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About a week ago, the news broke that 17 poachers had entered the Dzanga Bai area. At that time, conservationists warned that, unless immediate measures were taken, an elephant massacre would soon follow. By the looks of it, their fears have come true. Thus, it was only recently when the carcasses of 26 such animal... |
13 May 2013
03:19 GMT |
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Most of the time, news about poaching revolves around either elephants or rhinos being killed by poachers. Still, it seems that sometimes the tables do turn.
Long story short, it appears that one elephant inhabiting a national park in Zimbabwe recently attacked one such hunter and killed him.
More precisely, it i... |
13 May 2013
02:06 GMT |
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Rumor has it that a total of 17 poachers have somehow gained access to an elephant stronghold in Congo. The area that conservationists and wildlife guards are now keeping a close eye on is Dzanga Bai. This region is a clearing in the forest, which also features a waterhole. About 200 forest elephants visit this a... |
8 May 2013
15:31 GMT |
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News from the Central African Republic says that poachers have recently gone on a killing spree in this part of the world.
Thus, conservationists say that a whopping number of elephants inhabiting the Dzanga-Sangha protected area have been killed by these hunters and that things stand to only go from bad to worse a... |
26 April 2013
08:22 GMT |
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The wildlife rangers in charge of keeping a close eye on the Limpopo National Park say that, since January and up until present day, no rhino has been spotted roaming these lands.
Because of this, they are almost sure that poachers have finally succeeded in killing all of the rhinos that used to inhabit this animal... |
26 April 2013
03:39 GMT |
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Back in 2012, South Africa lost a total of 668 rhinos, all of which were killed by poachers and stripped of their horns. By the looks of it, this species is not going to thrive this year either.
Long story short, there are several days to go until May makes its debut, yet 232 rhinos have already been killed by poac... |
23 April 2013
05:13 GMT |
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Earlier this week, a two-week-old baby rhino became an orphan after its mother got killed by poachers. Luckily for him, a team of conservationists found him and took him under their care.
Because the calf is still very young, his rescuers fear that he has little chances of surviving this experience. Still, they cla... |
6 April 2013
01:19 GMT |
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Although it is very much true that some people are willing to risk their lives in order to keep endangered species such as rhinos and elephants safe from poachers, it appears that certain wildlife rangers agree to be given money by poachers in exchange for their not doing anything to protect the animals they are supp... |
2 April 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Recent news from Africa says that a total of 1,000 soldiers and law-enforcement officials are to soon go looking for a group made up of 300 armed poachers.
The poachers are believed to come from Sudan, and their being present in Central African states such as Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad is linke... |
26 March 2013
11:22 GMT |
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Recent news from India says that, on Saturday, the body of a rare one-horned rhino was discovered by wildlife rangers in the Kaziranga National Park. Seeing how the rhino displayed several gun injuries and shells of bullets were also found fairly close to its body, the rangers reached the conclusion that the animal... |
25 March 2013
09:37 GMT |
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The news has just broken that five Bollywood actors are now running the risk of being jailed on account of their being responsible for the death of two blackbucks.
Under any other circumstances, killing an antelope or two might not lead to one's facing jail time. However, blackbucks are currently listed as a n... |
25 March 2013
04:49 GMT |
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About a week ago, the news that 28 elephants were brutally killed by poachers in Cameroon made headlines. Recent news says that, despite efforts to protect them, another 86 such elephants were recently slaughtered in Chad. To make matters even worse, 33 of these animals were pregnant females, the conservationists a... |
19 March 2013
10:50 GMT |
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For those unaware, each year's March 13 marks Thailand's National Elephant Day. Apparently, this celebration was established with the sole purpose of raising awareness with respect to how this species is likely to soon become extinct because of poaching activities and habitat loss.
In order to honor their... |
15 March 2013
16:31 GMT |
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News from Cameroon says that, throughout these past few weeks, a total of 28 African elephants have been killed by poachers in this part of the world.
To make matters even worse, it appears that the killings took place in the Nki National Park and Lobeke National Park, which pretty much proves that not even wildlif... |
14 March 2013
05:38 GMT |
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Several studies have listed religious practices as one of the major drives behind the ivory trade now up and running in several parts of the world.
