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1. TROPHY HUNTING 2. RECENT OUTRAGE AT CELEBRITY TROPHY HUNTING 3. CANNED HUNTING
VIDEO
CANNED HUNTING 10:54
SBS Dateline Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TARThKHBtnI#t=14
The Dodo, April 02, 2015
-▶ INDIANA MIGHT FENCE IN MORE WILD ANIMALS JUST TO SHOOT THEM https://www.thedodo.com/community/WaynePacelle/captive-hunting-rampant-in-indiana-1070189440.html
-▶ A PHENOMENON CALLED 'SELECTIVE HARVESTING.A phenomenon called “selective harvesting” is often observed by conservationists who study trophy hunting. Trophy hunters value the biggest, strongest, large-horned animals which leaves a resulting population skewed toward smaller, weaker males and females. A domino effect ensues creating an adverse demographic change in the strength of the gene pool in the population ...Such selective harvesting can destabilize social structures and the dominance hierarchy and may cause loss of social knowledge, sexually selected infanticide, habitat changes among reproductive females, and changes in offspring sex ratio. A common feature of many of the reported mechanisms is that they ultimately depress recruitment and in some extreme cases even cause total reproductive collapse. ..Conservation Biology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.comhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00591.x/abstract
TakePart. March 26, 2015
-▶ TWO ENDANGERED BLACK RHINOS JUST BECAME HUNTING TROPHIES, THANKS TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/03/26/us-gives-ok-hunter-kill-rhino Reuters, March 26, 2015
-▶ U.S. GIVES APPROVAL FOR $350,000 RHINO HUNT SOLD AT TEXAS AUCTION http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-usa-rhino-texas-idUSKBN0MM2VL20150326 Africa Geographic Magazine Blog, January 23, 2014
-▶ KENYAN RANGER'S MOVING LETTER TO AMERICAN DALLAS SAFARI CLUB RHINO HUNT AUCTION http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/hunting/kenyan-rangers-moving-letter-to-american-rhino-hunter/ Mongabay, January 13, 2014
▶ U.S. TROPHY HUNTERS AUCTION OFF LIFE OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BLACK RHINO http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0113-hance-black-rhino-auction.html
RHINOS IN CRISIS POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE TAKING SPECIES TO BRING OF EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/7nvEiv
The Ecologist, March25, 2015
-▶ CANNED HUNTING IS NOT PROTECTING WILD LIONS! Two thirds of Africa's lions have been lost in 35 years, and would-be hunters are increasingly shooting captive, farmed and often tame lions in 'canned hunts'. Claims are that this helps to preserve wild lion populations - but Dominic Dyer fears the reverse is the case. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2806457/canned_hunting_is_not_protecting_wild_lions.html
VIDEO - A CRIMINAL HORROR 5:50
CANNED LION "HUNTING" SOUTH AFRICA'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET (UNCENSORED) 1,000 left in the wild, 8,000 bred for trophy hunting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDDm_XKL2Y
-▶ 'CANNED HUNTING': LIONS BRED FOR PETTING AND SLAUGHTER http://sco.lt/8ddstV @Nikela_Wildlife Original Article: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/canned-hunting-lions-bred-for-slaughter/article4777813.ece
EcoWatch, March 11, 2015
-▶ DAVID SUZUKI: HUNDREDS OF GRIZZLY BEARS WILL DIE IN BARBARIC TROPHY HUNT http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/11/david-suzuki-grizzly-bears-trophy-hunt/
April 17, 2013 Global Post
-▶ TANZANIA TO EVICT MAASAI PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF FEE-PAYING TROPHY HUNTERS http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/130416/tanzania-maasai-evicted-land-dubai-ortello-business
VIDEO Motherboard, August 15, 2014
-▶ LEAKED VIDEO SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH BIG GAME HUNTING http://motherboard.vice.com/read/leaked-animal-abuse-video-shows-everything-thats-wrong-with-big-game-hunting
Global Times, January 22, 2015
-▶ ZIMBABWE SAFARI HUNTING REVENUE FALLS 30 PCT DUE TO US BAN http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/903325.shtml#.VMMATAw8mcQ.twitter
Wildlife Extra News
TROPHY HUNTING IS BACK IN ZAMBIA WHEN KILLING WILDLIFE BECOMES AN ECONOMIC BOON Zambia’s 2013 ban on hunting has been lifted, its Minister of Tourism and Arts, Jean Kapata, has announced. This means hunting wildlife, with the exception of big cats, is now legal across the 19 hunting blocks. Hunting elephants, though, will be allowed. This news comes at the same time as new research has revealed that an estimated 100,000 elephants in Africa were killed for their ivory between 2010 and 2012 and elephant population numbers are declining by two per cent to three per cent a year. This effectively means that more of the animals are being killed than are being born. http://www.wildlifeextra.com
WATCH
CBS 60 Minutes November 30, 2014
THE LION WHISPERER, TOURISM AND THE CANNED HUNTING BUSINESS http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-lion-whisperer/
IOL Travel, December 15, 2014
-▶ LION PARK'S CANNED HUNTING EXPOSED http://www.iol.co.za/travel/travel-news/lion-park-s-canned-hunting-expose-1.1795502
VIDEO Focusing On Wildlife, November 11, 2014
THE GAME BIRD INDUSTRY: IT'S NOT A GAME. IT'S A DISGRACE. Every year in Britain, around 40 million pheasants and partridges are mass-produced like commercial poultry so that they can be shot down by wealthy ‘guns’. http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/the-gamebird-industry-its-not-a-game-its-a-disgrace/
-▶ AFRICAN SAVANNAH LOSES TWO-THIRDS OF ITS LIONS IN 50 YEARS http://sco.lt/8ZYM0v
MORE ON CANNED HUNTING BELOW ===================
1. TROPHY HUNTING
Reuters, March 26, 2015
-▶ U.S. GIVES APPROVAL FOR $350,000 RHINO HUNT SOLD AT TEXAS AUCTION http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-usa-rhino-texas-idUSKBN0MM2VL20150326
Africa Geographic Magazine Blog, January 23, 2014
-▶ KENYAN RANGER'S MOVING LETTER TO AMERICAN DALLAS SAFARI CLUB RHINO HUNT AUCTION http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/hunting/kenyan-rangers-moving-letter-to-american-rhino-hunter/
Mongabay, January 13, 2014
▶ U.S. TROPHY HUNTERS AUCTION OFF LIFE OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BLACK RHINO http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0113-hance-black-rhino-auction.html
CBC News, December 11, 2013 -▶ ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP SHRINKING DUE TO TROPHY HUNTERS, STUDY SUGGESTS: Upsetting Ecosystems and Wildlife Food Chain http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bighorn-sheep-shrinking-due-to-hunters-study-suggests-1.2459623
-▶ USA: TROPHY HUNTING: FOR THE LOVE OF BLOOD AND MONEY http://sco.lt/6R75BR
Focusing on Wildlife, September 26, 2014
-▶ ZAMBIA ENDS TROPHY HUNTING BAN, ELEPHANTS NOW FAIR GAME http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/zambia-ends-trophy-hunting-ban-elephants-fair-game/
VIDEO HuffingtonPost Politics, November 06, 2014
GUN LOBBYIST KILLS ELEPHANT IN NRA-SPONSORED NBC SPORTS SHOW http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/tony-makris-elephant_n_3989341.html
VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, October 27, 2014
PROTECTING THE AFRICAN LION FROM TROPHY HUNTERS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/protecting-african-lion-trophy-hunters/
Jan 13, 2013 - All Animal Rights -▶ GIRAFFE KILLING SPREES FOR ALL THE FAMILY Family Fun. The giraffe hunters who pay 10,000 pounds to shoot the gentle giants with gun and bows for sport.... http://allanimalrights.com/giraffe-killing-sprees-for-all-the-family/
VIDEO REPORT DISTURBING MOOSE TROPHY HUNT CALLED "IMMORAL" BY HORRIFIED BYSTANDERS https://www.thedodo.com/hunters-moose-trophy-hunt-call-712238904.html Summit Voice, April 20, 2015 -▶ A (TROPHY ANIMAL) PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND (ANGRY, VIOLENT) WORDS http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/a-trophy-animal-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-angry-violent-words/
Earth Touch News,
-▶ SMALL CHANGE TO TROPHY FISHING COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THREATENED SPECIES. Taking out the largest and strongest weakens the gene pool. For example, removing just one large 61 centimetre long red snapper from the population is the equivalent of removing over 200 smaller 41 centimetre long red snappers," Shiffman adds. Factor in the slow development time of many large fishes, and a small number of catches can turn into a very big problem. http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/human-impact/small-changes-to-trophy-fishing-could-make-a-big-difference-for-threatened-species
Dodo, July 16, 2014
-▶ ELEPHANT CHASES DOWN TROPHY HUNTER TO DEFEND HIS HERD FROM GETTING SHOT https://www.thedodo.com/elephant-chases-down-trophy-hu-633768249.html
BBC News, November 20, 2012 -▶ BOTSWANA TO BAN WILDLIFE HUNTING: ENDING TROPHY HUNTING LICENSES FOR WEALTHY WESTERNERS
"The shooting of wild game for sport and trophies is no longer compatible with our commitment to preserve local fauna,"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20544251 Standard Digital News, September 20, 2013
-▶ KENYA: DEMAND FOR ANIMAL'S TROPHY IS DRIVING OUR HERITAGE TO EXTINCTION http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000093958&story_title=demand-for-animal-s-trophy-is-driving-our-heritage-to-extinction/ HuffPost Green, January 31, 2014 -▶ THE CRUELTY OF TROPHY HUNTING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cathy-kangas/the-cruelty-of-trophy-hun_b_4695864.html Wisconsin Wildlife Ethic-Vote Our Wildlife, November 28, 2013 ▶ IS TROPHY HUNTING A FORM OF SERIAL KILLING? http://wiwildlifeethic.org/2013/11/28/madravenspeak-is-trophy-hunting-a-form-of-serial-killing/ -▶ TROPHY HUNTING: IT'S IMPACT ON WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE http://www.scoop.it/t/trophy-hunting-in-africa-it-s-impact-on-wildlife-and-people August 6, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
-▶ TROPHY HUNTING IN AFRICA - WILDLIFE SLAUGHTER IN GRAPHIC IMAGES http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/trophy-hunting-in-africa-wildlife-slaughter-in-graphic-images/ -▶ ZAMBIA FINALLY BANS THE HUNTING OF ENDANGERED LIONS AND LEOPARDS. Africa has some of the planet’s most beautiful and endangered species, such as rhinos, elephants, leopards and lions. However, over the decades, poaching has severely impacted on these species seeing many of their numbers plummet to an all-time low...http://inhabitat.com/zambia-finally-bans-hunting-of-endangered-lions-and-leopards/
MORE TROPHY HUNTING: IT'S IMPACT ON WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE http://www.scoop.it/t/trophy-hunting-in-africa-it-s-impact-on-wildlife-and-people
========================== 2. RECENT OUTRAGE AT CELEBRITY TROPHY HUNTING
========================== New York Post, July 11, 2014
-▶ WORLD CUP BELGIUM BEAUTY, AXELLE DESPIEGELAERE, LOSES MODELING GIG WITH L’OREAL AFTER HUNTING PHOTO OUTRAGE http://nypost.com/2014/07/11/world-cup-fan-loses-modeling-contract-over-hunting-photo/ Washington Times, July 09, 2014
-▶ FACEBOOK ALLOWS 'KILL KENDALL JONES' TROPHY HUNTING PAGE, BUT DELETES HER GAME HUNTING PHOTOS http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/9/facebook-allows-kill-kendall-jones-fan-page-delete/#ixzz37SMSV3lq%C2%A0
Inhabitat, June 06, 2014
-▶ TEXAS CHEERLEADER, KENDALL JONES, HUNTS THE 'BIG 5' UNDER THE GUISE OF BEING A "CONSERVATIONIST". 19-year-old Kendall Jones, a cheerleader from Texas, has been hunting big game in Africa with her father for 10 years. Following in the footsteps of the reviled Melissa Bachman, she claims that her efforts to bag the Big 5 — elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, and Cape buffalo — are in fact “conservation.” With two online petitions currently being waged to either stop her activities or prevent her from promoting them through social media, it is apparent that many others see the situation differently. http://inhabitat.com/texas-cheerleader-claims-hunting-the-big-5-in-africa-is-conservation/ NY Daily News, November 16, 2013
-▶ SHOW PRESENTER, MELISSA BACHMAN SLAMMED AFTER POSTING PHOTO OF WILDLIFE SHE "KILLED" IN SOUTH AFRICA http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tv-presenter-slammed-photo-lion-killed-article-1.1519039?redirect=true ITV News, November 15, 2013
-▶ TV PRESENTER'S LION TROPHY PROVOKES FEROCIOUS BACKLASH - MELISSA BACHMAN http://www.itv.com/news/2013-11-15/tv-presenters-lion-trophy- ABC News, March 13, 2012 -▶ DONALD TRUMP'S ON PHOTOGRAPHED WITH DEAD ANIMALS IN AFRICA http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/donald-trumps-sons-photographed-with-dead-animals-in-africa/ News24, November 18, 2013
-▶ 78,000 WANT U.S. LION HUNTER BANNED FROM SOUTH AFRICA http://www.news24.com/Green/News/78-000-want-US-lion-hunter-banned-from-SA-20131118 Mongabay, February 20, 2014 -▶ SHOOT TO CONSERVE? COREY KNOWLTON'S RHINO HUNT ESCALATES THE DEBATE OVER TROPHY HUNTING AND ENVIRONMENTALISM http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0220-isaacs-knowlton-analysis.html?n3ws1ttr ======================== 3. CANNED HUNTING Hunting Tame or Bred-For Killing Wild Animals
VIDEO
CANNED HUNTING 10:54
SBS Dateline Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TARThKHBtnI#t=14
Organic View, February 25, 2014 -▶ A FATHER'S PRIDE: RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CANNED HUNTING http://www.theorganicview.com/environment/a-fathers-pride-raising-awareness-about-canned-hunting/
