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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
allAfrica, February 12, 2015
▶ AFRICA: A ROAD MAP TO FIGHTING POACHING AND ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE http://allafrica.com/stories/201502130961.html
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
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
May 29, 2013 Economy Watch ▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE : ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE, DESTRUCTIVE BLACK MARKETS IN THE WORLD The illegal trade of animals or animal parts has become one of the most lucrative black market activities in the world. Driven by the promise of high profit margins, poachers in Africa – namely militias, armed groups, and insurgent groups – have driven rhinos and elephants close to extinction, while murdering hundreds of park rangers in the process. NGOs and governments now face a race against time to reduce demand for wildlife trade, particularly in Asia, as well as to equip those on the frontline to fight a well-armed enemy.... http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/the-economics-of-the-illegal-wildlife-trade.29-05.html
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
May 29, 2013 World Wildlife Fund
▶ UN CHIEF TAKES POACHING CONCERNS TO SECURITY COUNCIL http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/?uNewsID=208833&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
The Guardian Environment, March 1, 2013 -
▶ GLOBAL URGENCY: TACKLING THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILD ANIMALS The grisly trade in wild animals is underpinned by slaughter, smuggling and money-laundering. It's time to get serious Elephant poaching in the African continent is now at its highest for 20 years, with an estimated 25,000 elephants killed in 2011. Illegal trade in wildlife has now reached a scale that poses an immediate risk to wildlife and to people. Over the past five years, we have seen a dramatic spike in the poaching and illegal trade in elephants and rhinos. In 2011 an estimated 25,000 elephants were poached across Africa and in South Africa alone 668 rhinos were lost to poachers in 2012.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/01/cites-animals-illegal-trade
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
-▶ WILDLIFE POACHERS FACE A NEW ENEMY: According to the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, illegal trafficking of wildlife now ranks as the 3rd largest criminal industry in the world. Every year, millions of animals are slaughtered or kidnapped because of the value placed on their pelt, skin, horns, tusks or meat. This industry driven not just by criminals looking to make a quick buck, but also by complex social, economic and environmental issues... http://ablorg.tumblr.com/post/32674612392/wildlife-poachers-face-a-new-enemy
Brown University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
-▶ PDF: SUMMARIZING THE EVIDENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ILLEGAL WILDLIFE AND PLANTS http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-010-0317-y#page-1
TerraDaily, Bangkok (AFP) March 4, 2013 -▶ NEARLY 3,000 WILD GREAT APES STOLEN OR POACHED EACH YEAR - Almost 3,000 great apes are killed or captured in the wild each year because of rampant illegal trade, according to a new UN report voicing fears for their survival....More than 22,000 great apes are estimated to have been lost to the illicit trade between 2005 and 2011, according to the study by the UN Environment Programme, which oversees the Great Apes Survival Partnership (Grasp). http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Nearly_3000_wild_great_apes_stolen_each_year_UN_999.html -▶ PRIMATOLOGIST WARNS OF POSSIBLE GREAT APE EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/7zDhMf
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Wildlife Extra News, April 2014
"HOPE" (15:00)
- Rwanda's mountain gorillas star in new documentary
The film, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, takes a historical look back to 1967 when Dian Fossey began her work. Fewer than 300 mountain gorillas remained at the time, their population ravaged by poachers, who for years targeted the gorillas to make money, selling infant gorillas to zoos or the hands and heads of the adults as trophies to wealthy tourists. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/Mountain-gorillas-film.html#cr
Ring of Fire, March 05, 2014
▶ THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS A $19 BILLION A YEAR TRAGIC WILDLIFE TRAGEDY http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2014/03/nra-elephant-preservation/
-▶ THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE POACHING TRADE: ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE, DESTRUCTIVE BLACK MARKETS IN THE WORLD http://sco.lt/5576PJ
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
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
Time Magazine, December 22, 2014
▶ STUDY: BURGEONING TRADE IN WILD-CAT PRODUCTS FROM BURMA TO CHINA http://time.com/3645148/tiger-wild-cats-burma-myanmar-china/
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT CHINA'S CLANDESTINE TIGER TRADE http://sco.lt/67y5Fh
-▶ PITY THE LITTLE PANGOLINS BEING EATEN INTO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/4scV9d
▶ THE BARBARIC ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE FLOURISHES AND MUST CEASE http://sco.lt/6iIjtx
-▶ OCEAN POACHING: MANTA RAYS: HOW ILLEGAL TRADE EATS IT OWN LUNCH http://sco.lt/6ft5xB
VIDEO REPORT THE RACE TO SAVE THE TURTLE AND THE TORTOISE http://sco.lt/9Lngp7
THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS COULD BE EXTINCT BY 2020 http://sco.lt/85wXBZ
June 6, 2013 The Atlantic ▶ INSIDE THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT'S SLAUGHTERING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS The scale of poaching is a criminal horror. Why Obama should make it a priority issue -- in his meeting with China's Xi Jinping this week and beyond... http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/inside-the-global-industry-thats-slaughtering-africas-elephants/276582
ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON EXTINCTION CRISIS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS IN 40 YEARS: http://sco.lt/8fK5eT
-▶ NEW THREAT TO CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE 'CYPERPOACHING -- EXTINCTION NEARS http://sco.lt/6CmpXt
Scientific American, June 29, 2014
-▶ ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME FUNDS TERRORISM Environmental destruction—-from smuggling elephant tusks to illegal dumping of toxic waste—-generates as much as $213 billion annually for criminals and terrorists. http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/environmental-crime-funds-terrorism/
--- WATCH --- Video, PBSNature ****"BROKEN TAIL: A TIGER'S LAST JOURNEY - FULL EPISODE http://sco.lt/8WqMBV
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BBC News, February 13, 2014 ▶ DECLARATION SIGNED ON ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE . Delegates from 46 different countries and 11 UN organisations have signed The London Declaration. With four African presidents - as well as delegates from China and Vietnam - among the signatories, the illegal animal trade has been pushed from the conservation agenda to the political one. But now the hard work begins.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26172179
Guardian Environment, February 12, 2014
▶ ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE: 50 NATIONS GATHER IN LONDON FOR HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/12/illegal-wildlife-trade-50-nations-london-summit
VIDEO ▶ OUTGUNNED: ILLICIT TRADE IN WILDLIFE HAS EXPLODED INTO A $19 BILLION CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE http://sco.lt/7RuB9d
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
June 3, 2013 Forest News ▶ Q&A: WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic Treehugger, June 24, 2014
▶ ECOCIDE: IT'S TIME TO TREAT ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE LIKE A SERIOUS CRIME. A new U.N. report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind illegal trading in wood and wildlife. It’s difficult to put an exact value on the clandestine trade in timber and animals, but estimates from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the UN Environmental Programme and INTERPOL range from $70 to $213 billion U.S. dollars per year. Steiner said these numbers are very likely an underestimate. http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/its-time-treat-illegal-wildlife-trade-serious-crime.html
▶ INDONESIA; THE RAPE AND PILLAGE OF SUMATRAN TIGERS' LAST STRONGHOLD http://sco.lt/8B8NWb
-▶ SUMATRAN RAINFORESTS RAVAGED WITH ALL LIFE WITHIN IT http://sco.lt/6Sdg13
▶ LOSING OUR BIG CATS: DEADLY POISON THREAT TO LAST REMAINING TIGERS IN THAILAND AND INDIA http://sco.lt/4o0U9x ▶ LIONS EXTINCT IN 25 AFRICAN COUNTRIES. POPULATIONS IN MORE TROUBLE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT http://sco.lt/63ur8T
-▶ HUNTING SEED DISPERSING ANIMALS PUSHING CENTRAL AFRICAN FORESTS TOWARD ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/6Q8PZp ▶ TWO THIRDS LOSS OF TOP PREDATORS CAUSING GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS TO COLLAPSE - IMPACTING BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/8K1lJJ United Nations News Centre, June 28, 2014 -▶ UN CHIEF ADOPTS LION CUB TO SUPPORT EFFORTS AGAINST WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48163
Guardian Environment, April 29, 2014
-▶ THE "INHUMANITY" OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE: FOUR CALVES AMONG SIX ELEPHANTS MURDERED IN KENYAN NATIONAL PARK. Poachers chopped tusks off three of the elephants, and hacked the face off one juvenile in Tsavo East national park http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/29/calves-elephants-killed-kenyan-national-park
RHINOS IN CRISIS
POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE REACH HIGHEST LEVELS IN 20 YEARS http://sco.lt/6zVwtl
================= ELEPHANTS ================ 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
AN INCREDIBLE WATCH ELEPHANT CULTURE
"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/ Focusing on Wildlife
▶ 62% OF ALL AFRICA'S FOREST ELEPHANTS KILLED IN 10 YEARS - COULD BE EXTINCT IN 10 YEARS (GRAPH) (warning: graphic images) http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/62-of-all-africas-forest-elephants-killed-in-10-years-warning-graphic-images/
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
Guardian Environment, September 23, 2014
-▶ ELEPHANT KILLINGS IN MOZAMBIQUE HAPPENING ON AN 'INDUSTRIALISED' SCALE http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/23/elephant-killings-industrialised-scale-illegal-ivory-trade
▶ 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/
PASSING OF A GIANT DEATH OF AN ELEPHANT http://sco.lt/6gxrW5 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 ELEPHANTS THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT SOCIETIES OF ANY ANIMAL - GOING, GOING http://sco.lt/5uhjUn
▶ EXTINCTION AHEAD: TWO-THIRDS OF FOREST ELEPHANT SLAUGHTERED BY IVORY POACHERS IN PAST DECADE http://sco.lt/5cG05R
Toronto Star, October 8, 2013 ▶ WAS THE SLAUGHTER AT KENYA WESTGATE MALL FUNDED BY ILLEGAL ELEPHANT IVORY ? http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/10/07/to_save_elephants_and_fight_terrorism_we_must_boycott_ivory.html ▶ 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
▶ A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS ▶ UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/6hXE5x
-- WATCH -- ▶ 'BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS' ▶ National Geographic Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1
-▶ MASS WOLF KILLINGS ARE BASED ON THE MOST CYNICAL OF PREMISES http://sco.lt/5TCsBl
-▶ ENDING THE WAR ON USA WILDLIFE http://sco.lt/8FVdXF
▶ ECOCIDE: A PLAGUE OF DEFORESTATION SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH TERRIBLE LOSS OF WILDLIFE AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/8aPgp7
▶ ORANGUTANS CLING TO LAST REMAINING TREE AS CORPORATE BULLDOZERS DECIMATE FORESTS http://sco.lt/6aimJ7 THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US http://sco.lt/95E5aL ▶ *** ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH
AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/
▶ **** MORE ON ELEPHANT POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/curate?q=ELEPHANTS ▶ **** MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?page=1&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:
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/ 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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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
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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/
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▶ 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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Jan 31, 2013 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Fourteen endangered Borneo pygmy elephants died of mysterious causes, conservationists. Malaysian authorities discovered a group of elephant carcasses close together in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, located in the northeastern corner of Borneo (map), a Southeast Asian island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. "We don't know officially yet how they died, but what we do know is this is an area of forest that is being cleared for plantations, and it's very common that when the forest is cleared, conflict between humans and elephants spikes," said Long. For instance, in agricultural areas in neighboring Sumatra, people have put out poisoned fruit for elephants to eat, causing a whole herd to drop dead in one area. The poison is usually whatever is locally available, such as rodenticide, he said. say.... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/01/130131-borneo-pygmy-elephants-killings-animals-conservation-science/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20130204news-pygele&utm_campaign=Content Jan 30, 2013 MORE BORNEO PYGMY ELEPHANTS FOUND DEAD, TOLL RISES TO 13 - Poisoned? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/borneo-pygmy-elephants-dead_n_2579880.htmlhttp://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163629043/in-a-tanzanian-village-elephant-poachers-thrive March 17, 2013 - Focusing on Wildlife NEW PLANTATION CONCESSIONS THREATEN BORNEO PYGMY ELEPHANTS http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/new-plantation-concessions-threaten-borneo-pygmy-elephants/ 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- WATCH The Ecologist "LIQUID IVORY: HOW PALM OIL IS KILLING INDONESIA'S ELEPHANTS" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vwI-N5KSUjQ MORE ON ELEPHANTS, POACHING AND DECLINE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=elephants
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Jan 15, 2013 Cause2 Causes - ▶ ENTIRE ELEPHANT FAMILY KILLED FOR IVORY IN AFRICA http://www.care2.com/causes/entire-elephant-family-killed-for-their-ivory.html WATCH THE IVORY TRADE: POACHERS SLAUGHTER ENTIRE ELEPHANT FAMILY IN KENYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTRuj8-F2tQ
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 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
RHINOS IN CRISIS POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE TAKING SPECIES TO BRING OF EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/7nvEiv - ▶ THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS: JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS = MAY BE EXTINCT BY 2020 http://sco.lt/85wXBZ
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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/
TerraDaily, December 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 New York Times, December 25, 2012 - ▶ POVERTY AS WELL AS GREED KILLING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS - 10,000 MASSACRED IN GABON ALONG http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/world/africa/in-gabon-lure-of-ivory-proves-hard-to-resist.html?_r=1
Guardian, Jan 11, 2013 KENYA TEXT MESSAGE ALERT POACHING Security officials at Kenya Wildlife Service hope system will help national parks reduce poaching by up to 90%... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/11/kenya-text-message-alert-poaching VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvDvh6dcAz4
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://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3815779358/elephants-the-most-closely-knit-societies-of-any-animal-going-going - ▶ 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 - ▶ IVORY SALE 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 WATCH National Geographic 4-Part Series BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS' Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1 - ▶ GOOGLE GRANT HELPS FIGHT POACHERS WITH DRONES http://mashable.com/2012/12/10/google-grant-wwf/ - ▶ HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS OUT ON CRIMINAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING ... http://ecowatch.org/2012/hillary-clinton-wildlife-trafficking/ NPR, October 25, 2012 - ▶ A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS: IN A TANZANIAN VILLAGE, ELEPHANT POACHERS THRIVE http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163629043/in-a-tanzanian-village-elephant-poachers-thrive
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 NOBODY WANTS TO KEEP http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3285098855/the-animal-nobody-wants-to-keep
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 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 ========================== -▶ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/
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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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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
