By Alex Hofford – National Geographic It is a little known fact that the blame for the elephant poaching crisis of the 1980s, which resulted in the global ivory ban of 1989, can be laid squarely at the feet of the Hong Kong ivory traders. And now they’re at it again……. …..It’s a moral outrage […]
In a landmark decision, the Hong Kong Endangered Species Advisory Committee voted today to destroy almost the entire ivory stockpile, 28 of its estimated 33 tons. Conservationists have applauded the decision as a major step in the battle against the ivory trade. Andrea Crosta, Executive Director of the Elephant Action League, commented: “I think it’s […]
PRESS RELEASE Los Angeles – Jan. 23, 2013 – In a landmark decision, the Hong Kong Endangered Species Advisory Committee voted today to destroy almost the entire ivory stockpile, 28 of its estimated 33 tons. The Committee has confirmed that apart from a small amount being saved for educational purposes all the stocks of ivory held by Hong Kong will be destroyed over a […]
By Simon Parry South China Morning Post, 23 December 2013 Buyers are ‘investing’ amid fears legal trade is driving market for poached and smuggled tusks The price of elephant tusks in Hong Kong has shot up by more than fiftyfold in the past decade, raising concerns that the legal trade is fuelling demand for poached […]
Only in 2013 and only in the port of Hong Kong, so far the custom seized over 3,350 ivory tusks. It’s more than 1,675 dead elephants who ended up in this Chinese port. Customs commonly assumes a 10% seizure success rate. You do the math… China is acting as a vacuum cleaner for elephants, and […]
A new important initiative against the ivory trade. The Elephant Action League strongly supports a new protest and a petition to get the Hong Kong government to burn their ivory stockpile and ban the domestic trade. The total stockpile could be as big as 25 tons. The petition organizers are two young girls, Lucy Lan […]
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 […]
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’ […]