WATCH June 2, 2013 Guardian Environment CANNED HUNTING' THE LIONS BRED FOR PRIVATE TROPHY HUNTING At anything from £5,000 to £25,000 per Lion, and it is all completely legal. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/03/canned-hunting-lions-bred-slaughter Wildlife Extra News, March 2014
-▶ WORLD MARCHES TO END THE SHOOTING OF TAME LIONS. “No wonder Canned Hunting is known as South Africa’s Dirty Little Secret. Lionesses are forced into an abnormal number of pregnancies to produce cubs. Then the cubs are raised, often by naïve overseas volunteers, in farms where tourists can come and have their photos taken with the animals, thinking that they are doing their bit for conservation. “Finally, when the cubs are too old to pet, they are taken off to an enclosed location where they wait for their turn to be shot by some hero. And of course, the hero will want the head as a trophy, so the lion gets shot in the body, probably dying a slow and painful death.” http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/lion-march-1503.html
WATCH CANNED LION HUNTING -▶ Animal advocacy NGO focused on exposing and closing down the canned lion hunting industry in South Africa.There are fewer than 4000 lions left in the ’wild’ in South Africa, but more than 8,000 in captivity, being bred for the bullet or the arrow. Lion farming is a real threat to wild lion prides, for many reasons. ... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/campaign-against-canned- The Independent, March 19, 2014 -▶ TIME TO END 'CANNED HUNTING' Canned hunts are nothing more than pre-packaged slaughters. Lions are confined to fenced areas so that they can easily be cornered, with no chance of escape. Most of them will have been bred in captivity and then taken from their mothers to be hand-reared by the cub-petting industry. When they get too big, they may be drugged before they are released into a "hunting" enclosure. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/time-to-end-canned-hunting-of-lions-its-nothing-more-than-a-violent-recreational-activity-for-wealthy-bored-individuals-9195428.html Big Cat News -▶ 500 CANNED HUNTING RANCHES IN TEXAS USA: ‘Exotic hunting’ thrives in Texas. A price list offers a huge choice of rare species charging up to $8,500 a kill. "It’s like picking a lobster out of a tank at a restaurant. It’s not sportsmanship, there’s no fair chase." ...Animals that appeared so tame they did not run away from hunters and even approached them apparently believing they would be fed...When they are shot...the animals usually die a slow and lingering death as hunters do not want to spoil their trophy by shooting them in the head.NOW THE ANIMAL CAMPAIGNERS ARE FIRING BACK AT THE COURTS http://bigcatrescue.org/500-canned-hunting-ranches-in-tx/ Guardian Environment, March 11, 2014 -▶ CANNED HUNTING OF WHITE LIONS IS DESPICABLE - AND IT MUST STOP http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/mar/11/canned-hunting-white-lions-despicable
June 11, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ WHITE LION INBREEDING AT UK WILDLIFE PARKS LINKED TO 'CANNED HUNTING' http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/11/white-lion-breeding-uk-wildlife-parks The Dodo, April 18, 2014
-▶ U.S. - WHY HUNTING CAGED FOXES MUST END NOW https://www.thedodo.com/why-hunting-caged-foxes-must-e-515286115.html The Dodo, March 12, 2014
-▶ THE HORROR OF CANNED LION HUNTING - AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT https://www.thedodo.com/community/TheInsatiableTraveler/the-horror-of-canned-lion-hunt-462220066.html VIDEO July 12, 2013 Wildlife Extra News CANNED TIGER HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA? HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/tiger-hunt.html VIDEO August 14, 2013 Focusing on Wildlife -▶ PETITION: STOP LION CANNED HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA - http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/petition-stop-lion-canned-hunting-in-south-africa-shocking-video/ The Organic View, February 25, 2014
-▶ A FATHER'S PRIDE: RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CANNED HUNTING. ECO-TOURISM THAT KILLS http://www.theorganicview.com/environment/a-fathers-pride-raising-awareness-about-canned-hunting/ ========================= VIDEO International Conservation Forum BRING TIGERS BACK FROM NEAR EXTINCTION: Dr. Keith Martin Explains How http://www.icforum.info/category/tigers/
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August 4, 2013 Africa Geographic
-▶ HOW LIONS GO FROM THE PETTING ZOO TO THE DINNER PLATE http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/hunting/how-lions-go-from-the-petting-zoo-to-the-dinner-plate/ June 6, 2013 Inhabitat
-▶ LION MEAT BECOMES AN APPALLING NEW CULINARY IN THE U.S. http://inhabitat.com/lion-meat-becomes-an-appalling-new-culinary-fad-in-the-us/ -▶ USA: ILLINOIS LAWMAKER WANTS TO BAN LION MEAT TO SAVE THE SPECIES Unbelievably, certain people in the United States have a taste for lion meat, and an Illinois lawmaker wants to do his part to keep this exotic trend from getting out of hand. http://inhabitat.com/illinois-lawmaker-wants-to-ban-lion-meat-to-save-the-species/ WATCH
'ELSA'S LEGACY: THE BACK STORY TO BORN FREE STORY" Full Episode
PBS Nature
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/elsas-legacy-the-born-free-story/full-episode/6200/ August 8, 2013 Treehugger
-▶ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S AMAZING PHOTOS SHOW INTIMATE LIFE OF AFRICA'S LIONS http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/national-geographics-amazing-photos-show-intimate-life-africas-lions.html WATCH THE SERENGETI LION - SUPERB WATCH LIFE ON THE PLAINS WITH THE VUMBI PRIDE http://sco.lt/5aeJX7 SLIDESHOW:
THESE GORGEOUS CLOSE-UPS OF LIONS WERE TAKEN BY A LION-PROOF ROBOT CAMERA http://www.fastcoexist.com/3028236/these-gorgeous-close-ups-of-lions-were-taken-by-a-lion-proof-robot-camera
-▶ THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS -- MAY BE EXTINCT BY 2020 http://sco.lt/85wXBZ ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP http://sco.lt/7uEZOL -▶ MORE THAN HUMAN: STRIKING, GLAMOROUS PORTRAITS OF ANIMAL http://sco.lt/9Cx3BZ
-▶ INSIDE THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT'S SLAUGHTERING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS - A CRIMINAL HORROR http://sco.lt/6q74M5 -▶ THE BARBARIC ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE FLOURISHES AND MUST CEASE http://sco.lt/6iIjtx
VIDEO Motherboard, May 20, 2014
AN INSIDE LOOK AT AMERICA'S EXOTIC ANIMAL TRADE http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-inside-look-at-americas-exotic-animal-trade
-▶ HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: CHINA'S CLANDESTINE TIGER TRADE http://sco.lt/895ugD
-▶ A DISASTER: LOSS OF TWO THIRDS OF TOP PREDATORS CAUSING GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS TO COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7XHisr
-▶ CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS - NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 http://sco.lt/8nnEJd
-▶ MASS WOLF KILLINGS ARE BASED ON THE MOST CYNICAL OF PREMISES http://sco.lt/5TCsBl -▶ THE LEBANON BIRD MASSACRE - UNFETTERED HUNTING TAKES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRATING BIRDS | http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3452407352/the-lebanon-bird-massacre-unfettered-hunting-a-disgrace -▶ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US - CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/95E5aL -▶ FOR MORE ON HUNTING and POACHING SEE: African wildlife Conservation http://sco.lt/7R4V5V AND @Roni Badesso -▶ MORE ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING
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PARAMILITARY-STYLE TACTICS PROTECTS CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS - NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 http://ow.ly/kvOaE 19 March 2013 - Africa Geographic
-▶ KILLING SPREE SLAUGHTERS 86 ELEPHANTS IN CHAD, INCLUDING 33 PREGNANT FEMALES http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/killing-spree-slaughters-86-elephants-in-chad/
TreeHugger: -▶ 86 ELEPHANTS, 33 PREGNANT, SLAUGHTERED IN ONE NIGHT http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/86-elephants-33-pregnant-slaughtered-one-night.html
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html
AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER" (53:10)
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode
Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/ 19 March 2013 - Mongabay -▶ In what is being called the worst elephant massacre in Africa this year, poachers have recently killed as many as 89 elephants in Chad.... http://newsongreen.org/poachers-slaughter-89-elephants-in-chad-including-over-30-pregnant-mothers/ 20 March 2013 Al Jazeera: -▶ POACHERS IN CHAD SLAUGHTER 89 ELEPHANTS http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332085244135472.html
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THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TEN OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS -- MAY BE EXTINCT BY 2020 http://sco.lt/85wXBZ
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COMMITMENT OF ELEPHANT MOM IN BABY'S MULTI-YEAR NURTURING http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/watch-commitment-elephant-mom-baby%E2%80%99s-multi-year-nurturing
-▶ 62% OF ALL AFRICA'S FOREST ELEPHANTS SLAUGHTERED IN 10 YEARS (warning: graphic images) http://sco.lt/528gJF August 8, 2013 African Geographic
-▶ RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF 10,000 ELEPHANTS...FACING ONE YEAR IN JAIL? http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/responsible-for-the-slaughter-of-10-000-elephants-facing-one-year-in-jail/
August 13, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ THE WILDLIFE POACHING EPIDEMIC:
EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT A MIND-BOGGLING 25,000 TO 40,000 ELEPHANTS ARE SLAUGHTERED ANNUALLY ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. RHINO POACHING UP IN 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/13/war-african-poaching-militarisation-fail IVORY POACHING, THESE SEVEN IMAGES SHOW THEIR TERRIBLE FATE http://www.fascinatingpics.com/ivory-poaching-a-threat-to-african-elephants-these-7-images-show-their-terrible-fate/ The Dodo, May 07, 2014
-▶ SEVEN WAYS ELEPHANTS ARE A LOT MORE LIKE US THAN YOU THINK https://www.thedodo.com/7-ways-elephants-are-a-lot-mor-540480859.html Standard Digital News, March 1, 2014
-▶ KENYA'S ELEPHANT POPULATION APPEARS TO BE STABILIZING AS TANZANIA POACHERS BUTCHER 30 A DAY http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000105769&story_title=Kenya-kenya-elephant-population-stabilises-as-tanzania-poachers-butcher-30-a-day WATCH CNN: VIDEO REPORT: WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE POACHING CRISIS http://sco.lt/8A2hkX -▶ INSIDE THE $19 BILLION GLOBAL ENTERPRISE THAT'S SLAUGHTERING WILDLIFE: A CRIMINAL HORROR http://sco.lt/6iXuS1 VIDEO BBC - Future
HOW ELEPHANTS CREATE THE RAIN: JUMBO GARDENERS: HOW ELEPHANTS AFFECT WEATHER http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140114-elephants-the-forest-gardeners 11 March, 2013 - Mongabay -▶ SEEING THE FORESTS THROUGH THE ELEPHANTS: SLAUGHTERED ELEPHANTS TAKING RAINFOREST TREES WITH THEM http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0311-hance-forest-elephants-dispersal.html#PXU2DbqQ2LBlx3xi.02 Huffington Post Green, September 30, 2013
-▶ ELEPHANT SAYS GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND (PHOTO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/elephant-says-goodbye_n_4004429.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular VIDEO:
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WILD ELEPHANTS GATHER INEXPLICABLY, MOURN DEATH OF "ELEPHANT WHISPERER" http://delightmakers.com/news/wild-elephants-gather-inexplicably-mourn-death-of-elephant-whisperer/ Guardian Environment, October 14, 2013
-▶ THE AMAZING INTELLIGENCE OF ELEPHANTS http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/elephants-intelligence-pointing-hunted >>ELEPHANTS - THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT SOCIETIES OF ANY ANIMAL - GOING, GOING http://sco.lt/5uhjUn A LOVELY WATCH : "ECHO: AN UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANT" (BBC) http://sco.lt/7KAzdh June 18, 2013 Africa Geographic -▶ ELEPHANTS FACE EXTINCTION IF BEIJING DOES NOT BAN IVORY TRADE, NOW http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/elephants-face-extinction-if-beijing-does-not-ban-ivory-trade/ July 9, 2013 Guardian Environment, Paula Kahumbu
-▶ GUNS WILL NOT WIN THE WAR AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHERS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers?CMP=EMCENVEML1631 WATCH The Ecologist "LIQUID IVORY: HOW PALM OIL IS KILLING INDONESIA'S ELEPHANTS" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vwI-N5KSUjQ May 9, 2013 Huffington Post Green -▶ MASSIVE ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER STRIKES SANCTUARY (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/central-african-republic-elephants-dzanga-ndoki_n_3255935.html?utm_hp_ref=green 16 March 2013 - New York Times -▶ TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FOREST ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED IN THE PAST DECADE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/slaughter-of-the-african-elephants.html?_r=0 WATCH National Geographic 4-Part Series BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS' Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1 SOME GOOD NEWS.... 28 March, 2013 - Africam
