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Elephants unchained: The day has gone by when this was entertainment?
Water streams off the edges of her giant ears, runs in rivulets down the wrinkles of her slate-grey skin. She…
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UK named as world’s largest legal ivory exporter
Britain was the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory between 2010 and 2015, a breakdown of records held by the…
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Chinese underworld exposed (Namibia)
The unprecedented growth of Chinese immigration has brought with it the feared Chinese organised crime syndicates called triads, who are…
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TRAFFIC surveys find thousands of ivory items sold weekly online in Japan
© TRAFFIC Tokyo, Japan, 8th August 2017—TRAFFIC surveys of Japan’s online domestic ivory markets in 2017 have found high volumes…
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Online retailers in Japan not doing enough to stop illegal ivory trade: report
In a recent report on the online trade of ivory in Japan, environmental conservation group Traffic concluded that operators of…
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The Faceless Lions of Mozambique
I first arrived in Africa in 2011 to conduct an MSc in Wildlife Management on the ecology of lions. Whilst…
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Does Destroying Ivory Save Elephants? Experts Weigh In
The owners of an antiques shop in Manhattan, New York, pleaded guilty on July 26 for trying to sell $4.5…
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Safeguarding Tanzania’s Coral Reefs: The Case of Illegal Blast Fishing
Governance of Africa’s Resources Programme Tanzania is the only country in Africa where blast fishing, (fishing with explosives), still occurs…
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At least 295 rhinos killed in Limpopo transfrontier park | Club of Mozambique
At least 295 rhinos have been killed so far this year in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), including four…
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Elephant ‘domesticated’ to give tourist rides at Victoria Falls kills handler (Zimbabwe)
An elephant trained to give rides at Zimbabwe’s main tourist resort has charged and killed one of its handlers. Enock…
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Vacancy: some more elephants needed in the bush
The African elephant is one of the continent’s best studied animals. However, conservation efforts have been based on flawed data.…
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Dozens of Laotian elephants ‘illegally sold to Chinese zoos’
Laos accused of breaching Cites treaty to protect endangered species and China of encouraging trade in live animals Elephants…
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Tigers threatened by reckless profiteering in lion bones
The world’s last remaining tigers are living under severe threat of extinction, having lost 93 per cent of their historical…
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The debate is over: Earth’s sixth great extinction has arrived
Limiting climate change is just the start of what we need to do to forestall a runaway cascade of species…
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Major trader Rakuten to ban ivory sales as major sales route closes after mounting international criticism
A major online retailer of ivory is to ban its sale, closing a major marketplace for the controversial trade. Japanese website…
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Lions poisoned for bone trade in Limpopo National Park
On 3 July 2017 the tracks of three poachers were detected in the Intensive Protection Zone of Limpopo National Park, Mozambique. These…
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A mass extinction is on the cards, and humans are responsible
Is it too late to stop this extinction? We are teetering on the brink of a sixth mass extinction according…
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The secret trade in baby chimps
A secret network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees has been exposed by a year-long BBC News investigation. The tiny…
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500kg of horn for sale as rhino owner hosts controversial global online auction
The world’s biggest rhino breeder has announced plans to sell part of his massive stockpile of horns in a global…
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10 elephants poisoned with cyanide in Zimbabwe
Nine adult elephants and one calf have been poisoned with cyanide around Zimbabwe’s largest wildlife area, the government’s Hwange National…