has been arrested in the city of Lambarene. He’s an adviser in the municipal council and he is very influential. His name is Zeng Abeng Jean-Jacques (Alias […]
Kenya’s President – Uhuru Kenyatta is currently on a trip to China and is strengthening ties between the two countries. No other words needed.
Cracking down on the illicit animal trade would help Beijing to boost its soft power. Heavy demand for endangered species has led to poaching on an industrial scale. “It is one thing to be worried about the traditional poachers who come in and kill and take a few animals,” Hillary Clinton, former US secretary of […]
A report by four international conservation agencies links sharp rise in elephant poaching in Kenya to influx of Chinese workers (see also the video below here). Since China started investing in mega-construction projects in Kenya, the number of its citizens in the country has gone up significantly, and so has been the cases of poaching […]
Another amazing operation by our partner Conservation Justice in Gabon. Luc Mathot’s team managed to arrest 4 ivory traffickers near the Cameroon border. You guys are the best and we’re very proud to support you! One Cameroonian is the Imam of the town, so there will surely be high pressure to release him. Ofir Drori informed […]
Emile N’bouke is a big international ivory trafficker and he was arrested thanks to the work of the NGOs LAGA, TALF and Conservation Justice (which EAL supports in Gabon). Great job guys! As always, facts, not just words. Ofir Dror, head of LAGA, reports that Togo’s special unit originally set to fight drug trafficking did […]
A shipment of illegal ivory, rhino horns and leopard skins worth HK$41 million (over US$ 5million) was seized in Hong Kong’s second big bust of endangered species products in a month. Some 1,120 ivory tusks, 13 rhino horns and five pieces of leopard skin weighing a total of 2,266 kilograms were confiscated at Kwai Chung Container […]
Elephants mourning a member of their herd after it was hit by a train in India on Howrah-New Delhi main railway route, refuse to leave the track and abandon their family member. Villagers have been keeping night-long vigil, but haven’t been able to drive away the herd. As India continues to develop its internal infrastructure, […]
Kerala Wildlife Department is mulling a proposal to set afire a huge pile of ivory at its disposal to pre-empt its passage into the hands of smugglers or carvers in the future. “As per Wildlife Act, sale and carving of ivory is a crime. So the ivory in our stock has zero value even though […]
World Ranger Day commemorates rangers killed or injured in the line of duty, and celebrates the work rangers do to protect the world’s natural and cultural treasures. Over 1,000 Park Rangers have lost their lives across the globe in the last 10 years. World Ranger Day is observed annually on the 31st of July, and […]