-▶ CENTRAL AFRICA IS FORMING AN ARMY OF 1000 SOLDIERS TO PROTECT ITS ELEPHANTS http://www.africam.com/wildlife/central_africa_forming_army_1000_soldiers_protect_its_elephants
April 26, 2013 Environmental News Service
-▶ ELEPHANTS POACHED AMIDST CHAOS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - CONGO, CAMEROON http://ens-newswire.com/2013/04/26/elephants-slaughtered-amidst-chaos-in-central-african-republic/ International Conservation Forum
IS MY IVORY WORTH IT? VIDEOS HELP SAVE ENDANGERED ELEPHANTS http://www.icforum.info/category/elephants/ -▶ MASSIVE PALM OIL PLANTATION WILL "CUT THE HEART OUT" OF CAMEROON'S RAINFOREST, DESTROYING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE HABITAT http://sco.lt/8lmMBF -▶ PASSING OF A GIANT: DEATH OF AN ELEPHANT http://sco.lt/6gxrW5 7 March, 2013 Mongabay -▶ WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ELEPHANTS OF BOUBA NDJIDA? [warning: graphic photos] http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0307-russo-elephants-bouba-njida.html 6 March 2013 - International Union for Conservation of Nature
-▶ AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR AFRICAN ELEPHANTS http://ecowatch.com/2013/poaching-african-elephants/ 19 February 2013 Terra Daily -▶ 2012 ANOTHER DEADLY YEAR FOR ELEPHANTS IN AFRICA: CITES http://www.terradaily.com/reports/2012_another_deadly_year_for_elephants_in_Africa_CITES_999.html -▶ FOUR ACTIVIST STOPPING THE IVORY TRADE IN CHINA - JULIETTESPEAKS http://juliettespeaks.org/four-activists-stopping-the-ivory-trade-in-china/
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ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON EXTINCTION CRISIS IN 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/8fK5eT
-▶ RHINOS IN CRISIS TOO: POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE REACH HIGHEST LEVELS IN 20 YEARS http://sco.lt/6zVwtl -▶ GIRAFFE KILLING SPREE IS HUNTING FOR ALL THE FAMILY http://sco.lt/98qGVF March 6, 2013 Time Magazine -▶ HALF OF AFRICA'S LIONS MAY GO EXTINCT IN 40 YEARS - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/half-africas-lions-may-extinct-40-years-160131003.html 5 March, 2013 - TIME MAGAZINE
-▶ SURVIVAL OF SPECIES: WHY IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE BLOODY ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE http://science.time.com/2013/03/05/traffic-why-its-time-to-get-serious-about-the-bloody-illegal-wildlife-trade/#ixzz2MnadVlS2WildlifeTrade -▶ ECOCIDE PROFITS : Does CITES offer any hope? http://sco.lt/8oKSJ7 MORE ON THE ELEPHANTS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=ELEPHANTS MORE ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING =============================== AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/ -▶ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt WATCH: "HOME" An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/
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Jan 13, 2013 - All Animal Rights GIRAFFE KILLING SPREES FOR ALL THE FAMILY Family Fun. The giraffe hunters who pay 10,000 pounds to shoot the gentle giants with gun and bows for sport.... http://allanimalrights.com/giraffe-killing-sprees-for-all-the-family/
Radio Australia, December 04, 2014
-▶ GIRAFFE POPULATION 40% DECLINE HAS CONSERVATION GROUPS RINGING ALARM BELLS http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2014-12-04/giraffe-population-decline-has-conservation-groups-ringing-alarm-bells/1395837
VIDEO Motherboard, August 15, 2014
-▶ LEAKED VIDEO SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH BIG GAME HUNTING http://motherboard.vice.com/read/leaked-animal-abuse-video-shows-everything-thats-wrong-with-big-game-hunting GUNS, GUNS AND MORE GUNS -- FOR KILLING --
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TROPHY & CANNED HUNTING Elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, Tigers For Trophy Hunting http://sco.lt/6aXUSP ------ MASS WOLF KILLINGS ARE BASED ON THE MOST CYNICAL OF PREMISES http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995194186/mass-wolf-killings-are-based-on-the-most-cynical-of-premises ------WILDLIFE POACHING KILLING AT ALL TIME HIGH http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=poaching ------ANIHILATING OUR PRECIOUS WILDLIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995140806/a-world-without-elephants-unbearable
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Libreville (AFP) Feb 15, 2013 - Gabon is banning large-calibre arms after experiencing a surge in elephant poaching in its national parks, the interior ministry said Friday.... http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Gabon_bans_large-calibre_arms_to_stem_elephant_poaching_999.html July 10, 2012 Guardian Environment
GUNS WILL NOT WIN THE WAR AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHERS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers?CMP=EMCENVEML1631
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"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER"
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/ OVER 11,000 ELEPHANTS KILLED BY POACHERS IN A SINGLE PARK [warning: graphic photo] » http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/over-11000-elephants-killed-by-poachers-in-a-single-park-warning-graphic-photo/
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS ARE POACHED (SLAUGHTERED) EVERY YEAR IN AFRICA - JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS http://www.wildaid.org/elephants August 8, 2013 African Geographic
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF 10,000 ELEPHANTS...FACING ONE YEAR IN JAIL? http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/responsible-for-the-slaughter-of-10-000-elephants-facing-one-year-in-jail/ MORE ON ELEPHANT POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=elephants
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Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS KILLED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html
The Dodo, November 21, 2014
-▶ IMAGINING A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS. A poacher’s bullet kills more than elephants — an elephant’s death ricochets through the ecosystem, affecting everything from other animals to the vegetation where the pachyderms roam. https://www.thedodo.com/world-without-elephants-832031961.html
Focusing On Wildlife -▶ 62% OF ALL AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANTS SLAUGHTERED IN 10 YEARS = INFOGRAPH More than 60 percent of Africa’s forest elephants have been killed in the past decade due to the ivory trade, reports a new study published in the online journal PLOS ONE. The study warns that the diminutive elephant species — genetically distinct from the better-known savanna elephant — is rapidly heading toward extinction.... http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/62-of-all-africas-forest-elephants-killed-in-10-years-warning-graphic-images/
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THE ELEPHANT THAT FLEW. A baby elephant is filmed standing in a small aircraft, eye-to-eye with the pilot, Gary Roberts - an American nurse and missionary. The orphaned calf is the only survivor of a 100 elephant massacre by poachers. This is how Roberts did his best to keep the animal alive. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29060814 AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER"
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode
Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
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THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS http://sco.lt/8GNLvN
August 13, 2013 Guardian Environment
- ▶ A MIND-BOGGLING 25,000 TO 40,000 ELEPHANTS ARE SLAUGHTERED ANNUALLY ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. RHINO POACHING UP IN 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/13/war-african-poaching-militarisation-fail March 5, 2013 BBC Nature - - ▶ EXTINCTION AHEAD: TWO-THIRDS OF FOREST ELEPHANTS SLAUGHTERED BY POACHERS IN PAST DECADE http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21655613
- ▶ GABON BANS LARGE-CALIBRE ARMS TO STEM ELEPHANT POACHING NOW AT 20,000 + IN PAST DECADE http://sco.lt/7OfQaP Guardian Environment, April 25, 2014
-▶ KENYA TO DEPLOY DRONES IN ALL NATIONAL PARKS IN BID TO TACKLE POACHING http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/25/kenya-drones-national-parks-poaching
Live Science, February 05, 2014 - ▶ DRONES COULD SOON BE HELPING PROTECT RHINOS, TIGERS AND ELEPHANTS IN AFRICA AND ASIA - THANKS TO CASH FROM GOOGLE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3645438876/drones-could-soon-be-helping-protect-rhinos-tigers-and-elephants-in-africa-and-asia
Guardian Environment - ▶ KENYA TRIALS TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS IN BID TO CURB POACHING AS ENTIRE ELEPHANT FAMILY WIPED OUT http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/11/kenya-text-message-alert-poaching
Jan 17, 2013 - TreeHugger - ▶ POACHING IS ON THE RISE IN KENYA, IN WHAT SHOULD BE ONE OF FEW SAFE(ISH) PLACES FOR ELEPHANTS IN AFRICA.... http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/are-elephants-doomed.html May 7, 2013 Huffington Post - Slideshow DAKAR, Senegal -- The WWF said in a statement that suspected poachers belonging to the Seleka rebel group have entered one of Africa's most unique elephant habitats in the Central African Republic, and park guards saw them shooting in the direction... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/seleka-rebels-poaching-elephants_n_3231093.html?ref=topbar#slide=1878054 RHINOS IN CRISIS: POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE REACH HIGHEST LEVELS IN 20 YEARS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995102006/rhinos-in-crisis-poaching-and-illegal-trade-reach-highest-levels-in-20-years
- ▶ THE PASSING OF A GIANT DEATH OF AN ELEPHANT http://sco.lt/8ps0gb CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 http://sco.lt/8nnEJd Mongabay, December 2, 2013 - ▶ ANTI-POACHING STORY GOES VIRAL IN CHINA - A newspaper story about the impact of the ivory trade has gone viral in China, raising awareness among millions of Chinese, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1220-china-viral-elephant-story.html
The Dodo, May 08, 2014 -▶ CHINA STEPS UP: PLEDGE A WHOPPING $100 MILLION TO STOP POACHING China, a notorious source of demand for a massive illegal wildlife trade, is stepping up its game to save wildlife with a massive $100 million donation to combat poaching in Africa. The Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, announced the fund during a visit to the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. The fund is not a moment too soon -- an estimated 22,000-35,000 elephants are killed every year by poachers, while last year poachers killed over 1,000 rhinos in South Africa alone... https://www.thedodo.com/china-steps-up-politician-pled-542006018.html Asia News, April 25, 2014
▶ CHINA: BEIJING BANS THE HUNTING AND TRADING OF 420 ANIMAL SPECIES AT RISK OF EXTINCTION http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing-bans-the-hunting-and-trading-of-420-animal-species-at-risk-of-extinction-30916.html June 17, 2012 - CNN REPORT - ▶ WILL ELEPHANTS STILL ROAM EARTH IN 20 YEARS? -- At the start of the 1980s there were more than a million elephants in Africa. During that decade, 600,000 were destroyed for ivory products. Today perhaps no more than 400,000 remain across the continent, according to Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington, who is widely recognized as an authority on the subject. It is a tragedy beyond reckoning and humanity needs to pay attention to the plight of the elephants before it is too late. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/15/world/africa/elephants-extinction-africa/index.html August 8, 2013 African Geographic
- ▶ RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF 10,000 ELEPHANTS... ...FACING ONE YEAR IN JAIL? http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/responsible-for-the-slaughter-of-10-000-elephants-facing-one-year-in-jail/ ---- WATCH ---- 4-PART VIDEO SERIES: - ▶ 'BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS' - - ▶ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VIDEO - Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1 - ▶ SUMATRAN ELEPHANTS COULD BE EXTINCT WITHIN 30 YEARS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1050209887/sumatran-elephants-could-be-extinct-within-30-years - ▶ INDONESIA PALM OIL PLANTATIONS: FIRST THEY ERADICATE THE ORANGUTANS, NOW THEY'RE POISONING THE ELEPHANTS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1824145798/indonesia-palm-oil-plantations-first-they-eradicate-the-orangutans-now-they-re-poisoning-the-elephants - ▶ 14 PYGMY ELEPHANT DIES MYSTERIOUSLY IN BORNEO - CLEARING FORESTS - ELEPHANTS BECOME "PESTS" http://sco.lt/7J03HN =============== IVORY THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS http://sco.lt/5Bft8T Feb 28, 2013 - Mongabay - ▶ ELEPHANT MASSACRE IN CONGO - 75 PERCENT LOSS OF ITS ELEPHANTS IN 15 YEARS DUE TO POACHING FOR IVORY Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0228-congo-elephant-massacre.html#H3mZ7QFCCJmqRABO.99 - ▶ JANE GOODALL: IVORY SALES MUST STOP OR AFRICA'S ELEPHANT COULD SOON BE EXTINCT http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/16/jane-goodall-ivory-poaching-elephant *****LEST WE FORGET ***** A FAMILY FALLS AFRICA'S IVORY-PROFIT DRIVEN ELEPHANT MASS SLAUGHTER CONTINUES http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3292956185/lest-we-forget-africa-s-ivory-profit-driven-elephant-mass-slaughter-continues-a-family-falls ========================= - ▶ SHINING A BRIGHT LIGHT ON AFRICA'S ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3134499916/shining-a-bright-light-on-africa-s-elephant-slaughter - ▶ POVERTY, AS WELL AS GREED, KILLING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3893395511/poverty-as-well-as-greed-killing-africa-s-elephants-10-000-massacred-in-gabon-alone July 10, 2012 Guardian Environment - ▶ GUNS WILL NOT WIN THE WAR AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHERS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers?CMP=EMCENVEML1631
