Kenya’s elephants may vanish in 10 years

Kenya’s elephants may vanish in 10 years, warns prominent naturalist. Richard Leakey was in Nairobi this week with news that ivory poaching, and illegal sales in Asia, may accelerate overall trend downward. “There has never been such a level of killing as we are experiencing today. Unless we do something now elephants will be gone from […]

U.S. colonel, former US defense attaché in Nairobi, convicted of smuggling ivory

U.S. colonel, former US defense attaché in Nairobi, has been caught and convicted of smuggling thousands of pounds worth of ivory. David McNevin was arrested with 21 pieces of ornately carved elephant tusks as he boarded a flight to the Netherlands, from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International airport, according to officials. He was fined 30,000 Kenyan […]

Over 1,000 ivory tusks, mainly from baby elephants, seized in Hong Kong

Over 1,000 ivory tusks, mainly from BABY ELEPHANTS, were seized by Hong Kong customs in their biggest haul in three years. The tusks, which weigh over two tons and are worth more than US$2 million, were discovered at the city’s main port in a cargo container from the African country of Togo. Ng Kwok-leung, customs’ […]

Chocolate-shaped ivory seized in Macao (China)

Chocolate-shaped ivory seized in Macao (China) Two South African travelers failed to smuggle 34 kilograms of ivory into Macao on Wednesday, as local customs officials found 15 suspicious chocolate boxes in their luggage. According to customs officials, a total of 583 chocolate bar-shaped objects were inside the boxes, which were later identified as ivory worth […]

South Africa is considering the sale of over 16 tons of ivory

After the rhinos, the elephants…We told you so last week! South Africa is considering the sale of over 16 tons of ivory. Less than three years to the next CITES meeting and the ivory race has already begun. If in three years the CITES parties will decide for another one-off sale of ivory, they will fuel […]

One of the oldest elephants in Tsavo killed

Once again terrible news from Kenya. One of the oldest elephants in Tsavo killed, and poachers now uses poisoned arrows. Cruel SOB… Poachers have now changed their tactics from using guns and are now using poisoned arrows. They mostly target the elephant legs because they know an elephant cannot walk on three legs. And we […]

Elephant Action League’s Founders meet Prince Charles

London, 9th of July 2013 TRH Prince Charles met on Tuesday Elephant Action League’s Founders Mr. Andrea Crosta, Mrs. Gilda Moratti and Mr. Massimo Redaelli. The venue was the Animal Ball organized by EAL’s partner Elephant Family, to support conservation projects in Asia on the endangered Asian elephant. Prince Charles and Mr. Andrea Crosta, EAL’s […]

Zimbabwe is collecting on average 1,1 tons of ivory monthly

Zimbabwe is collecting on average 1,1 tons of ivory monthly! The government is sitting on 62,3 tons of ivory valued at approximately $15,6 million, and it is running out of storage space, with less than three tons to fill up the remaining space. This news gives us an idea of the poaching that is going on […]

South Africa lobbying to relax a ban on international trade in rhino horn

It’s a very sad day for rhinos, and probably the beginning of the end. South Africa announced today it would lobby at CITES to relax a ban on international trade in rhino horn to allow the sale of stockpiles. The excuse SA is using it’s the need to face the poaching problem more efficiently. In […]

Current Ivory Demand-Reduction Campaigns in China Don’t Work

July 2nd, 2013 The UN (UNEP) launched yesterday a new ivory demand-reduction campaign in Shanghai, with posters on the metro saying “Buying Illegal Ivory is Killing Me”, with a powerful photo of an elephant. It’s time to say loud and clear: these campaigns don’t work! Yes, these campaigns address the real problem, which is the […]

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