Category — Endangered

Elephant parts and rhino horns were discovered in a Wisconsin home. This incident is part of an investigation into the smuggling of parts from endangered animals.-chicagotribune.com

“In what could be an important step toward stabilizing the world’s population of endangered Asian elephants, German researchers say they’ve hit on a way to freeze elephant sperm without destroying its viability.” Scientific American

“The population of wild elephants in Manipur was 12 in 2002 as against 30 in 1997.Sources from the Ministry of Environment and Forest said today that Manipur had 50 elephants in 1993 census.” – E-Pao!

“Some of the world’s most threatened animals were afforded greater protection this week at the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) taking place in Rome.” – politics.co.uk

“There are fewer than 300 wild elephants left in China, so when Jeremy McGill, an American tourist, stumbled across a group of adults earlier this year in a nature reserve in Yunnan province, near the border with Laos, he whipped out his camera and started taking pictures. It almost cost him his life.” – The Independent

“Implementers of an international project to help endangered elephants in Mali want to prove that by doing so, they can also help local communities adapt to climate change in the Sahel.” – Garowe Online

“Sumatra’s endangered elephants and tigers should get a boost from an Indonesian government move to expand one of their last havens, a four-year-old national park on the island, conservation body WWF said on Thursday.” – Reuters

“A consortium of animal-rights and environmental groups are suing Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey in U.S. District Court, alleging that the circus illegally abuses animals protected under the endangered species act.” –

“A decision to allow the trophy-hunting of endangered elephants in Namibia has angered conservation groups.” – Telegraph

“Climatologists predict that the African continent will grow drier and drier as global warming brings more droughts. But whether elephants herds can survive might depend on their oldest members.” – Discover Magazine

“A report that the ivory trade may lead to the extinction of Africa’s elephants by 2020 has rocked wildlife lovers across the world. ” – The Sun

“The number of poached elephants is on the rise and could lead to the extinction of large populations of African elephants in a scant 12 years, according to new research from the University of Washington.” – seattlepi.com

“African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals’ plight.” – EurekAlert!

“The proposal to set up a Borneo Elephant Conservation Alliance (Beca) is among resolutions made by experts to save the endangered Borneo pygmy elephants.” – the star online

” Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study.” – TheChronicleHerald.ca

“A Nantucket scrimshaw dealer and a Ukrainian man are facing charges of smuggling sperm whale teeth and elephant ivory in violation of international treaties and a federal endangered species protection laws.” – International Herald Tribune

“Asia’s elephants once roamed across nine million square kilometres of forests from the Iranian coast to the Indian subcontinent, Java, Sumatra and Borneo, and China. Now extinct in west Asia, Java and most of China, about 40,000 to 50,000 remain in pockets of forest in 13 states.” – Reuters