SA’s Rhinos, not worth a ticket to London?

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SA’s Rhinos, not worth a ticket to London?

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In Cold Blood – Combating organised wildlife crime

EIA | 7 Feb 2014 |

A report examining international wildlife crime case histories, considering the successes and failures, and highlighting the crucial lessons to be learnt for better future enforcement and conservation. Read the report here: http://issuu.com/eia1984/docs/eia_in_cold_blood_-_final?e=1794524/6672924 Full Story ?

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Why we won’t miss elephants once they are gone

markdeeble.wordpress.com | 16 Feb 2014 | Mark Deeble

I’ve been making wildlife films in East Africa with my partner, Vicky, for 25 years (www.deeblestone.com). Now, together with Etienne Oliff and a small team, we’re making a film about elephants. By the time it is finished, we’ll have devoted… Full Story ?

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Time to accept that elephants are emphatic beings

National Geographic Daily News | 21 Feb 2014 | Virginia Morell

Elephants help each other in distress, grieve for their dead, and feel the same emotions as each other—just like us. Elephants, we all know, are in peril. We humans are waging what amounts to a war against them because they… Full Story ?

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Elephant at Dawn, Moremi NP, Botswana

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SA’s rhinos: Not worth the price of a ticket to London?

Daily Maverick | 20 Feb 2014 | Sharon van Wyk

The State of the Nation address provided a perfect smokescreen to hide South Africa’s real reasons for not attending last week’s crucial gathering on poaching. The government has finally let the proverbial cat out of the bag with the issuing… Full Story ?

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Fight for release of wild calves

Sunday Argus | 16 Feb 2014 | Simon Bloch

NSPCA’s legal action centres on elephants believed to be progeny of Tuli survivors AFTER reaching an impasse with three conservation authorities in a bid to secure the release of four wild elephant calves from a commercial elephant-back safari operator and her business, the NSPCA has brought legal action… Full Story ?

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