Category — Poaching

A review of Ivory’s Ghosts: White Gold and the Fate of the Elephant by The Huffington Post.

Ivory’s Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants
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The Huffington Post

A poacher, suspected of killing a number of elephants was shot and killed my the Kenya Wildlife Services. There as a gun battle in the Tsavo National Park.

Wildlife Extra

Poachers are using automatic weapons to kill entire herds of elephants in the Zakouma National Park in Chad. The elephant population has declined by 99% in the last 20 years!

MediaGlobal

Research shows that it takes 20 years for an elephant family to rebuild after being subjected to the trauma of poaching.

Innovations Report

“Rescued from all corners of Kenya and brought to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, 30 minutes outside the capital of Nairobi, the elephant calves are cared for with every intention of returning them to the wild.” – Mail Online

“At least 10 tigers and 57 elephants have been poached in India during last three years, the environment and forests ministry said Wednesday but said the government was doing its best to protect wildlife.While poachers in Rajasthan killed four tigers, two tigers each in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kerala fell victims to wildlife criminals, according to a ministry report.” – Thaindian News

The International Fund for Animal Welfare is sponsoring a petition to make the ban on ivory sales permanent. The goal is 25,000 signatures and we have 7,200 so far. Please head over there and add your name to the petition.

“An estimated 20,000 elephants are killed annually for their ivory tusks. And now, the international ban on trading ivory is being relaxed, encouraging poachers to intensify their slaughter of elephants.”

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“Africa’s largest-ever investigation of wildlife crime has unearthed a ton of illegal African elephant ivory, several animal pelts, and hippopotamus teeth, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced this week. ” – National Geographic News

“A Cameroon court sentenced a poacher to five years in jail and a hefty fine for killing eight elephants, a government official said on Tuesday.” – Reuters.com

“Ivory went on sale legally yesterday for the first time in almost a decade when the southern African state of Namibia auctioned seven tonnes of elephant tusks exclusively to Chinese and Japanese buyers. ” – Times Online

“Ivory auctions that will take place in Namibia on October 28, Botswana on October 31, Zimbabwe on November 3, and South Africa on November 6 2008 have raised the concerns of international conservationists from Born Free Foundations (BFF), a member of the Species Survival Network, who said that the ivory auction was approved by members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), despite an international outcry from scientists and conservationists.” – Sofia Echo

“For close to a decade now, Kenya has been in the forefront in crusading against the push by a few countries seeking to have a worldwide ban on trade in ivory lifted. As a country, Kenya has had a chilling experience with poaching which justifies this trepidation.” – Daily Nation

“Almost 10 per cent of elephants have been killed in Congo’s troubled Virunga National Park by armed groups, soldiers, and poachers, allegedly driven by rising Chinese demand for ivory. ” – The Times of India

“Rebels and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed more than a 10th of the elephants in one of Africa’s oldest national parks as demand for ivory in China grows, said Emmanuel de Merode, director of the Virunga National Park. ” – Bloomberg.com

“A new study has determined that extracting elephant DNA from confiscated ivory could be an important tool to help wildlife authorities stop elephant poaching at its source.” – ThisDay

“An elephant patrol will roam the deep forests of Kerala in a bid to check poaching. ” -The Economic Times

“Poachers in Congo have killed a fifth of the elephants in Africa’s oldest national park this year as China buys more ivory, the park’s director said on Friday.” – Reuters.com

“A new study has determined that extracting elephant DNA from confiscated ivory could be an important tool to help wildlife investigations stop elephant poaching at its source.” – Zee News