- ▶ IN A TANZANIAN VILLAGE, ELEPHANT POACHERS THRIVE : NPR http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3096898697/in-a-tanzanian-village-elephant-poachers-thrive-a-world-without-elephants-npr May 7, 2013 Mongabay
- ▶ 17 POACHERS ENTER ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD IN CONGO, CONSERVATIONS FEAR MASSACRE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0507-hance-elephants-car.html ======================= ELEPHANT CULTURE =======================
ELEPHANTS THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT SOCIETIES OF ANY ANIMAL - GOING, GOING http://www.wildaid.org/elephants LOVELY WATCH - ▶ "ECHO: AN UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANT" (BBC) - ▶ http://sco.lt/7KAzdh Guardian Environment, October 14, 2013
- ▶ THE AMAZING INTELLIGENCE OF ELEPHANTS http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/elephants-intelligence-pointing-hunted The Independent, December 10, 2013
- ▶ FIVE UNBELIEVABLE HABITS OF ELEPHANTS http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/five-unbelievable-habits-of-elephants-8995583.html VIDEO
The Elephant Listening Project
THE SECRET LIVES OF ELEPHANTS REVEALED WITH INFRARED CAMERAS https://www.thedodo.com/elephants-secret-lives-reveale-518906634.html VIDEO:
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WILD ELEPHANTS GATHER INEXPLICABLY, MOURN DEATH OF "ELEPHANT WHISPERER" http://delightmakers.com/news/wild-elephants-gather-inexplicably-mourn-death-of-elephant-whisperer/ Huffington Post Green, September 30, 2013
- ▶ ELEPHANT SAYS GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND (PHOTO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/elephant-says-goodbye_n_4004429.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular May 7, 2013 Mongabay - ▶ A TALE OF TWO ELEPHANTS: CELEBRATING THE LIVES AND MOURNING THE DEATHS OF CIRROCUMULUS AND NGAMPIT http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0507-isaacs-elephants-commentary.html WATCH: "FUN IN THE FOREST Elephants on Candid Camera http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/04/elephants-on-candid-camera/ - ▶ LEARNING TO LIVE WITH ELEPHANTS http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0918-hance-elephants-camposarceiz.html#4dHR31CQ6Ih18SPW.99 May 30, 2013 The Telegraph
- ▶ INDIAN VILLAGERS ABANDON HOME TO MAKE WAY FOR AN ELEPHANT HIGHWAY http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10089246/Villagers-abandon-homes-for-Elephant-highway.html WATCH The Ecologist "LIQUID IVORY" HOW PALM OIL IS KILLING INDONESIA'S ELEPHANTS" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vwI-N5KSUjQ ======================= -▶ THE ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP: : STATE OF THE ANIMALS 2013 - http://sco.lt/88qOMD =============================== August 2, 2013 Global Possibilities - ▶ RANGER, WARRIOR, MOTHER - Sidonie Asseme risks her life to save endangered wildlife from poachers in southeastern Cameroon—all while raising five little future rangers ... http://www.globalpossibilities.org/ranger-warrior-mother/ =========================== EXTINGUISHING OUR WILDLIFE =========================== - ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING TRADE - ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE BLACK MARKETS IN THE WORLD http://sco.lt/4q4CB7 March 1, 2013 Guardian Environment - ▶ TACKLING THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILD ANIMALS IS A MATTER OF GLOBAL URGENCY http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/01/cites-animals-illegal-trade March 1, 2013 - The Guardian Environment - ▶ PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AT IMMEDIATE RISK FROM WILDLIFE CRIME, CITES CHIEF WARNS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/01/people-animals-wildlife-crime - ▶ LIONS EXTINCT IN 25 AFRICAN COUNTRIES. POPULATIONS IN MORE TROUBLE THAN WE THOUGHT http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3994950184/lions-extinct-in-25-african-countries-populations-in-more-trouble-than-previously-thought - ▶ THE ANIMAL NOBODY WANTS TO KEEP http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3285098855/the-animal-nobody-wants-to-keep http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3285098855/the-animal-nobody-wants-to-keep
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TROPHY & CANNED HUNTING Elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, Tigers For Trophy Hunting http://sco.lt/6aXUSP - ▶ A GLOBAL URGENCY: TACKING THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/5Dbzu5 - ▶ WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT GATHERS GLOBAL STRENGTH AS POACHING ESCALATES http://sco.lt/7qZH4D - ▶ OUTGUNNED: ILLICIT TRADE IN WILDLIFE HAS EXPLODED INTO A $19 BILLION CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3700199111/outgunned-illicit-trade-in-wildlife-has-exploded-into-a-19bn-criminal-enterprise-video - ▶ TROPHY HUNTING FOR THE LOVE OF BLOOD AND MONEY http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3983008721/trophy-hunting-for-the-love-of-blood-and-money 14 March 2013 - Deutche Welles
- ▶ SANCTUARY SAVES ANTEATERS MAIMED BY POACHERS http://www.dw.de/sanctuary-saves-anteaters-maimed-by-poachers/a-16627049?maca=en-rss-en-environment-4553-rdf - ▶ PALM OIL ECOCIDE - THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST: Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust- =============================== AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/ -▶ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt WATCH "HOME" Yann Arthus-Bertrand An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet Solutions For A Sustainable Planet http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/ GO TO: ▶ Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News http://sco.lt/7Myakz ▶ OUR OCEANS NEED US http://sco.lt/6wow1R ▶ Biodiversity IS Life -- #Conservation #Ecosystems #Wildlife #Rivers #Water #Forests http://sco.lt/8D8NuL ========================== - ▶ MORE ON POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=RHINOS - ▶ ALL ABOUT ELEPHANTS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3997183560/all-about-elephants - ▶ MORE ON THE HORRIFIC WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=RHINO+POACHING - ▶ FOLLOW @Wildlife Margrit FOR ALL ABOUT POACHING AND ANNIHILATION OF OUR TREASURED WILDLIFE:
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The conservationist accuses China of fuelling poaching, as tusks are smuggled out in diplomatic bags
December 15, 2012 - The Guardian Jane Goodall, one of the world's greatest conservationists, has made an impassioned plea for a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory to prevent the extinction of the African elephant.
Her call follows the seizure in Malaysia last week of 24 tonnes of illegal ivory and a report by conservationists warning that the illegal ivory trade now threatens governments as rebel groups use the sale of tusks to fund their wars.
"A massive tragedy is unfolding in some parts of Africa. This is desperately serious, unprecedented," she said. "We believe that Tanzania has lost half its elephants in the last three years. Ugandan military planes have been seen over the Democratic Republic of the Congo shooting elephants from the air. Armed militia are now shooting the elephants."... http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/16/jane-goodall-ivory-poaching-elephant A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/6hXE5x December 31, 2012 RHINO POACHING PEAKS ACROSS AFRICA AS DEMAND FOR HORNS SOARS http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rhino-poachingpeaks-across-africa-as-demand-for-horns-soars-8434200.html July 10, 2012 Guardian Environment
GUNS WILL NOT WIN THE WAR AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHERS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers?CMP=EMCENVEML1631
OUTGUNNED: ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE THREATENING NATIONAL SECURITY, says WWF December 12, 2012 guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/12/wildlife-trafficking-national-security-wwf
WHY IT'S TIME TO BAN THE IVORY TRADE FOR GOOD [Graphic images: viewer discretion advised] http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/16/jane-goodall-ivory-poaching-elephant Huffington Post Green, September 30, 2013
ELEPHANT SAYS GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND (PHOTO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/elephant-says-goodbye_n_4004429.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
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Guardian Environment, December 10, 2012
ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE THREATENING NATIONAL SECURITY Profits from the wildlife trade appear to fund terrorist cells in unstable African countries, and the industry is closely linked to the drugs and arms trades, says the WWF http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/dec/12/wildlife-trafficking-national-security-wwf
Illicit trade in wildlife has exploded into a $19bn criminal enterprise, threatening government stability and national security, the WWF warned.
WWF VIDEO REPORT: 'Wildlife trafficking is on scale of drugs and arms trade, and appears to be related' http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2012/dec/12/wwf-wildlife-trafficking-drugs-arms-trade-video WORLD WILDLIFE FUND REPORT: WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING (PDF) http://dalberg.com/documents/WWF_Wildlife_Trafficking.pdf Treehugger, September 24, 2013
HOW ELEPHANT POACHING HELPED FUND KENYA TERRORIST ATTACK http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/how-elephant-poaching-helped-fund-kenyan-terrorist-attack.html July 10, 2012 Guardian Environment
GUNS WILL NOT WIN THE WAR AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHERS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers?CMP=EMCENVEML1631 POVERTY, GREED KILLING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS -= 10,000 MASSACRED IN GABON ALONE http://sco.lt/6REapd INSIDE THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT'S SLAUGHTERING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS - A CRIMINAL HORROR http://sco.lt/62hDkX HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS OUT ON CRIMINAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3311486770/hillary-clinton-speaks-out-on-criminal-wildlife-trafficking LEST WE FORGET: AFRICA'S IVORY-PROFIT DRIVEN ELEPHANT MASS SLAUGHTER CONTINUES - A FAMILY FALLS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3292956185/lest-we-forget-africa-s-ivory-profit-driven-elephant-mass-slaughter-continues-a-family-falls THE DIRTY WAR AGAINST AFRICA'S RHINOS - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3527088396/the-dirty-war-against-africa-s-rhinos-extinction-is-forever RHINO POACHING PEAKS ACROSS AFRICA AS DEMAND FOR HORNS SOARS Dec 31, 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rhino-poachingpeaks-across-africa-as-demand-for-horns-soars-8434200.html
Dec., 11 2012: MALAYSIAN CUSTOMS SEIZE RECORD 24 TONS OF IVORY -- HOW MANY ELEPHANTS IS THAT? http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Malaysian_customs_seize_record_24_tonnes_of_ivory_999.html MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=WILDLIFE+TRAFFICKING
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- ▶ POACHERS KILL AN ELEPHANT MATRIARCH AND HER FAMILY IN KENYA, PROMPTING A CALL FOR HELP November 11, 2012 - New York Times On October 27, Nick Brandt, a photographer and conservationist, photographed Qumquat, one of the best known matriarchs in the elephant population around Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, walking with two daughters, their young and other kin. One day later, the old female and nearly all of the other elephants in this group were found slaughtered. Their faces had been hacked off by the poachers to be sure they gleaned every ounce of ivory from the tusks. (Click here for photographs of the result – not for the squeamish.)... http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/africas-ivory-driven-elephant-slaughter-continues-a-family-falls/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER"
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS KILLED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html
The Dodo, November 21, 2014
-▶ IMAGINING A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS. A poacher’s bullet kills more than elephants — an elephant’s death ricochets through the ecosystem, affecting everything from other animals to the vegetation where the pachyderms roam. https://www.thedodo.com/world-without-elephants-832031961.html
