- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 9th, 2013
Poachers Should Be Executed on the Spot, Tanzanian Minister Thinks
Khamis Kagasheki urges that rangers don't hesitate to kill poachers
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 8th, 2013
Ivory Crush in the US Canceled Due to Government Shutdown
6 tons of ivory were supposed to be destroyed this October 8
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 3rd, 2013
Watch: Wildlife Crime Is “Dead Serious,” WWF Video Explains Why
Poaching affects not just biodiversity, but also human communities
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 3rd, 2013
Watch: Elephants Are Not Trinkets, the WWF Argues in New Video
Each year, tens of thousands of elephants are butchered for the illegal ivory trade
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 3rd, 2013
Watch: “I Am Not a Rug,” Tiger Says in New WWF Video
The world's tiger population has dropped from 100,000 to 3,200 in just 100 years
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 3rd, 2013
Watch: 5,000% Increase in Rhino Poaching Recorded Between 2007 – 2012
“I am not medicine,” rhino clarifies in this WWF video
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 28th, 2013
Poachers Who Poisoned 81 Elephants Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail
The three men will also have to pay fines of $800,000 (€592,237)
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 27th, 2013
Hillary Clinton Announces $80 Million (€59.2 Million) Anti-Poaching Initiative
The money will serve to increase law enforcement at 50 sites
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 23rd, 2013
Rhino Poaching in South Africa Hits Record Levels
688 rhinos have been killed since the beginning of this year
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 13th, 2013
Edward Norton Stars in Two PSAs for WildAid and Save the Elephants
The PSAs are part of the organization’s “Say No to Ivory” campaign
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 31st, 2013
Poachers Poison Nearly 600 Vultures in Namibia's Bwabwata National Park
The birds fed on poisoned elephant corpse, died in a matter of hours
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- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 15th, 2013
Smugglers Hide Ivory Inside Chocolate Bars, Customs Officials Don't Fall for the Trick
Authorities in Macau seize 583 chocolate bars filled with ivory
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 14th, 2013
Pregnant Rhino Is Slaughtered by Poachers in Kenya
The animal was killed in Nairobi National Park, stripped of its horn
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 13th, 2013
Elephants Could Go Extinct in Just 12 Years' Time
Conservationists say 36,000 African elephants were slaughtered in 2012 alone
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 8th, 2013
Rhinos Are Tortured and Mutilated by Poachers, Somehow Survive
Conservationists say the rhinos' horns were cut off using a battery powered hacksaw
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 8th, 2013
Executive Order to Safeguard Rhinos and Elephants Issued by President Obama
The President wants to put an end to the illegal wildlife trade as soon as possible
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 3rd, 2013
Kristin Davis Wants to Buy an Anti-Poaching Helicopter
The actress asks people to donate, help her protect elephants in Kenya