Hong Kong customs officials have intercepted almost 800kg of ivory, smuggled in the suitcases of 15 Vietnamese passengers — the largest-ever amount of ivory seized […]
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Operation Crash: U.S. Sentences Rhino Horn Smuggler to Prison
Chinese national Zhifei Li, who pleaded guilty in December 2013 to orchestrating the smuggling of rhino horn and ivory from the United States to China, […]
Hong Kong Lawmakers Move Toward Total Ivory Ban Following Stockpile Burn
On 15 May 2014, the Hong Kong government began burning the city’s 29.6 tonne confiscated ivory stockpile — one of the largest in the world. […]
Is American Gun Lobby Attempting to Impede Fight Against Wildlife Crime?
It seems the National Rifle Association of America is willing to support wildlife trafficking — the world’s fourth largest transnational organized crime — because it […]
Truth Can Be Stranger Than Fiction: The Rhino Horn and Ivory Trade Paradigm
by Ian Michler, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust, South Africa It was Mark Twain who observed that “truth is stranger than fiction”, although some will […]
Activists Lobby Hong Kong Government to Burn Ivory Stockpile
Earlier today, a group of over 25 local activists joined forces to encourage the Hong Kong government to vote to burn its 33-tonne ivory stockpile […]
China Crushes 6.1 Tons of Ivory: Who’s Next?
On January 6, 2014, it actually happened: China destroyed just over six tons of confiscated ivory, comprised of carved trinkets and whole tusks. Although originally […]
Marvel’s ‘Savage Wolverine’ Tackles Rhino Horn, Ivory Trafficking
In the latter part of 2013, the wildlife trafficking crisis crossed over to pop culture, with rhino horn and ivory trafficking taking center stage of […]
U.S. Operation Crash: Zhifei Li Pleads Guilty to Rhino Horn, Ivory Trafficking
Chinese national Zhifei Li has pleaded guilty to orchestrating an illegal operation which smuggled 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino horn and […]
2013: A Year of Positive Developments in the Wildlife Trafficking War
In 2013, horrifying headlines about the voiceless victims of wildlife trafficking captured public attention around the world. Has a turning point in the war on […]