Focusing On Wildlife -▶ 62% OF ALL AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANTS SLAUGHTERED IN 10 YEARS = INFOGRAPH More than 60 percent of Africa’s forest elephants have been killed in the past decade due to the ivory trade, reports a new study published in the online journal PLOS ONE. The study warns that the diminutive elephant species — genetically distinct from the better-known savanna elephant — is rapidly heading toward extinction.... http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/62-of-all-africas-forest-elephants-killed-in-10-years-warning-graphic-images/ The Independent, December 10, 2013
- ▶ FIVE UNBELIEVABLE HABITS OF ELEPHANTS http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/five-unbelievable-habits-of-elephants-8995583.html VIDEO:
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WILD ELEPHANTS GATHER INEXPLICABLY, MOURN DEATH OF "ELEPHANT WHISPERER" http://delightmakers.com/news/wild-elephants-gather-inexplicably-mourn-death-of-elephant-whisperer/ - ▶ WHY IT' TIME TO BAN THE IVORY TRADE FOR GOOD [Graphic images: viewer discretion advised] http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1212-kahumbu-op-ed-poaching.html
- ▶ THE REALITY OF THE IVORY TRADE | http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3230053215/the-reality-of-the-ivory-trade
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- ▶ THE ANIMAL NOBODY WANTS TO KEEP http://www.scoop.it/t/what-s-happening-to-the-african-rhino/p/3261070304/the-animal-nobody-wants-to-keep - ▶ Scientific American THE DIRTY WAR AGAINST AFRICA'S RHINOS - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3527088396/the-dirty-war-against-africa-s-rhinos-extinction-is-forever ▶ Dying rhino leads calf to safety in final act of motherly love as game reserve poachers go on four-day kiling spree Stop Burning Rain Forests for Palm Oil: http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3644472714/stop-burning-rain-forests-for-palm-oil-scientific-american - ▶ SECRETARY CLINTON DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE PARTNERSHIP MEETING ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING http://sco.lt/65m0Ib http://www.scoop.it/t/animal-poaching-who-does-it-who-allows-it/p/3285596088/secretary-clinton-delivers-remarks-at-the-partnership-meeting-on-wildlife-trafficking - ▶ CLINTON SEEKS INTELLIGENCE HELP IN WAR ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/clinton-seeks-intelligence-reports-on-wildlife-traffickers/?smid=tw-dotearth&seid=auto Follow Wildlife Margrit for Indepth Info On African Wildlife - An Amazing Advocate for Wildlife http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3530944006/follow-wildlife-margrit-for-indepth-info-on-african-wildlife-an-amazing-advocate-for-wildlife
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Once common throughout Africa and Asia, elephant numbers were severely depleted the 19th century, largely due to the massive ivory trade. While some populations are now stable, poaching and habitat destruction continue to threaten the species... http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/elephants/
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Did you know? Rhino poaching increased by 9000% in 10 years and half of Africa's ’s wildlife was lost in last 40 years. pic.twitter.com/peiKrfkQhM Guardian Environment, January 23, 2015
▶ CAN ANYTHING STOP THE RHINO POACHING CRISIS? http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/23/can-anything-stop-the-rhino-poaching-crisis Reuters, March 26, 2015
-▶ U.S. GIVES APPROVAL FOR $350,000 RHINO HUNT SOLD AT TEXAS AUCTION http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-usa-rhino-texas-idUSKBN0MM2VL20150326 Africa Geographic Magazine Blog, January 23, 2014
-▶ KENYAN RANGER'S MOVING LETTER TO AMERICAN DALLAS SAFARI CLUB RHINO HUNT AUCTION http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/hunting/kenyan-rangers-moving-letter-to-american-rhino-hunter/ Mongabay, January 13, 2014
▶ U.S. TROPHY HUNTERS AUCTION OFF LIFE OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BLACK RHINO http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0113-hance-black-rhino-auction.html Express, April 13, 2014
▶ TRAGIC REALITY EXPOSED: RHINOS WILL BE EXTINCT BY YEAR 2020 IF LEVELS OF POACHING CONTINUE http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/470119/Tragic-reality-exposed-Rhinos-will-be-extinct-by-year-2020 October 1, 2013 ▶ RHINO POACHING HAS GONE UP 5000% SINCE 2007 http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/rhino-poaching-south-africa-has-gone-5000-2007.html Guardian, December 12, 2014
▶ RHINO HORN TRAFFICKING SURGING OUT OF CONTROL: 30-FOLD INCREASE AS EXTINCTION NEARS http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/rhino-horn-trafficking-out-of-control March 1, 2013 ▶ RHINO POACHING ELEVATED TO 'PRIORITY CRIME' via @Nikela_Wildlife http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-01-rhino-poaching-its-war/ The Independent, December 03, 2014
▶ THE HUNT IS ON: INTERPOL LIST NAMES OF THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED ENVIRONMENTAL FUGITIVES http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-hunt-is-on-interpol-list-names-the-worlds-most-wanted-environmental-fugitives-9901504.html TakePart, November 28, 2014
▶ THE KILLING FIELDS: EVEN AFRICA'S NATIONAL PARKS AREN'T SAFE FOR RHINOS ANYMORE. South Africa’s Kruger National Park is turning from a safe haven into a slaughterhouse for endangered rhinoceroses. http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/11/25/apparently-national-parks-arent-safe-rhinos-anymore Guardian Environment, March 15, 2014 ▶ SON OF WARREN BUFFET PLEDGES $24M TO COMBAT OVER-WHELMING RHINO POACHING http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/15/rhino-poaching-son-warren-buffett-pledges-24m Quartz, January 17, 2014 ▶ IN 2013, POACHERS SLAUGHTERED MORE RHINOS THAN EVER IN RECORDED HISTORY http://qz.com/168186/in-2013-poachers-slaughtered-more-rhinos-than-ever-in-recorded-history/ OnEarth Magazine, Elizabeth Kolbert, March 10, 2014 ▶ ONE OF WORLD'S LAST SUMATRAN RHINOS HAS DIED http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/03/in-the-case-of-saving-the-sumatran-rhino-is-incest-best October 10, 2013, WWF ▶ UNDERSTANDING THE PLIGHT OF THE SUMATRAN RHINO http://worldwildlife.org/stories/understanding-the-plight-of-the-sumatran-rhino April 8, 2013 Mongabay
▶ SUMATRAN RHINO POPULATION PLUNGES, DOWN TO 100 ANIMALS http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0408-hance-sumatran-rhino-100.html April 24, 2013 WildLife News ▶ NO RHINOS LEFT IN LIMPOPO NATIONAL PARK http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2013/no-rhinos-left-in-limpopo-national-park/?buffer_share=382f8
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▶ POACHERS HAVE NOW SLAUGHTERED ALL THE RHINOS IN MOZAMBIQUE http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/poachers-have-now-killed-all-rhinos-mozambique.html April 30, 2013 Telegraph ▶ POACHERS COMPLETELY WIPE OUT RHINOS IN MOZAMBIQUE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mozambique/10028738/Last-rhinos-in-Mozambique-killed-by-poachers.html Ecorazzi, December 18, 2014
▶ AERIAL DRONES CAUSE DRAMATIC FALL IN RHINO POACHING http://www.ecorazzi.com/2014/12/18/drones-prove-to-deter-rhino-poachers/ PHOTOS
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ORPHANED BABY RHINO SCARED TO SLEEP ALONE AT NIGHT AFTER MOTHER KILLED BY POACHERS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/10/orphaned-baby-rhino_n_5481379.html International Conservation Forum
▶ SOUTH AFRICA RHINO CLINGING TO LIFE AFTER SAVAGE ATTACK http://www.icforum.info/category/rhinos/ Mongabay, March 05, 2014
▶ RHINO WITH BULLET IN ITS BRAIN AND HACKED OFF HORN WANDERS FOR DAYS BEFORE BEING PUT DOWN http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0405-hance-rhino-poached.html ▶ POACHED RHINO: SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD via @Nikela_Wildlife http://sco.lt/8puVN3 The Dodo, December 12, 2014
▶ RHINO HORN NOW WORTH AS MUCH AS COCAINE OR GOLD ON BLACK MARKET https://www.thedodo.com/rhino-horn-trade-spike-crime-873580449.html Treehugger, January 08, 2015
▶ 1,000+ RHINOS WERE KILLED IN 2014 IN SOUTH AFRICA, HOME TO 90% OF WORLD'S RHINOS, PASSING PREVIOUS RECORDS http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/3-rhinos-are-poached-every-day-south-africa-home-90-world-rhino-population.html Mongabay, September 29, 2013
▶ WORST RHINO POACHING YEAR ON RECORD FOR SOUTH AFRICA - 688 RHINOS At least 688 rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, surpassing last year's record of 668 with more than three months remaining in 2013 http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0929-rhino-poaching-record.html South Africa National Parks, June 20, 2014
▶ 7000% INCREASE IN RHINO POACHING AND STILL SOUTH AFRICA WANT TO TABLE A PROPOSAL TO LEGALIZE RHINO HORN TRADE - http://mapungubwepark.com/about/news/default.php?id=56105 France 24 TV, November 13, 2014
▶ RHINO POACHING-WEARY SOUTH AFRICA MULLS LEGALISING RHINO HORN TRADE. A kilogramme of rhino horn recently sold for $100,000 in Vietnam, double the price of gold... There is also criticism that the pro-trade lobby is promoting an argument from which it stands to benefit: in 2010, government and private owners were estimated to have more than 15 tonnes of rhino horn stockpiled, about a third of it belonging to the state. http://www.france24.com/en/20141113-poaching-weary-south-africa-mulls-legalising-rhino-horn-trade/ WATCH: RHINO CRISIS - HELPING RHINOS 14:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhy0mbDA1MQ Via: Rhino Poaching South Africa http://sco.lt/5gXXCj March 23, 2013 - Digital Journal ▶ RHINO HORN NOW MORE VALUABLE ON THE MARKET THAN GOLD, PLATINUM OR COCAINE - THE SMUGGLING ROUTE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN RHINO HORN Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/346292#ixzz2Ot7pjBbp WildAid, March 02, 2015
▶ CONSUMER AWARENESS OF IVORY AND RHINO HORN TRADE'S IMPACT GROWS RAPIDLY IN CHINA http://www.wildaid.org/news/consumer-awareness-ivory-and-rhino-horn-trade%E2%80%99s-impact-grows-rapidly-china Toronto Star, February 23, 2015
▶ BIOLOGIST AIMS TO GROW RHINO HORNS TO SAVE ANIMALS FROM POACHERS http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/02/23/biologist-aims-to-grow-rhino-horns-to-save-animals-from-poachers.html TakePart, January 23, 2015
▶ PEOPLE ARE SNORTING RHINO HORN TO PROVE THEY'RE COOL — AND THAT MIGHT SPELL THE END FOR THE SPECIES http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/01/23/rhino-horn-poaching-africa-2014-extinction-crisis CNN, January 18, 2014 - PHOTOS ▶ SOUTH AFRICA MARKS WORST YEAR IN RHINO POACHING; DEMAND FOR HORN SOARS http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/18/world/africa/south-africa-record-rhinos-poached/index.html May 17, 2013 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation ▶ SOUTH AFRICA: RHINO DEATHS - 14 IN 24 HOURS http://www.davidshepherd.org/news-events/news/rhino-deaths-14-in-24-hours/ HuffPost Green, November 29, 2014
▶ SOUTH AFRICA TURNS TO NEW BREED OF ANTI-POACHING CRIME FIGHTERS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/29/south-african-academy-tra_n_6239952.html WHAT IN THE HELL ARE WE HUMAN BEINGS DOING? Guardian, December 23, 2014
▶ ELEPHANT IVORY SMUGGLING 'KINGPIN' ARRESTED IN TANZANIA http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/23/elephant-ivory-smuggling-kingpin-arrested-in-tanzania GOING...GOING...GONE May 4, 2013 Care 2 ▶ RANGERS HELP POACHERS MURDER THE LAST 15 RHINOS IN MOZAMBIQUE http://www.care2.com/causes/rangers-help-poachers-murder-the-last-15-rhinos-in-mozambique.html HuffPost Green, February 27, 2014 ▶ KENYA SEES TERRIBLE RISE IN RHINO POACHING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/27/rhino-poaching-kenya-2013_n_4868665.html?utm_hp_ref=green June 9, 2013 The Guardian ▶ KENYA OVERHAULS WILDLIFE LAWS FOLLOWING RISE IN ELEPHANT AND RHINO DEATHS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jun/07/kenya-wildlife-laws-elephant-rhino-deaths Reuters, July 11, 2014
▶ FOUR RHINOS KILLED IN KENYA'S WORST POACHING ATTACK IN YEARS. The killings take the number of rhinos poached in Kenya so far this year to 22, which leaves just 1,037 rhinos still roaming private wildlife conservancies and KWS national parks, Muya said. Last year, 59 rhinos were poached in Kenya, a country famous for its sprawling Maasai Mara game park and abundant wildlife. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/11/us-kenya-rhinos-idUSKBN0FG1K920140711 Mongabay, October 20, 2014
▶ WITH DEATH OF RHINO, ONLY SIX NORTHERN WHITE RHINOS LEFT ON THE PLANET. "Consequently the species now stands at the brink of complete extinction, a sorry testament to the greed of the human race," wrote the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in a statement. http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1020-hance-suni-rhino-death.html CBC News, October 06, 2014
▶ SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT PUTS 500 ENDANGERED WHITE RHINOS UP FOR SALE TO PRIVATE GAME FARMING INDUSTRY: TROPHY HUNTING http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/south-african-government-puts-rhinos-up-for-sale-1.2788888 April 18, 2013 IPS
▶ BACKING A LEGAL RHINO HORN TRADE FOR PRIVATE RHINO FARMERS -- FOR PROFIT ??!! http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/backing-a-legal-rhino-horn-trade/ TROPHY HUNTING IT'S IMPACT ON WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE http://sco.lt/6aXUSP VIDEO Link TV November 15, ▶ I0 ADULT RHINOS AND A FOUR-MONTH OLD CALF KILLED ON SOUTH AFRICAN FARM. DEATHS BRING NUMBER OF RHINOS SLAUGHTERED THIS YEAR ALONE TO 558 http://news.linktv.org/videos/seven-rhinos-slaughtered-in-south-africa ▶ THE DIRTY WAR AGAINST AFRICAN'S RHINOS - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3527088396/the-dirty-war-against-africa-s-rhinos-extinction-is-forever SLIDESHOW New York Times, February 05, 2014
