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- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 17th, 2014
Prince William Wants to Destroy the Ivory in Buckingham Palace, Media Says
Conservationists would love it if this were to happen, art critics not so much
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 13th, 2014
The World Lost 65% of Its Forest Elephants in Just 12 Years
Forest elephants don't live in the open, are therefore more difficult to monitor
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 28th, 2014
Hong Kong Will Destroy Its Ivory Stockpile by Incineration
Some of the ivory is to be kept, used to educate people about wildlife crime
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 25th, 2014
Hong Kong Announces Plans to Destroy 28 Tons of Ivory
The ivory all comes from past seizures, media reports say
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 22nd, 2014
$1.5M (€1.1M) Worth of Ivory Horns Seized in Singapore
The rhino horns were found, confiscated last Thursday
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 22nd, 2014
Blunders of the “War on Drugs” Possibly Repeated by Anti-Poaching Groups
Researchers say enforcement, destroying confiscated ivory do little to solve the problem
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 18th, 2014
Over 1,000 Rhinos in South Africa Killed by Poachers in 2013
The Kruger National Park was hit the hardest, lost 606 rhinos
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 16th, 2014
Europe Must Become Illegal Wildlife Products-Free Without Delay, WWF Urges
The organization demands that more be done to combat wildlife crime
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 16th, 2014
The European Parliament Calls for Moratoria on All Ivory Sales
The moratoria is expected to protect elephants threatened by poachers
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 14th, 2014
Anti-Poaching Measures, Enforcement Are Doomed to Fail, Researchers Say
Specialists warn that more has to be done to safeguard endangered species
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 13th, 2014
Wildlife Traffickers Taken into Police Custody in Indonesia's Aceh Province
The traffickers were arrested with the help of undercover police officers
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 9th, 2014
Lions Are in Danger of Becoming Extinct in West Africa
New study says that just 250 such felines currently inhabit the region
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 6th, 2014
Kenya's Rhinos Can Only Survive Behind Fences, Conservationists Say
Group argues that the animals should be kept in sanctuaries, not allowed to run free
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 6th, 2014
China Destroys over 6 Tons of Ivory
The ivory tusks and carvings were crushed this January 6 during a public ceremony
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 4th, 2014
China Announces Plans to Destroy Ivory Stockpile
The ivory will be destroyed this coming January 6 at a public ceremony
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 18th, 2013
Tiger Poaching in India Is at Its Highest Level in 7 Years
39 cases of tiger poaching have been documented in the country until now
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 6th, 2013
30 Countries Pledge “Zero Tolerance” on Illegal Ivory Trade
Wildlife trafficking in now a “serious crime” in these countries