Britain to ban ivory sales
Britain will ban sales of ivory in a bid to help preserve the world's dwindling elephant population, the government announced Tuesday.
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Google, Facebook come down on the side of elephants, rhinos, tigers
A week after the United States quietly lifted a ban on imports of sport-hunted elephants' ivory and lion parts from certain African countries, the World Wildlife Fund has announced that Google, Facebook and other major tech ...
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Mar 12, 2018
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Successful anti-poaching operation leads to five-year conviction for three poachers in Republic of Congo
Three poachers responsible for slaughtering eleven elephants in and around Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in January were convicted to five years' imprisonment by the local district court last week, according to WCS (Wildlife ...
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Mar 1, 2018
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Innovative monitoring technique can help protect the world's elephants, study finds
A quick and cost-effective approach to monitoring the health of elephant populations could help measure the impact of poaching on the animals, according to a new study involving the University of Stirling.
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Feb 6, 2018
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Hong Kong bans ivory sales in landmark vote
Hong Kong voted to ban ivory sales in a landmark move Wednesday to end the infamous trade in the city.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2018
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Seized ivory probed for clues that could help save elephants
Scientists are using information gleaned from both illegal ivory art and elephant dung to provide clues that could help save the lives of pachyderms that are being slaughtered for their tusks in Africa.
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Jan 15, 2018
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Thailand seizes large elephant tusks worth over $450,000
Thai authorities have seized 148 kilograms (326 pounds) of African elephant ivory, including three large tusks, worth around 15 million baht ($469,800) from a Bangkok airport.
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Jan 12, 2018
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Conservation group says Japan aiding in illegal ivory trade (Update)
Japan's lax controls over its domestic stock of ivory are encouraging illegal exports to other countries and undermining efforts to end trafficking in elephant tusks, a report said Wednesday.
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Dec 20, 2017
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To trade or not to trade? Breaking the ivory deadlock
The debate over whether legal trading of ivory should be allowed to fund elephant conservation, or banned altogether to stop poaching has raged for decades without an end in sight.
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Dec 14, 2017
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Elephant poaching in Africa falls but ivory seizures up: study
Elephant poaching in Africa declined for a fifth straight year in 2016 but seizures of illegal ivory hit records highs, the CITES monitor said Tuesday, calling it a "conflicting phenomena".
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Oct 24, 2017
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