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The last hope for the elephants: Can a Chinese law help stop the slaughter in Africa?
PEMBA, MOZAMBIQUE: It’s no secret where the ivory deals take place in Pemba. Despite a new blanket ban on the…
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How to break the impasse between opposing camps in ivory trade debate
Elephants are in an extremely precarious state in both Africa and Asia. Demand for ivory from Africa has caused significant…
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The problem of an elephant that just wants to stay home
In Africa an elephant dies from a poacher’s bullet every 15 minutes. But in South Africa’s private reserves they’re breeding…
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The second Giants Club Summit addresses the survival of our elephants
The second Giants Club Summit meets in Kasane over the next few days, uniting African leadership with global science, finance…
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Trump administration changes its mind on trophy hunting again
The US will now consider issuing permits to import elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania on a case by case…
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CITES Ignores Illegal Import of Wild Elephants by China
HARARE, Zimbabwe, February 20, 2018 (ENS) – In the last two years, China has imported more than 80 live Asian…
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Unbanning US trophy imports: Trump jams a spanner in the works
In a surprising move, President Donald Trump has left-footed his own Department of Interior’s attempts to overturn former president Barack…
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Hot debate on elephant culling vs contraception vs exports continues
Cape Town – Elephant population control has been a sensitive topic for many conservationists and wildlife agencies. Too many are…
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The shared nature of Africa’s elephants
Abstract The world’s biodiversity is shared by countries that are increasingly recognizing the need for effective responses to human influence…
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Zimbabwe: Selling elephants to questionable Chinese destinations damages country’s tourism, say critics
By the time Zimbabwe’s new political winds of change reach its wildlife practices – the heart of its potential tourism…
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Trophy hunting of elephants under the spotlight again
The relevance of trophy hunting as a conservation tool in Africa came under the spotlight yet again as American and…
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International concern over welfare of wild baby elephants in trade
Cape Town – Regulations governing the extensive trade in wild caught baby elephants require only that they are housed in…
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Challenges to CITES regulation of the International Trade in live, wild-caught African elephants
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Sixty-ninth meeting of the Standing Committee Geneva (Switzerland), 27…
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African Elephant Coalition renews call for global ivory trade ban
European and American conservation leaders today called on governments worldwide to support requests from African nations to end all trade…
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Status of elephant populations, levels of illegal killing and the trade in ivory: A report to the CITES Standing Committee
Introduction Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP17) on Trade in elephant specimens, in paragraph 11, directs the Secretariat, pending the necessary…
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What Trophy Hunting Does to the Elephants It Leaves Behind
If you were an elephant, you might be puzzling over human behavior this week. On Monday, the animal-rights attorney Steven…
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East Africa’s ivory smuggled out of Mozambican ports
The modus operandi of ivory smuggling networks was exposed with the recent arrest of a suspected kingpin in the illicit…
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Obituary: Wayne Lotter was killed on August 16th
No landscape was dearer to Wayne Lotter than the savannah of southern Africa, and in particular one corner of it,…
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Managing elephants in Addo Elephant National Park: a conservation conundrum (South Africa)
Most visitors to the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP) go there to see the jumbos – the park was originally…
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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…