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March 1, 2013 - The Guardian Environment
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
Live Science, February 05, 2014
▶ DRONES ENTER THE BATTLE AGAINST ELEPHANT, RHINO POACHERS - THANKS TO GOOGLE http://news.yahoo.com/drones-enter-battle-against-elephant-rhino-poachers-162137029.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
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
A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/6hXE5x
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
MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER
http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=elephants
RHINOS IN CRISIS:
POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE REACH HIGHEST LEVELS IN 20 YEARS http://sco.lt/5t5don
MORE ON WILDLIFE POACHING
http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING
ENDANGERED SPECIES http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/endangeredspecies
