KWS is accusing some ranchers and NGOs of colluding with poachers

Breaking News: Kenya Wildlife Service is accusing some NGOs, ranchers and conservationists of colluding with poachers in Kenya. Sources said a renown conservationist in Tsavo was behind the killing of the 12 elephants. “We have intelligence reports and we are already mapping areas where these NGOs are colluding with poachers,” said an intelligence officer at […]

First ever access to tribal elephants poachers in Kenya – the video

Elephants killers, a new video. First ever access to tribal poachers in Kenya who are both hunters and hunted. This is something few have seen before —a journey into the bush with heavily armed African poachers who are actively hunting and killing elephants. Shot, produced and edited by Matt Goldman Watch the video here

Zambia: diplomats and the army smuggling ivory to China

In Zambia we have diplomats & an Army commander’s entourage smuggling ivory to China. And lots of sweeping under the carpet. What a surprise… The first suspects were intercepted at the International Airport in Lusaka a fortnight ago and they pleaded diplomatic immunity when they were probed. And last week Zambia security officials discovered elephant tusks […]

Philippines to burn 5 tons of confiscated ivory – First time in Asia

BREAKING NEWS: Philippines to burn five tons of confiscated tusks worth $10 million. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the seized ivory tusks will be crushed by a road roller and burned in the presence of foreign experts and anti-ivory trade advocates on June 21 at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City. The […]

EAL First fundraising event to support elephant protection – a big success!

Dear EAL’s friends, Yesterday we had our first fundraising event and public speech in London, and it was a great success! Donors and guests praised our concrete, down-to-earth and collaborative approach, and in two hours we raised enough funds (we call them ‘Investments’) to fully support for one year our field projects against wildlife crime in […]

Warlord Kony keeps poaching elephants for ivory

New report says that warlord Joseph Kony, gave the order to butcher elephants for their ivory as far back as 2010. The U.S.-based watchdog group Resolve said in a report in April that Kony recently directed killings from an enclave protected by the Sudanese military. Former senior fighters who defected from the group report that […]

Elephants keep dying under trains in India

Four adult elephants have been killed by a speeding passenger train in eastern India. “The train knocked down the elephants due to negligence of the driver,” Forest Minister Hiten Barman told AFP news agency. “Train accidents of this sort have of late become a concern in the northern districts of West Bengal,” Mr Barman said, adding […]

Federal agents at Los Angeles airport (LAX) intercept elephant meat

Federal agents at Los Angeles airport (LAX) mail facility intercept elephant meat, a dead primate and almost 400 snakes, found after inspecting the baggage of passenger from Nigeria. The luggage included also the skins 98 African rock pythons, 85 dwarf crocodiles as well as 179 of cobras. Good job Federal Agents ! But let’s keep […]

Prince William discussing wildlife crime and rangers

EAL’s Conservation Partner Sean Willmore (President of the The Thin Green Line Foundation & the International Ranger Federation) discussing with Prince William the dangers that park rangers face in the field combatting poachers and wildlife crime (1,000 killed in 10 years), and the need to support them and their widows. http://www.thingreenline.org.au/ You Buy Ivory, You Kill […]

Major breakthrough by authorities in China on the illegal smuggling of ivory

Major breakthrough by authorities in China in the clampdown on criminal syndicates behind the illegal smuggling of ivory. Court case verdict reveals true scale of 2011’s “Annus horribilis” for African Elephants. These seizures had not previously been officially reported to ETIS and brings the total weight of ivory seized in 2011 to a staggering 46.5 […]

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