Maybe something is changing in Kenya… A court sentenced a Chinese ivory smuggler to almost two and a half years in prison in a landmark ruling hailed as sending a powerful warning to poachers and smugglers. A Chinese woman, Chen Biemei, 30, was jailed for 31 months for trying to smuggle 6.9 kg of worked ivory […]
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 […]
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) 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Please share this EAL’s campaign, the first of this kind! Poor villagers are pushed into elephant poaching and crime by greedy businessmen, traders and Chinese/Arab traffickers. Yes, powerful criminal groups are involved, but locally in Africa this “Ivory Addiction” is often killing people, destroying families and leaving orphans behind. At the link below an example from […]
