Elephant Advocacy League (EAL) is part of a group of 10 conservation organizations that attended CITES in Bangkok and publicly denounced the failure of the Convention to stop elephant poaching and to address the real problems, including China. Our voice was heard and reported on the Kenyan newspaper The Star, BBC and the Economist. “The […]
Breaking News from the CITES Convention in Bangkok: Minister of Forest of the Republic of Congo announces intention to burn the country ivory’s stock of over 5,000 tusks. The Minister thinks that the only way to stop the killing of the elephants is to stop the ivory trade in Asia. The Minister also said that […]
From the EAL’s team at CITES Bangkok: New IUCN/UNEP Report – Uncertain Future for African Elephants. Poaching doubled and illegal ivory trade tripled in last decade. Enhanced law enforcement, international collaboration and reducing demand required to avert crisis. EAL’s comment is that they should have mentioned clearly who is the major culprit: China. More here Photo: […]
Great article of Bryan Christy on the National Geographic: CITES Ivory Policy Is On Drugs “…Here is where it’s useful to jump from my grade school memories to a metaphor my team used while investigating the story that became Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship. Cocaine. Every time one of us wanted to say the word elephant or […]
Village game scouts and the anti-poaching unit of Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism have recovered 200 million shillings ($123,000) worth of elephant tusks in the Selous Game Reserve in the Ruvuma region, Tanzania’s The Guardian reported Saturday (February 23rd). Tanzania last year requested permission from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to sell some of its ivory stockpile, […]
Dozens of rangers and law enforcement officers die each year trying to protect elephants, rhinos and wildlife. A much higher number of poachers, villagers and poor people, lured by the high profits, lose their lives or get injured. They leave behind orphans, widows, broken families and destabilized local communities. The reason of all this is […]
ElephantVoices has launched a campaign against the ivory trade based on the creation of two powerful pieces of graphic art by New York artist, Asher Jay. The artwork with the slogans, EVERY TUSK COSTS A LIFE; DON’T BUY IVORY and EVERY TUSK COSTS A LIFE; STOP THE TRADE target the both potential buyers, and decision-makers, […]
Our Conservation Partner LAGA Wildlife Law Enforcement managed yesterday to get 3 ivory dealers arrested in Cameroon with 24 tusks, mostly of very young elephants. PLEASE re-post and support their very important activities in Central Africa: www.LAGA-Enforcement.org The LAGA model is currently operating in 6 countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Central African […]
Elephants are not Diamonds. Katarzyna Nowak, Joyce Poole, Cynthia Moss and their colleagues reignite the debate on whether a regulated legal trade in ivory can ever be a mechanism advantageous to elephant conservation. “…We also urge CITES to be more widely inclusive of a variety of stakeholders, including those who are anti-trade or middle-of-the-road (and […]
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. […]
