Elephant trophies banned
| US Upholds Ban on Elephant Trophies from Rogue States
Annamiticus | 01 August, 2014 | Martina Polley | Free to Republish
The US government has upheld its earlier ban on the importation of elephant trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe for the duration of 2014, despite vocal objections from hunting lobbies. In April this year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)… Full Story ? |
| Officials on the horns of a dilemma
Cape Argus | 28 July, 2014 | Adam Cruise |
The conservation of wild animals is a wrangle that has divided opinion into two diametrically opposed camps, writes Adam Cruise. As today is World Nature Conservation Day, it is fitting to bring up the current but somewhat prickly dispute regarding… Full Story ? |
| WildAid: The Race for New Chinese Thinking
Huffington Post | 31 July, 2014 | Jamie Joseph |
WildAid’s mantra, translated into Chinese, has permeated China’s culture and society – a remarkable achievement in the mission to stamp out the US$10 billion illegal wildlife trade. In this two part interview with Peter Knights, WildAid’s Executive Director, I delve… Full Story ? |
| The Race to Stop Africa’s Elephant Poachers
Smithsonian | July, 2014 | Joshua Hammer |
The call came in to Gary Roberts last March at his home in Béré, a village of subsistence farmers deep in the sorghum and cotton fields of southern Chad. Reports were circulating, a local conservationist told him, that a mass… Full Story ? |
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