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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/ 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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In an impoverished country, elephant poaching is a quick way to make big money. A pair of poachers explain how they track and kill elephants in one of Africa's top game reserves. October 25, 2012: NAIROBI Scientists tell us that elephants have death rituals. They will, for instance, cluster around a dead individual and touch the carcass with their trunks, and then return much later to caress the bones. "Sometimes when they have a funeral, it's like a party for me," he says. "You shoot one, and before he dies the others come to mourn for the one who is injured. And so I kill another one, and kill another one." .. http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163629043/in-a-tanzanian-village-elephant-poachers-thrive Dar Es Salaam, December 30, 2013
MAJOR UPSURGE IN TANZANIA ELEPHANT POACHING: OFFICIAL http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Major_upsurge_in_Tanzania_elephant_poaching_official_999.html More than 12,000 elephants are poached (slaughtered) every year in Africa - for just their tusks http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3051466732/more-than-12-000-elephants-are-poached-slaughtered-every-year-in-africa-for-just-their-tusks 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 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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May 29, 2013 Economy Watch THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE The illegal trade of animals or animal parts has become one of the most lucrative black market activities in the world. Driven by the promise of high profit margins, poachers in Africa – namely militias, armed groups, and insurgent groups – have driven rhinos and elephants close to extinction, while murdering hundreds of park rangers in the process. NGOs and governments now face a race against time to reduce demand for wildlife trade, particularly in Asia, as well as to equip those on the frontline to fight a well-armed enemy.... http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/the-economics-of-the-illegal-wildlife-trade.29-05.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 ▶ 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/ 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 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 September 5, 2013 Treehugger
▶ POACHERS POISON WATERING HOLES WITH CYANIDE, KILLING 41 ELEPHANTS, THREATENING OTHER SPECIES TOO http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/poachers-poison-watering-hole-kill-41-african-elephants.html VIDEO REPORT July 19, 2013 BBC News - ▶ HUGE IVORY HAUL FROM BABY ELEPHANTS AT HONG KONG'S PORT OF KWAI CHUNG Chung http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23379038 ▶ THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS -- JUST FOR THEIR TUSKS http://sco.lt/8GNLvN ▶ NEW THREAT TO CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE: "CYBERPOACHING" - EXTINCTION NEARS http://sco.lt/6CmpXt ▶ CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS - NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 | http://sco.lt/8nnEJd ▶ INSIDE THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT'S SLAUGHTERING AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS - A CRIMINAL HORROR http://sco.lt/62hDkX ▶ A WORLD WITHOUT ELELPHANTS - UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/6hXE5x Guardian Environment, October 14, 2013
▶ THE AMAZING INTELLIGENCE OF ELEPHANTS http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/elephants-intelligence-pointing-hunted 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 >>ELEPHANTS - ▶ THE MOST CLOSELY-KNIT SOCIETIES OF ANY ANIMAL - GOING, GOING http://sco.lt/5uhjUn -- WATCH -- SHORT ANIMATED VIDEO
倒带 REWIND - WHAT IF POACHED IVORY COULD BE RETURNED TO THE ELEPHANTS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFEnsiqxDU&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferf3524&utm_medium=twitter May 29, 2013 World Wildlife Fund
▶ UN CHIEF TAKES POACHING CONCERNS TO SECURITY COUNCIL http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/?uNewsID=208833&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 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/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - VIDEO "BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS" Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1 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 A LOVELY WATCH : "ECHO: AN UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANT" (BBC) http://sco.lt/7KAzdh June 3, 2013 Forest News
▶ WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic VIDEO ▶ CANNED HUNTING INDUSTRY: THE LIONS BRED FOR TROPHY PRIVATE HUNTING http://sco.lt/7vy6Aj MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?page=1&q=POACHING
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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
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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/ 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
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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/
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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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
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/ 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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BBC News, September 04, 2014
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
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/
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
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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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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/
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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/
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
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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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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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