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO PROTECT A RHINO. The illegal wildlife trade and poaching are decimating the animals and landscapes of Africa. If you go there, it’s shocking. We hear about it and see these stories, but until you see it first hand it’s really hard to get your head wrapped around that... http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/it-takes-a-village-to-protect-a-rhino/?_r=0 The Dodo, November 25, 2014
▶ RHINOS MOVED TO 'INTENSIVE PROTECTION ZONES' - With just over a month left in 2014, this year already tops last year’s bloody toll of rhino poaching. It’s difficult not to feel a sense of panic at such an astounding rate of slaughter. https://www.thedodo.com/community/fightforrhinos/rhinos-moved-to-intensive-prot-837879470.html TreeHugger, October 18, 2013
▶ KENYA MICRO-CHIPPING EVERY SINGLE RHINO IN AMBITIOUS ANTI-POACHING EFFORT http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/kenya-microchipping-every-single-rhino-ambitious-anti-poaching-effort.html April 5, 2013 Yale Environment 360: ▶ SOUTH AFRICA GAME RESERVE INJECTS POISON INTO LIVING RHINO HORNS IN EFFORTS TO HALT POACHERS (No Mention Of How This Would Affect the Rhinos Themselves) http://e360.yale.edu/digest/south_africa_game_reserve_poisons_rhino_horns_to_halt_poachers/3810/ INFOGRAPHIC: THE JOURNEY OF A RHINO HORN http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/wildlife-warzone/2013/10/infographic-journey-a-rhino-horn-2013107143045828890.html?wwftw2 Smithsonian Magazine, February 27, 2014 ▶ HERE'S WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS IF ALL THE RHINO DISAPPEAR http://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/heres-what-might-happen-local-ecosystems-if-all-rhinos-disappear-180949896/?no-ist The Columbus Dispatch, December 28, 2014
-▶ STUDIES INDICATE A BLEAK FUTURE FOR WILDLIFE http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2014/12/28/studies-indicate-a-bleak-future-for-wildlife.html World Wildlife Fund, June 24, 2014
RHINO HORN'S REAL VALUE AND OTHER RHINO FACTS
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/rhino-horn-s-real-value-and-other-rhino-facts Mongabay, October 22, 2014
▶ DEMAND FOR RHINO HORN DROPS 38 PERCENT IN VIETNAM AFTER ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1022-hance-rhino-advertising.html WATCH
MY WILD AFFAIR (53.41)
"The Rhino Who Joined The Family"
Hear extraordinary stories of the bonds between humans and their animal companions, including an orphaned baby elephant, an orangutan raised as a human child, a rhinoceros raised in suburbia and a harbor seal that entered the human world but remained wild at heart. http://www.pbs.org/program/my-wild-affair/ WATCH:
IMPORTANCE OF RHINO MOTHER'S BOND IN PROTECTING HER BABY http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/watch-importance-rhino-mother%E2%80%99s-bond-protecting-baby ▶ DYING RHINO LEADS CALF TO SAFETY IN FINAL ACT OF MOTHERLY LOVE AS GAME RESERVE POACHER GO ON FOUR-DAY KILLING SPREE IN SOUTH AFRICA http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238694/Dying-rhino-leads-calf-safety-final-act-motherly-love-game-reserve-poachers-day-killing-spree-South-Africa.html April 5, 2013 World Wildlife Fund - ▶ TRAUMATIZED, DEHYDRATED ORPHANED INDIAN RHINO STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE AFTER MOTHER SHOT DOWN FOR HER HORN http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/index.cfm?208176/Orphaned-rhino-struggles-to-survive-after-mother-killed May 2, 2013 Bloomberg
▶ RHINO'S DYING BREATH SIGNALS GENERAL'S RETURN TO WAR http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-01/rhino-s-dying-breath-signals-general-s-return-to-war.html VIDEO
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NEW RHINO THREAT: COAL
(RHINO'S CAN'T GET A BREAK)
http://www.linktv.org/video/9673/new-rhino-threat-coal VIDEO
National Geographic
FIGHTING RHINO POACHING WITH GUNS, DRONES AND DOGS http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/fighting-rhino-poaching-with-guns-drones-and-dogs VIDEO: (5:37) A TRIBUTE TO VETERINARIAN DR FOWLDS AND 'THEMBA' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpaEWIQOURA VIDEO (6:44) VETERINARIAN TREATING RHINOS
Wildlife vet William Fowlds who treats wounded rhinos in the field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpaEWIQOURA The International Rhino Foundation Blog ▶ DOGS WITH JOBS: CANINE HEROES HELP WITH ANTI-RHINO POACHING http://intlrhinofoundation.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/dogs-with-jobs-canine-heroes-help-with-anti-rhino-poaching/ April 8, 2013 BBC News
▶ NEPAL'S RHINO HUNTERS BECOME THE HUNTED http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22030392 Original Article http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/07/05/fighting_a_booming_trade_in_rhino_horns.html February 18, 2013 Inter Press Service ▶ SHOOT-AT-SIGHT ORDER EFFECTIVELY KEEPING RHINO POACHERS AT BAY, NOW WEED THREATENS REFUGE http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/02/environment-weed-threatens-indian-rhinos-last-refuge/ ▶ SALE OF RHINO HORN STOCKPILE WILL ONLY FEED THE CORRUPT http://www.timeslive.co.za/ilive/2013/07/08/sale-of-horn-stockpile-will-feed-the-corrupt-ilive Original Article: http://www.timeslive.co.za/ilive/2013/07/08/sale-of-horn-stockpile-will-feed-the-corrupt-ilive Reuters, July 24, 2014
▶ SOUTH AFRICA COURT GIVES RHINO POACHER RECORD 77 YEARS http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/us-safrica-poaching-idUSKBN0FT14E20140724 LOVELY DOCUMENTARY "THERE IS A RHINO IN MY HOUSE" http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/rhino-my-house/ Live Science, September 27, 2013 ▶ HOW CHILDREN IN VIETNAM MAY PREVENT THE RHINO'S EXTINCTION http://www.livescience.com/39993-how-children-in-vietnam-may-prevent-the-rhinos-extinction.html ▶ THE ANIMAL NOBODY WANTS TO KEEP - THE DISAPPEARING RHINO http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3285098855/the-animal-nobody-wants-to-keep Jan 15, 2013 INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE ▶ — Illegal trade in rhino horns involves highly organized, mobile and well-financed criminal groups, mainly composed of Asian nationals based in Africa. These networks have ... http://ecowatch.org/2013/rhinos-in-crisis/ 21 Jan 2013 ▶ INDIA: PREMATURE DEATH OF 50+ ONE-HORNED INDIAN RHINO TRIGGERS CALL FOR IMPROVED CONSERVATION EFFORTS http://www.dw.de/spike-in-indian-rhino-deaths-triggers-worry/a-16537077?maca=en-rss-en-environment-4553-rdf May 15, 2013 Environmental News Service
▶ CALIFORNIA FATHER AND SON IMPRISONED FOR HEADING UP RHINO HORN SMUGGLING RING IN USA http://ens-newswire.com/2013/05/15/california-father-and-son-rhino-horn-smugglers-imprisoned/ ▶ 27 March, 2013 World Wildlife Fund
BABY RHINOS SIGNAL SUCCESS OF ASSAM TRANS-LOCATION AFTER BEING POACHED OUT http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/index.cfm?uNewsID=208092& ================================== AND DON'T FORGET THE ELEPHANTS ============================== Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS KILLED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.htm ▶ THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS... JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS...MAY BE EXTINCT BY 2020 http://sco.lt/85wXBZ WATCH The Ecologist "LIQUID IVORY: HOW PALM OIL IS KILLING INDONESIA'S ELEPHANTS" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vwI-N5KSUjQ ▶ CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS - NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 | http://sco.lt/8nnEJd ▶ A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/7F7mXR VIDEO - ▶ ENTIRE FAMILY OF 11 ELEPHANTS WIPED OUT - KENYA TRIALS TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS IN BID TO CURB POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3994924661/kenya-trials-text-message-alerts-in-bid-to-curb-poaching-after-entire-family-of-11-elephants-wiped-out-video Scientific American, July 09, 2014 -▶ EXTINCTION COUNTDOWN: WHY IS NAMIBIA KILLING ITS RARE DESERT ELEPHANTS? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2014/07/09/namibia-desert-elephants/ ===================== AND THE LIONS ================== - ▶ LIONS EXTINCT IN 25 AFRICAN COUNTRIES. POPULATIONS IN MORE TROUBLE THAN WE THOUGHT http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3994950184/lions-extinct-in-25-african-countries-populations-in-more-trouble-than-previously-thought SUPERB WATCH THE SERENGETI LION Life On the Plains With the Vumbi Pride http://sco.lt/5aeJX7 ==================== AND THE TIGERS ================= VIDEO July 12, 2013 Wildlife Extra News CANNED TIGER HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA? HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/tiger-hunt.html VIDEO HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: CHINA'S CLANDESTINE TIGER TRADE http://sco.lt/895ugD The Hindu, A[ril 30, 2014
▶ THE FUTURE OF THE TIGER HINGES ON GENE FLOW. The future of tigers, with approximately 3,600 remaining in fragmented habitats worldwide, hinges not just on population expansion but also on “gene flow” or the ability of the species to migrate and breed outside their territorial gene pool, finds a new study. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/the-future-of-the-tiger-hinges-on-gene-flow/article5962766.ece ▶ LOSING OUR BIG CATS: DEADLY POISON THREAT TO LAST REMAINING TIGERS IN THAILAND AND INDIA http://sco.lt/4o0U9x ▶ INDONESIA: THE RAPE AND PILLAGE OF SUMATRAN TIGERS' LAST STRONGHOLD http://sco.lt/62jf3h ▶ DEADLY POISON THREAT TO LAST REMAINING TIGERS IN THAILAND AND INDIA - LOSING OUR BIG CATS http://sco.lt/4o0U9x ▶ RUSSIAN FORESTS AND TIGERS LEFT FLOORED BY ILLEGAL LOGGING http://sco.lt/8ROSsD July 29, 2013 EarthTouch
▶ INFOGRAPHIC: International Tiger Day | Earth Touch Web TV http://earthtouch.tv/blog/article/infographic-international-tiger-day/?category=nature-news
FEATURED VIDEO August 29, 2013 Mongabay
HOW TIGERS COULD SAVE HUMAN CIVILIZATION http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0829-hance-tigers-video.html?n3ws1ttr ========================= EXTINCTION CRISIS IN 40 YEAR, WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS : ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON http://sco.lt/8fK5eT
========================== ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING TRADE One Of The Most Lucrative, Destructive Black Markets In The World http://sco.lt/5576PJ
▶ INSIDE THE $19 BILLION GLOBAL ENTERPRISE THAT'S SLAUGHTERING WILDLIFE - A CRIMINAL HORROR http://sco.lt/6iXuS1 ▶ MASS WOLF KILLINGS ARE BASED ON THE MOST CYNICAL OF PREMISES http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995194186/mass-wolf-killings-are-based-on-the-most-cynical-of-premises ▶ A DISASTER: LOSS OF TWO THIRDS OF TOP PREDATORS CAUSING GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7XHisr ▶ THE BARBARIC ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE FLOURISHES AND MUST CEASE http://sco.lt/6iIjtx ▶ MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF RARE SUMATRAN ORANGUTANS LOST IN INDONESIAN SWAMP FIRES http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/1319#.T3UO_qEtujk.twitter ▶ A GLOBAL URGENCY: TACKLING THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/5xc5Nh ▶ NEW THREAT TO CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE: "CYBERPOACHING" EXTINCTION NEARS http://sco.lt/6CmpXt ▶ FOLLOW: WILDLIFE MARGRIT @Nikela_Wildlife - FOR ALL NEWS ON AFRICAN WILDLIFE AND POACHING FOLLOW: RHINO POACHING @suemac74 on @scoopit http://www.scoop.it/t/rhino-poaching WHAT'S HAPPENING TO AFRICA'S RHINO? ONGOING NEWSAGGREGATE FROM @wildlifemargrit
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April 1, 2013 Mongabay Corruption among wildlife rangers is becoming a serious impediment in the fight against poaching, fuelled by soaring levels of cash offered by criminal poacher syndicates, senior conservation chiefs have admitted... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0401-gen-corrupt-rangers.html
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html WOULD ANYONE BUY IVORY IF THEY HAD WITNESSED THIS CRUEL SLAUGHTER? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/aug/23/ivory-slaughter-yao-ming IVORY POACHING, THESE SEVEN IMAGES SHOW THEIR TERRIBLE FATE http://www.fascinatingpics.com/ivory-poaching-a-threat-to-african-elephants-these-7-images-show-their-terrible-fate/ World Wildlife Fund
STOP WILDLIFE CRIME: THE VIDEO SERIES http://worldwildlife.org/pages/stop-wildlife-crime-the-series
AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER" (53:10)
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode
Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/ 31 March, 2013 The Guardian
GOLD AND POACHING BRING MURDER AND MISERY TO CONGOLESE WILDLIFE RESERVE http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/31/gold-poaching-murder-congo-wildlife LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING
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STUNNING IMAGES FROM THE FINALISTS IN THE WORLD ELEPHANT DAY PHOTO COMPETITION http://magazine.africageographic.com/weekly/issue-26/top-10-stories-and-galleries-2014/2-world-elephant-day-photo-competition-gallery/
FEB 27, 2013