Because of this, a group of Buddhist leaders in Thailand recently went through the trouble of organizing a ceremony during which they prayed for the animals slaughtered... |
12 March 2013
17:41 GMT |
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The video above was first and foremost meant for the eyes and ears of the roughly 2,000 delegates taking part in the CITES Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
However, the footage also made it online, hence our being able to hear the Duke of Cambridge talking about the importance of safeguarding our planet's biod... |
5 March 2013
09:44 GMT |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have recently issued a new report stating that, in just 15 years, 75% of the elephants inhabiting one of said country's wildlife reserves were killed by poachers. Information made available to the general public say... |
1 March 2013
16:51 GMT |
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While some conservationists and wildlife researchers are going on and on about how stricter measures are needed in order to curb the illegal trade in various animal body parts, a team of specialists working with the University of Queensland are busy arguing that such activities should in fact be made legal.
More pr... |
1 March 2013
16:11 GMT |
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By now, it should be common knowledge that Leonardo DiCaprio is very much interested in putting an end to poaching activities and to the illegal wildlife trade.
Recent news concerning the actor's commitment to promoting conservation says that the celebrity has decided to offer his full support to the World Wil... |
20 February 2013
07:48 GMT |
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Recent news from Central Africa says that, in just eight years' time (i.e. between 2004 - 2012), Gabon's Minkebe National Park was “drained” of over 11,000 elephants by poachers whose only goal was that of collecting these animals' tusks and selling them on the black market.
Needless to s... |
7 February 2013
15:31 GMT |
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Conservationists who happen to keep the world's elephants very close at heart will most likely frown at the news that Sri Lanka intends to present a Buddhist temple with a gift consisting of 359 elephant tusks.
Granted, Sri Lanka only came to own these elephant tusks following their being seized by the country... |
6 February 2013
16:01 GMT |
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As reported, the Sea Shepherd organization is now busy trying to keep Japanese poachers away from the whales swimming in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
Recent news on this topic says that this group of environmentalists has managed to intercept the Japanese vessels before their getting the chance to fire a sin... |
30 January 2013
03:11 GMT |
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This Tuesday, a total of 638 elephant tusks were seized by authorities in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya's second-largest city.
Conservationists explain that, throughout the past few months, the price of ivory has considerably increased, which is why poachers are dead set on killing as many of these animals a... |
17 January 2013
16:21 GMT |
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Earlier today, the World Wildlife Fund has made it public news that, from where they stand, Thailand must be held responsible for the fact that countless African elephants are killed by poachers on a regular basis. Therefore, the country has the responsibility to take immediate measures and help protect these endan... |
15 January 2013
08:06 GMT |
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The South African government recently made it public news that, according to a new report put together by conservationists in charge of looking after wildlife in this part of the world, as many as 668 rhinos inhabiting these regions were killed by poachers throughout the course of the year 2012.
Given the fact that... |
12 January 2013
14:51 GMT |
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Wildlife rangers and police officials in Kenya are now on the hunt for a team of ten poachers who shot and killed an entire family of elephants.
The incident occurred this past Saturday in Kenya's Tsavo East National Park, and almost everybody refers to it as the biggest mass shooting of animals this country h... |
8 January 2013
05:19 GMT |
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The World Wildlife Fund now wishes to congratulate Cameroon’s government for its decision to send as many as 600 elite soldiers to protect the country against poachers.
These soldiers now find themselves at a distance of roughly fifty kilometers from Chad's border, and fairly close to North Cameroon&rsqu... |
18 December 2012
10:57 GMT |
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A new report commissioned and released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states that, given its yearly worth of roughly $19 billion (€14.6528 billion), wildlife trafficking is officially the fourth largest illegal global trade. The only competitors that have managed to surpass its “achievements” are... |
12 December 2012
16:51 GMT |
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During a press conference that took place only yesterday, the Director of the Malaysian Customs, Dato’ Azis Yacub, made it public news that the country's authorities succeeded in confiscating as many as 1,500 elephant tusks.
The tusks were all hidden in wooden crates made to look like stacks of sawn timb... |
12 December 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Startling news made public by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states that, when it comes to making sure rhinos do not switch from being an endangered species to being an extinct one, human society only has about ten years left to act.
The WWF explains that poaching is first and foremost fueled by financial incentives... |
29 November 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Following the story of an elephant that derailed a train in order to protect its herd comes the news that a mother rhino from South Africa managed to get its calf to safety and keep poachers away from it despite the fact that it was mortally wounded itself.
The incident occurred at the Finfoot Game Reserve and game... |
27 November 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Recent news from Cameroon informs us that the country's high officials have decided that, in order to make sure Sudanese poachers are kept at bay, it would be best to mobilize the army and send them to defend the nation's borders.
The World Wildlife Fund says that, as far as conservation efforts in this p... |
16 November 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Nowadays, most people look at elephants as the main targets and victims of poachers, yet this does not change the fact that, should they choose to fight back, they could really give their hunters a run for their money.
