| Elephants Face Extinction if Ivory Trade Not Banned
International Business Times | 08 August, 2014 | Hannah Osborne |
In order to save elephants from extinction, all ivory markets across the world must close and any government stockpiles destroyed, the Wildlife Conservation Society has said. A report by the US-based conservation group said corruption, organised crime and poor law enforcement means the ivory trade will… Full Story ? |
| Public protector requested to investigate SANParks
SA Breaking News | 19 August, 2014 | Allison Thomson |
The Public Protector has been requested to investigate the sale of 260 rhinos by SANParks to hunting companies. On the 20th July 2014 the Sunday Times published an article about the relocation of 500 rhinos out of Kruger National Park… Full Story ? |
| World Elephant Day 2014 VIDEO
WORLD ELEPHANT DAY video | 20 August, 2014 | Conservation Action Trust |
This August – on World Elephant Day – the Conservation Action Trust hosted a Mock Ivory Burn in Cape Town to raise awareness with South Africans about the slaughter of elephants for their ivory across Africa. At least 20,000 elephants… Full Story ? |
| Minister Molewa refuses to disclose members of public panel
Wildlife News UK | 14 August, 2014 | Cindy Tilney |
On Tuesday Minister Edna Molewa announced SA’s intention to implement an integrated management strategy to reducing rhino poaching – but the failure to change legislation related to the issue, the delay in signing a formal agreement with Mozambique following the… Full Story ? |
| A World Without Elephants? Blame China
The Daily Beast | 06 August, 2014 | Michael Tomasky |
The planet’s elephant population is plummeting, and they may go extinct within the next 20 years, thanks in large part to China’s lust for ivory. The presence of the Africa summit here in Washington directs our attention to a range… Full Story ? |
| Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African Elephants
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 19 August, 2014 | George Wittemyer, Joseph M. Northrupa, Julian Blanc, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Patrick Omondi & Kenneth P. Burnham |
INTRODUCTION: Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, according to a new study published in the August 19 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It provides the first reliable continent-wide estimates of illegal kills. During… Full Story ? |
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