- ▶ BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS A new special from National Geographic Television and PBS explores the brutal ivory trade and its effect on Africa's elephant populations. A new special from National Geographic Television and PBS explores the brutal ivory trade and its effect on Africa's elephant populations. "Battle for the Elephants," follows journalists Bryan Christy and Aidan Hartley as they track the ivory trade from Tanzania to China.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/battle-for-the-elephants_n_2768184.html
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS KILLED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.htm WATCH Feb 27, 2013 National Geographic "BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS" http://video.pbs.org/video/2336802391/ Episode 4 - MASSIVE IVORY STOCKPILE http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/27/battle-for-the-elephants-episode-4-massive-ivory-stockpile/
WorldWildlife Fund
▶ SEVEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELEPHANTS http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/seven-things-you-should-know-about-elephants
▶ THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS http://sco.lt/8GNLvN
August 13, 2013 Guardian Environment
THE WILDLIFE POACHING EPIDEMIC:
▶ EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT A MIND-BOGGLING 25,000 TO 40,000 ELEPHANTS ARE SLAUGHTERED ANNUALLY ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. RHINO POACHING UP IN 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/13/war-african-poaching-militarisation-fail
AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER"
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/
Guardian Environment, October 14, 2013
- ▶ THE AMAZING INTELLIGENCE OF ELEPHANTS http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/elephants-intelligence-pointing-hunted VIDEO:
THE ELEPHANTS KNEW
- ▶ WILD ELEPHANTS GATHER INEXPLICABLY, MOURN DEATH OF "ELEPHANT WHISPERER" http://delightmakers.com/news/wild-elephants-gather-inexplicably-mourn-death-of-elephant-whisperer/
- ▶ ELEPHANT SOCIETIES - THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT FAMILIES OF ANY ANIMAL http://sco.lt/5NWzyr
TerraDaily January 25, 2014
- ▶ IVORY COAST ELEPHANTS GET NEW HOME AS HABITAT SHRINKS FROM BIG AGRICULTURE TAKEOVER http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ivory_Coast_elephants_get_new_home_as_habitat_shrinks_999.html
▶ THE PASSING OF A GIANT: DEATH OF AN ELEPHANT http://sco.lt/8ps0gb IVORY POACHING, THESE SEVEN IMAGES SHOW THEIR TERRIBLE FATE http://www.fascinatingpics.com/ivory-poaching-a-threat-to-african-elephants-these-7-images-show-their-terrible-fate/ IOL SciTech, February 06, 2014
▶ LIFTING IVORY BAN WILL BE CRIMINAL: JANE GOODALL http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/lifting-ivory-ban-will-be-criminal-goodall-1.1643093#.Ux1LZ15kJK5 Mongabay - Feb 28, 2013 - ▶ ELEPHANT MASSACRE IN CONGO - 75 PERCENT LOSS OF ITS ELEPHANTS IN 15 YEARS DUE TO POACHING FOR IVORY
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0228-congo-elephant-massacre.html#H3mZ7QFCCJmqRABO.99 July 19, 2013 BBC News - ▶ A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE ------- Poaching to Extinction http://sco.lt/6hXE5x ▶ EXTINCTION AHEAD: TWO-THIRDS OF FOREST ELEPHANT SLAUGHTERED BY IVORY POACHERS IN PAST DECADE http://sco.lt/5cG05R ▶ INSIDE THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT'S SLAUGHTERING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS -- A CRIMINAL HORROR http://sco.lt/62hDkX Mongabay, December 02, 2013
- ▶ 22,000 ELEPHANTS SLAUGHTERED FOR THEIR IVORY IN 2012 http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1202-hance-elephant-poaching-2012.html Focusing on Wildlife
- ▶ 62% OF ALL AFRICA'S FOREST ELEPHANTS KILLED IN 20 YEARS (Warning: Graphic Images) GRAPH http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/62-of-all-africas-forest-elephants-killed-in-10-years-warning-graphic-images/ - ▶ POACHERS KILL 300 ELEPHANTS CYANIDE WORST MASSACRE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA IN 25 YEARS http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/poachers-kill-300-elephants-cyanide-worst-massacre-southern-africa-25-years.html VIDEO: - ▶ KENYA: ENTIRE FAMILY OF 11 ELEPHANTS WIPED OUT http://sco.lt/6cBr1d - ▶ CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS - NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 | http://sco.lt/8nnEJd BBC VIDEO REPORT July 19, 2013 BBC News HUGE IVORY HAUL FROM BABY ELEPHANTS AT HONG KONG'S PORT OF KWAI CHUNG http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23379038 July 32, 2013 Bangkok Post
- ▶ A DYING BREED: ONE BY ONE THEY DIE - AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD ELEPHANTS http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/culture/362296/a-dying-breed ▶ NEW THREAT TO CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE: "CYBERPOACHING" - EXTINCTION NEARS http://sco.lt/6CmpXt ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING TRADE: ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE, DESTRUCTIVE BLACK MARKETS IN THE WORLD http://sco.lt/5576PJ August 8, 2013 Treehugger
- ▶ ELEPHANTS TAKE REVENGE ON INDIAN VILLAGES AFTER HERD MEMBER IS KILLED BY TRAIN http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/elephants-ransack-village-after-member-their-herd-was-hit-train.html August 8, 2013 African Geographic - ▶ RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF 10,000 ELEPHANTS...FACING ONE YEAR IN JAIL? http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/responsible-for-the-slaughter-of-10-000-elephants-facing-one-year-in-jail/ June 18, 2013 Africa Geographic - ▶ ELEPHANTS FACE EXTINCTION IF BEIJING DOES NOT BAN IVORY TRADE, NOW http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/news/elephants-face-extinction-if-beijing-does-not-ban-ivory-trade/ - ▶ LEST WE FORGET: - A FAMILY FALLS Africa's Ivory-Profit Driven Elephant Mass Slaughter Continues http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3292956185/lest-we-forget-africa-s-ivory-profit-driven-elephant-mass-slaughter-continues-a-family-falls March 3, 2013 - ▶ THAI PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES END TO IVORY TRADE http://www.wwf.org.au/?6241/Thai-prime-minister-announces-end-to-ivory-trade March 3, 2013 - ▶ THEY'RE STANDING IN LINE : THREE IVORY TRADERS FOR EVERY THAI ELEPHANT - Nature - Environment - The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/three-ivory-traders-for-every-thai-elephant-8518011.html - ▶ ECOCIDE NATION: ACTIVISTS CALL FOR SANCTIONS OVER THAILAND'S ELEPHANT IVORY TRADE NBC World News http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/02/17156137-activists-to-call-for-sanctions-over-thailands-elephant-ivory-trade?lite - ▶ ‘WHITE GOLD" IN CHINA - SLIDE SHOW - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/03/01/world/asia/20130301IVORY.html March 4, 2013 - New York Times - ▶ THE PRICE OF IVORY: AN ILLICIT TRAIL OF AFRICAN IVORY TO CHINA http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/world/asia/an-illicit-trail-of-african-ivory-to-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&; Feb 27, 2013 - ▶ BLOOD IVORY BECOMING A HOT COMMODITY AMONG CHINA'S GROWING MIDDLE CLASS - ‘BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS;" http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/02/battle-for-the-elephants-blood-ivory-becoming-a-hot-commodity-among-chinas-growing-middle-class.html A LOVELY WATCH : "ECHO: AN UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANT" (BBC) http://sco.lt/7KAzdh - ▶ DRONES COULD SOON BE HELPING PROTECT RHINOS, TIGERS AND ELEPHANTS IN AFRICA AND ASIA - THANKS TO CASH FROM GOOGLE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3645438876/drones-could-soon-be-helping-protect-rhinos-tigers-and-elephants-in-africa-and-asia National Geographic - ▶ WHEN ELEPHANT BECOME PESTS : 14 PYGMY ELEPHANTS DIE MYSTERIOUSLY IN BORNEO IN FORESTS BEING CLEARED FOR PALM OIL PLANTATIONS http://sco.lt/7J03HN
VIDEO - Al Jazeerah, March 20, 2013 - MARAUDING ELEPHANTS AND A BEE FENCE In recent years, a successful conservation programme has seen the number of elephants rise in Kenya. But there is a problem – marauding gangs of elephants are increasingly raiding farmers' crops and destroying property.,, http://ow.ly/iePPk - ▶ WILL AFRICAN ELEPHANTS BE EXTINCT IN TEN YEARS? | Aid for Africa http://www.aidforafrica.org/blog/will-african-elephants-be-extinct-in-ten-years/ - ▶ MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=elephants - ▶ MORE ON WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING - ▶ FOLLOW WILDLIFE MARGRIT FOR INDEPTH INFO ON AFRICAN WILDLIFE POACHING - An Amazing Advocate for Wildlife http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3530944006/follow-wildlife-margrit-for-indepth-info-on-african-wildlife-an-amazing-advocate-for-wildlife
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WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: Once common throughout Africa and Asia, elephant numbers were severely depleted the 19th century, largely due to the massive ivory trade. While some populations are now stable, poaching and habitat destruction continue to threaten the species.... http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/elephants/index.cfm
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS KILLED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.htm
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"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER" (53:10)
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode
Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/
Mongabay, May 3, 2014
▶ CULLING ELEPHANTS LEAVES AN IMPACT ON THEIR SOCIAL STRUCTURE DECADES LATER. Scientists are finding that past African elephant culling operations, despite having ended decades ago, have greatly impacted surviving elephant populations and dramatically disrupted their social behavior. Researchers from the University of Sussex studied and compared the social behavior of two elephant herds: one that was severely affected by 1970 and 1980 culling operations and a herd that was relatively unaffected. In their results, published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology, researchers Prof. Karen McComb and Dr. Graeme Shannon found that the elephant herds that had experienced culling operations exhibited signs of post traumatic stress disorder. http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0530-mark-elephants-killing.html Nature, PBS ▶ UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANTS: WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF ELEPHANT EMOTIONS? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/unforgettable/emotions.html Environmental News Network
EMPATHETIC ELEPHANTS
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/47077
MORE EVIDENCE FOR EMPATHY IN ELEPHANTS VIDEO
Science/AAAS, February 1, 2014
ELEPHANTS CONSOLE EACH OTHER
http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2014/02/elephants-console-each-other AND One Green Planet ▶ STUDY REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF ASIAN ELEPHANTS http://www.onegreenplanet.org/ne ws/study-reveals-more-about-the-emotional-lives-of-asian-elephants/
Africa Geographic, - ▶ A BEAUTIFUL, HEART-MOVING STORY - ELEPHANT CALF DEVOTED TO DYING MOTHER (THIS IS NOT A POACHING STORY) http://africageographic.com/blog/elephant-calf-devoted-to-dying-mother/
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EarthTouch News Network
HERD RESCUES TINY BABY ELEPHANT FROM MUDDY PIT
If you've ever doubted the strength of elephant social bonds, then watch this amazing video of a female elephant rescuing a calf from a slippery waterhole in the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/articles/2014/february/20/herd-rescues-tiny-baby-elephant-from-a-muddy-pit.aspx
Earth In Transition, March 26, 2014 - ▶ SURPRISE: ELEPHANTS ARE REALLY INTELLIGENT (REALLY!) http://www.earthintransition.org/2014/03/surprise-elephants-are-really-intelligent-really/ The Dodo, May 07, 2014
-▶ SEVEN WAYS ELEPHANTS ARE A LOT MORE LIKE US THAN YOU THINK https://www.thedodo.com/7-ways-elephants-are-a-lot-mor-540480859.html
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- ▶ ELEPHANTS - THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT SOCIETIES OF ANY ANIMAL - GOING, GOING ... http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3815779358/elephants-the-most-closely-knit-societies-of-any-animal-going-going ========================= May 7, 2013 Mongabay - ▶ A TALE OF TWO ELEPHANTS: CELEBRATING THE LIVES AND MOURNING THE DEATHS OF CIRROCUMULUS AND NGAMPIT http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0507-isaacs-elephants-commentary.html VIDEO:
THE ELEPHANTS KNEW
WILD ELEPHANTS GATHER INEXPLICABLY, MOURN DEATH OF "ELEPHANT WHISPERER" http://delightmakers.com/news/wild-elephants-gather-inexplicably-mourn-death-of-elephant-whisperer/ National Geographic, March 10, 2014
▶ ELEPHANTS KNOW HOW DANGEROUS WE ARE FROM HOW WE SPEAK http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140310-elephants-amboseli-national-park-kenya-maasai-kamba-lions-science/ Earth In Transition, March 26, 2014 - ▶ SURPRISE: ELEPHANTS ARE REALLY INTELLIGENT (REALLY!) http://www.earthintransition.org/2014/03/surprise-elephants-are-really-intelligent-really/
Earth in Transition, March 13, 2014
▶ ELEPHANT DESTROYS HOUSE, THEN RESCUES HUMAN BABY http://www.earthintransition.org/2014/03/elephant-destroys-house-rescues-baby/
VIDEO BBC - Future
HOW ELEPHANTS CREATE THE RAIN: JUMBO GARDENERS: HOW ELEPHANTS AFFECT WEATHER http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140114-elephants-the-forest-gardeners
