Editorial on The Times (London) China’s demand for their tusks is a grave threat to Africa’s elephants. China’s demand for their tusks is a grave threat to Africa’s elephants Affluent shoppers browsing Beijing’s ivory boutiques may tell themselves the trinkets they covet are carved from legal supplies, but they are almost certainly wrong. About 70 […]
Owner Bobby Roberts, 69, convicted of three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to Asian elephant Anne. A video here
The bodies of the highly endangered Borneo elephants were all near to each other and poisoning appears to be the likely cause, probably with pesticides. They may have ingested poison spread by oil palm plantation workers to keep “pests” from eating the palm fruit, said the wildlife director of the Malaysian state of Sabah on […]
The untouchable well known lords of poaching in Samburu. They are well known by the locals and operate big shops in town. They sponsor young men to kill elephants and rhinos but they are never arrested. Investigations by the Star newspaper established that the architects of poaching are based in Archers Post, a small tourist town […]
Singapore: 1.8 ivory shipment uncovered. It is the biggest ivory haul in the country in more than a decade. The shipment, coming from Africa (not know from where yet) was marked as being waste paper. The haul was found after a tip-off. A total of 1,099 pieces of raw tusk were found in 65 sacks. […]
Tanzania: four suspected poachers killed in Serengeti National Park, after killing elephants, police reported on Sunday. Rangers recovered a sub machine gun (SMG), 367 rounds of ammunitions, as well as traditional weapons that included knives and machetes. “They also found an elephant killed by poachers at the scene and they were in the process of […]
Following a long term undercover investigation on an international ivory trafficking sea route, two traffickers were arrested in the Libreville sea port with 18 ivory tusks weighing a total of 178 kg on its way to board a ship. The record seizure for Libreville is a testament of the gravity of ivory trafficking and the […]
Kenyan authorities have arrested five ivory smugglers holding Vietnamese passports as the East African nation stepped up anti-poaching measures. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the five suspects were arrested on Tuesday night at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while on transit from Luanda, Angola to Bangkok, Thailand, aboard a Kenya Airways flight KQ771. The KWS announcement comes in the wake of Jan. 15’s seizure of […]
Tanzania’s parliamentary committee for land, natural resources and environment is looking into scaling up anti-poaching efforts in the country, Tanzania’s Daily News reported Wednesday. Addressing the public after meeting with the Tanzania National Parks and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development, committee chairman James Lembeli advocated harsher punishments for poachers. “Current laws are outdated; those found guilty of poaching […]
Vatican responds to National Geographic about the religious use of ivory. It’s a very long and articulated answer from the director of the Vatican press office who is also committing to a few communication activities through “some Vatican organizations”. We praise the effort and we hope the Vatican will do now what it preaches, especially […]
