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Thailand: Prime Minister Urged to Ban All Ivory Trade
Date: 18 Jan 2013
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is calling on Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to help stop the slaughter of African elephants by banning all ivory trade in Thailand. Thailand is a haven for wildlife traffickers, thanks to trade loopholes which allow the sale of ivory from domestic elephants. These international criminal networks are using Thai laws to launder blood ivory from Africa, and WWF has launched a global p
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CITES CoP16: Tanzania Withdraws Proposal to Sell Elephant Ivory
Date: 29 Dec 2012
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Excellent news for elephants: The CITES Secretariat has confirmed the withdrawal of Tanzania’s proposal to sell stockpiled ivory and transfer its elephant population from Appendix I to Appendix II, which was previously submitted for consideration at CoP16. The country was planning to dump more than 100 tonnes of stockpiled ivory on the market, as well as trade in elephant hunting trophies, skins, feet, ears, ta
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Google Grants $5M to Help Fight Wildlife Trafficking
Date: 09 Dec 2012
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Thanks to a grant from Google’s Global Impact Awards, WWF will receive $5 million for “conservation drones” and other innovative tools to protect endangered species in Africa and Asia. WWF will use the “umbrella of technology” grant to develop a global system which will detect traffickers, monitor wildlife, and boost the effectiveness of ranger patrols. Remote aerial survey systems, wild
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4 Tons of Ivory Seized in Hong Kong Arrived from Tanzania & Kenya
Date: 23 Oct 2012
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Authorities in Hong Kong confiscated four tons of of illegal ivory this week, which arrived in two containers from Tanzania and Kenya. Guangdong Customs alerted Hong Kong Customs to “two suspicious containers shipped from Africa.” One container from Tanzania was marked as “plastic scrap” but was actually 972 pieces of raw ivory tusks, weighing about 4,248 lbs (1,927 kg), along with three pound
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CITES CoP16: Tanzania Proposes Ivory Stockpile Sale & Reduced Elephant Protection
Date: 09 Oct 2012
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Tanzania has submitted a proposal to CITES which would downlist its elephant population from Appendix I to Appendix II and allow the sale of its ivory stockpile. UPDATE: Tanzania Withdraws Proposal to Sell Elephant Ivory. In its proposal to downlist elephants to Appendix II, Tanzania hopes to dump more than 100 tonnes of stockpiled ivory on the market via a one-off sale to China and Japan. Tanzania is also seeking ap
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19 Elephants Killed in Botswana
Date: 21 Aug 2012
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The bodies of at least 19 elephants have reportedly been found in Botswana’s Kasane area, near the country’s borders with Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. According to Botswana’s Mmegi Online, the elephants all had their tusks removed. The killings are believed to have occurred over the last five weeks, following the shooting of two suspected ivory traffickers by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF).
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12 Things You Might Not Know About Elephants
Date: 12 Aug 2012
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Elephants are under extreme pressure from the thriving ivory trade in China and Thailand, while unsustainable human population growth is taking its toll on elephant habitat. In celebration of these magnificent mammals, here are twelve things you might not know about elephants — enjoy! Elephant fact 1: There are two recognized subspecies of African elephant – the savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) and
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Chad: Troops Called In, Elephant Slaughter Continues
Date: 04 Aug 2012
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The President of Chad has reportedly sent armed forces into the region where at least 30 elephants were slaughtered last week — but the action has not yet stopped the killing. 200 soldiers in helicopters and pickup trucks were dispatched to the Mayo Lemie – Chari Baguirmi area, according to Dr. Laurel Neme on Mongabay.com. Investigators are also in the process of determining if this atrocity is linked to
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30 Elephants Slaughtered in Chad, Pro-Trade Lobby Pushes Ivory Agenda
Date: 26 Jul 2012
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Amidst the massacre of at least 30 elephants in southwestern Chad, a pro-trade ivory report was again on the agenda at the 62nd CITES Standing Committee meeting in Geneva. The slaughter occurred under the cover of darkness, in the early morning hours of July 24th. Dr. Laurel Neme wrote on Mongabay.com that members of the organization SOS Elephants — Chad’s only NGO dedicated to elephants — counted 2
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#CITES Meeting Discusses Elephants, Rhinos, Tigers and More
Date: 26 Jul 2012
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In Geneva this week, the 62nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is discussing a wide range of topics, including elephants, rhinos, and tigers. The CITES Standing Committee, which oversees the implementation of rules for the international trade in protected wildlife, will decide on the agenda of next meeting of the Conferenc
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