======================== - ▶ THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS http://sco.lt/5Bft8T - ▶ A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE: POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/7F7mXR ---- WATCH ---- 4-PART VIDEO SERIES: 'BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS' NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VIDEO - Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1 -▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING TRADE: ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE, DESTRUCTIVE BLACK MARKETS IN THE WORLD http://sco.lt/5576PJ ▶ NEW THREAT TO CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE: "CYBERPOACHING" - EXTINCTION NEARS http://sco.lt/6CmpXt
▶ Gr8 VIDEOS: ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP http://sco.lt/7uEZOL
WATCH "ECHO: AN UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANT" (BBC Version) http://sco.lt/7KAzdh MORE ON ELEPHANTS, POACHING AND DECLINE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=elephants
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Dec. 26, 2012 - New York Times Gabon’s government has made efforts to combat poaching, but as the price of ivory soars its elephants are being slaughtered. The consequences of the soaring price of ivory are affecting longtime wildlife champion Gabon, where 10,000 elephants have been slaughtered over the past several years by criminals and poor hunters. "It is a story of temptation -- and exploitation -- and it shows that the problem is not just about demand, but about supply as well. Poverty, as well as greed, is killing Africa's elephants," writes Jeffrey Gettleman. The New York Times ELEPHANTS - THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT SOCIETIES OF ANY ANIMAL - GOING, GOING ... http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3815779358/elephants-the-most-closely-knit-societies-of-any-animal-going-going WHY IT'S TIME TO BAN THE IVORY TRADE FOR GOOD [Graphic images: viewer discretion advised] http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3731951859/why-it-s-time-to-ban-the-ivory-trade-for-good-graphic-images-viewer-discretion-advised A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS: IN A TANZANIAN VILLAGE, ELEPHANT POACHERS THRIVE: NPR http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163629043/in-a-tanzanian-village-elephant-poachers-thrive THE LAST RHINO - DOCUMENTARY - The wholesale slaughter of one of Africa's most praised natural assets http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3402319653/the-last-rhino-documentary-the-wholesale-slaughter-of-one-of-africa-s-most-praised-natural-assets DRONES COULD SOON BE HELPING PROTECT RHINOS, TIGERS AND ELEPHANTS IN AFRICA AND ASIA - THANKS TO CASH FROM GOOGLE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3645438876/drones-could-soon-be-helping-protect-rhinos-tigers-and-elephants-in-africa-and-asia THE ANIMAL NOBODY WANTS TO KEEP via @Nikela_Wildlife http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3285098855/the-animal-nobody-wants-to-keep UN TO LAUNCH STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME - ERADICATING ECOCIDE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3243219562/un-to-launch-study-on-environmental-crime-eradicating-ecocide HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS OUT ON CRIMINAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING ... http://ecowatch.org/2012/hillary-clinton-wildlife-trafficking/ MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?page=1&q=POACHING FOLLOW WILDLIFE MARGRIT FOR INDEPTH INFO ON AFRICAN WILDLIFE POACHING - An Amazing Advocate for Wildlife http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3530944006/follow-wildlife-margrit-for-indepth-info-on-african-wildlife-an-amazing-advocate-for-wildlife
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December 12, 2012 MongaBay This week the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) announced a 14% decline in elephants in the Samburu/Laikipia ecosystem over the last 4 years.
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1212-kahumbu-op-ed-poaching.html#warAT6dFvrM6kLfP.99
This year alone (2012), we anticipate that 30,000 African elephants will be killed for their ivory. It is estimated that 448 black rhinos were poached in 2012 in South Africa to meet the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia and China. Today, only 3,200 tigers remain in the wild because so many have been killed for their parts. More than 25 million individual sharks will be killed this year for their fins, including many from endangered species.,, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-cristian-samper/the-connection-between-sp_b_2220725.html
Wildlife Extra News ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS KILLED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html
The Dodo, November 21, 2014
-▶ IMAGINING A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS. A poacher’s bullet kills more than elephants — an elephant’s death ricochets through the ecosystem, affecting everything from other animals to the vegetation where the pachyderms roam. https://www.thedodo.com/world-without-elephants-832031961.html
Focusing On Wildlife -▶ 62% OF ALL AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANTS SLAUGHTERED IN 10 YEARS = INFOGRAPH More than 60 percent of Africa’s forest elephants have been killed in the past decade due to the ivory trade, reports a new study published in the online journal PLOS ONE. The study warns that the diminutive elephant species — genetically distinct from the better-known savanna elephant — is rapidly heading toward extinction.... http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/62-of-all-africas-forest-elephants-killed-in-10-years-warning-graphic-images/
AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER"
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/
IVORY ALE MUST STOP OR AFRICA' ELEPHANT COULD SOON BE EXTINCT, SAY JANE GOODALL http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3753009181/ivory-sales-must-stop-or-africa-s-elephants-could-soon-be-extinct-says-jane-goodall
LEST WE FORGET: Africa's Ivory-Profit Driven Elephant Mass Slaughter Continues - A Family Falls http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3292956185/lest-we-forget-africa-s-ivory-profit-driven-elephant-mass-slaughter-continues-a-family-falls
RHINO POACHING PEAKS ACROSS AFRICA AS DEMAND FOR HORNS SOARS Dec 31, 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rhino-poachingpeaks-across-africa-as-demand-for-horns-soars-8434200.html
THE DIRTY WAR AGAINST AFRICA'S RHINOS - Extinction Is Forever http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3527088396/the-dirty-war-against-africa-s-rhinos-extinction-is-forever
OUTGUNNED: ILLICIT TRADE IN WILDLIFE HAS EXPLODED INTO A #19BN CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3700199111/outgunned-illicit-trade-in-wildlife-has-exploded-into-a-19bn-criminal-enterprise-video
Follow Wildlife Margrit for Indepth Info On African Wildlife - An Amazing Advocate for Wildlife http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3530944006/follow-wildlife-margrit-for-indepth-info-on-african-wildlife-an-amazing-advocate-for-wildlife
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Dec. 8, 2012 - Huffington Post Green THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SPECIES EXTINCTION, ORGANIZED CRIME, AND THE SPREAD OF DISEASE: POACHING There is no lack of reasons to join efforts to stop wildlife trafficking. Together, we need to protect the source, break the chain and stop demand. This year alone (2012), we anticipate that 30,000 African elephants will be killed for their ivory. It is estimated that 448 black rhinos were poached in 2012 in South Africa to meet the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia and China. Today, only 3,200 tigers remain in the wild because so many have been killed for their parts. More than 25 million individual sharks will be killed this year for their fins, including many from endangered species.,, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-cristian-samper/the-connection-between-sp_b_2220725.html
AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER"
PBS Nature: Intro & Full Episode Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/ LEST WE FORGET: Africa's Ivory-Profit Driven Elephant Mass Slaughter Continues - A Family Falls http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3292956185/lest-we-forget-africa-s-ivory-profit-driven-elephant-mass-slaughter-continues-a-family-falls THE DIRTY WAR AGAINST AFRICA'S RHINOS - Extinction Is Forever http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3527088396/the-dirty-war-against-africa-s-rhinos-extinction-is-forever DRONES COULD SOON BE HELPING PROTECT RHINO, TIGERS AND ELEPHANT in Africa and Asia http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3645438876/drones-could-soon-be-helping-protect-rhinos-tigers-and-elephants-in-africa-and-asia WATCH: "SAVING LEUSER - TRIPA" A Short film by Carlos Quiles - YouTube The video is a short story of the long term documentary Saving Leuser. We need the maximum support not just for Tripa but to save the Leuser ecosystem, the only place in the world that hosts five endangered species as tigers, rhinos, orangutans, elephants and bears.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBxZ4zg8y8 Guardian Environment, March 24, 2014
AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES ACCUSED OF JEOPARDIZING SUMATRAN PRIZED LEUSER ECOSYSTEM INDONESIAN THREATENING WILDLIFE EXTINCTION http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/24/australian-companies-accused-of-hampering-conservation-in-indonesia
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RHINO KILLINGS EWN’s Matshidiso Madia spends sometime at Haartzhoogte lodge where 11 rhino were poached in the space of 6 weeks... In South Africa anti-poaching groups, breeders and government are in a losing global battle against rhino poachers – the number of rhinoceros’ killed by poachers has escalated from 13 in 2007, to 528 in the first eleven months of 2012. For many rhino farmers like Spamer and Haartzhoogte owner Braam Van Greuning’s family, this attack signals an ending - an end to the relationship they had with all 29 rhino, an end to watching the calves fill up the reserve’s watering hole and wandering into the camp sites. It also signals the end to a much needed breeding programme that helped increase the numbers of a dying species.... Until someone comes up with a viable plan of action, South Africa and the rest of the continent will remain on a slippery slope towards a world with only the big four to show off. http://ewn.co.za/2012/11/08/Rhino-Killings New York Times, December 31, 2012 RUTHLESS SMUGGLING RINGS PUT RHINOS IN CROSS HAIRS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/world/africa/ruthless-smuggling-rings-put-rhinos-in-the-cross-hairs.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto&_r=1&; THE DIRTY WAR AGAINST AFRICA'S RHINOS - Extinction Is Forever http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3527088396/the-dirty-war-against-africa-s-rhinos-extinction-is-forever Independent, December 31, 2012 RHINO POACHING PEAKS ACROSS AFRICA AS DEMAND FOR HORNS SOARS http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rhino-poachingpeaks-across-africa-as-demand-for-horns-soars-8434200.html ANOTHER DEADLY YEAR FOR RHINOS http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/african-widlife/another-deadly-year-for-rhinos/7942 DYING RHINO LEADS CALF TO SAFETY IN FINAL ACT OF MOTHERLY LOVE AS GAME RESERVE POACHER GO ON FOUR-DAY KILLING SPREE IN SOUTH AFRICA http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238694/Dying-rhino-leads-calf-safety-final-act-motherly-love-game-reserve-poachers-day-killing-spree-South-Africa.html LEST WE FORGET: Africa's Ivory-Driven Elephant Slaughter Continues - A Family Falls http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-lif ALL ABOUT POACHING AND ANNIHILATION OF OUR TREASURED WILDLIFE: POVERTY, AS WELL AS GREED, KILLING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3893395511/poverty-as-well-as-greed-killing-africa-s-elephants-10-000-massacred-in-gabon-alone AFRICAN SAVANNAH LOsES TWO-THRIDS OF ITS LION IN 50 YEARS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3632407189/african-savannah-loses-two-thirds-of-its-lions-in-50-years Follow Wildlife Margrit for Indepth Info On African Wildlife - An Amazing Advocate for Wildlife http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3530944006/follow-wildlife-margrit-for-indepth-info-on-african-wildlife-an-amazing-advocate-for-wildlife
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Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa Some 15 million Africans abandon the countryside every year in pursuit of better lives in the city. Climate change and further desertification will only exacerbate that trend. How will these ballooning urban populations survive? The best strategy, they're finding, is to begin sowing seeds right where they are.
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This is not hunting. There ought to be a law against this. Shame on whoever thought up and runs this sick occupation. Shame on the pathetic individuals who condone this and those who actually call themselves 'hunters'. It's a rather sick joke! Animals have feelings too you know. Please show your disgust by supporting the Born Free Foundation and order My Funny Africa today.. or submit YOUR wildlife story here: http://greernoble.com/invitation---non-fiction.html