Apparently, it was back in 1894 when an elephant decided to take down a train in order to protect... |
14 November 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Only yesterday, the World Wildlife Fund made it public news that a man guilty of having illegally traded rhino horns taken from animals in South Africa was sentenced to 40 years in prison by Johannesburg’s Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court. Apparently, the man was left with no choice but to plead guilty t... |
10 November 2012
06:15 GMT |
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Only yesterday, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it public news that the country was to take a firm stand against poaching.
This is because the illegal trade of various animal parts does more than negatively impact on biodiversity: it constitutes a threat to national security, to economic security and... |
9 November 2012
16:51 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, Botswana's President made it public news that, starting next year, hunting licenses will no longer be issued in this country.
Apparently, it is his belief that such licenses contribute to the fact that ever more animals are being killed by poachers in Africa, and that local biodiversity c... |
2 November 2012
11:53 GMT |
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A couple of days back, police officials in Tanzania succeeded in confiscating 214 elephant tusks and 5 elephant bones hidden in several fertilizer bags.
Authorities explain that, taken together, these elephant body parts are worth roughly $1.32 million (€1.01 million) on the black market.
Moreover, it is qui... |
1 November 2012
05:35 GMT |
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) now wishes to congratulate the Central African Republic on its decision to undergo a so-called ivory audit.
More precisely, high officials in this country recently saw fit to deal with issues such as poaching and wildlife crimes by conducting a thorough investigation of its ivory stock... |
29 October 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Only recently, authorities in Hong Kong, together with officials working for the Guandong Customs, made significant progress in terms of putting an end to the illegal ivory trade. Thus, they have confiscated as many as 1,209 elephant tusks.
Apparently, the tusks came from Kenya and Tanzania, and were broken down i... |
23 October 2012
02:26 GMT |
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Quite a while ago, we reported on how celebrities Tom Hardy, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio were planning on joining hands and producing a movie revolving around poaching and the need to push for stricter laws concerning the conservation of endangered species.
Recent news on this topic suggests that these thre... |
17 October 2012
11:04 GMT |
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Alarming news from South Africa informs us that, since the beginning of 2012, as many as 455 rhinos have been killed in this part of the world.
To cut a long story short, the year is not even over yet, and poachers have already succeeded in setting a new record when it comes to killing these animals for their horns... |
17 October 2012
08:58 GMT |
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For quite some time now, Jenny Webb has been looking after an orphaned baby elephant named Moses.
The calf has been found by rangers close to a riverbed in Malawi, hence his biblical name.
Apparently, Jenny found that she had no choice but to raise Moses herself after the people in charge of running Malawi's... |
17 October 2012
02:49 GMT |
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This past Thursday, significant progress was made in the fight against poaching in Africa. Thus, Symphorien Sangha, one of this region's most notorious and sought after elephant poachers and ivory smugglers, was caught by the Cameroonian Gendarmerie.
As was to be expected, environmentalists and conservationist... |
6 October 2012
16:31 GMT |
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For quite some time now, Kristin Davis, whom most people know best as Charlotte York from “Sex and the City”, has been doing her very best in lending a helping hand to those fighting against elephant poaching.
The celebrity now wishes to show her support for a new campaign aimed at safeguarding these an... |
4 October 2012
07:44 GMT |
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A recent report looking into how poaching is affecting India's leopard population states that as many as four such big cats are killed by poachers in this part of the world on a weekly basis.
Once one starts adding up, the figures become ever more mind-boggling: if estimates are correct, roughly 3,000 leopards... |
28 September 2012
11:07 GMT |
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Not long ago, we reported on how one church in the US was to begin organizing regular meetings whose goal was to emphasize the fact that sustainable development and faith are two issues that need to go hand in hand.
Recent news informs us that several religious leaders in Africa agreed to take part in a rather simi... |
22 September 2012
06:24 GMT |
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As mind-boggling as it may sound, one researcher working with AsiaCat recently stated that, in some cases at least, banning wildlife trade did little to help protect biodiversity. More precisely, such legislations need in fact be held accountable for an increase in trafficking activities.
Kirsten Conrad explains th... |
19 September 2012
08:59 GMT |
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One need not be an economist or a marketing specialist to figure out the fact that, as far as businesses are concerned, supply and demand are very much intertwined, meaning that they both rely on and influence each other.
According to a new study, the same principles apply should we take some time and look into how... |
15 September 2012
09:31 GMT |
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As we reported on several occasions, poaching is presently a major issue worldwide and numerous organizations are doing their best in protecting various animal species from such illegal activities. Recent news informs us that conservation efforts will soon benefit from some much-needed three-star aid. To cut a long... |
28 August 2012
15:31 GMT |
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