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CAMBODIA SEIZES SHIPMENT OF IVORY HIDDEN IN HOLLOW LOGS


The shipment, owned by a company based in Mozambique, left Ivory Coast and arrived in Cambodia in December 2016, an official said... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 0

1/12 BEN THE ELEPHANT ARRIVES LOOKING FOR HELP


Bumi Hills Foundation 4 12 Ben's gunshot wound The elephant had a septic wound which was 4cm in diameter and 10cm deep... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 5505

CAN ELEPHANT TROPHY HUNTING REALLY HELP SPECIES SURVIVAL?


Elephant trophies Can trophy hunting really help species survival?... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 1370

DONALD TRUMP PUTS ON HOLD PLANS TO ALLOW ELEPHANT TROPHY IMPORTS A


The rule released on Friday allowing hunters who kill elephants in Zimbabwe to bring their trophies back to the United States outraged animal activists... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 735

TRUMP DELAYS NEW POLICY ON IMPORTING ELEPHANT PARTS


As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about 5 million a century ago to about 400,000... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 5

TRUMP PUTS ELEPHANT TROPHY IMPORTS ON HOLD


President Donald Trump has suspended the import of elephant hunting trophies, only a day after a ban was relaxed by his administration... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 11627

TRUMP DELAYS NEW POLICY ON IMPORTING ELEPHANT PARTS


As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about 5 million a century ago to about 400,000 remaining... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 83

ANIMAL ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED BY TRUMP LIFTING BIG GAME TROPHY BAN


According to the Great Elephant Census project, the African elephant population has declined 6 percent in Zimbabwe in recent years... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 2621

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVERSES OBAMA-ERA BAN ON BRINGING TROPHIES FROM ELEPHANT HUNTS TO U.S.


How to treat animal trophies Americans shoot overseas has been a contentious issue for years... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 722

ELEPHANT TROPHIES: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LIFTS BAN ON HUNTERS' PRIZES


The Trump administration is reversing an Obama-era ban on hunters importing trophies of elephants killed in Zambia and Zimbabwe during government-approved big-game expeditions... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 164194

ELEPHANT TRAMPLES ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH KILLING FOUR


Four Rohingya refugees were trampled to death by an elephant in a makeshift camp in the Cox's Bazaar area of Bangladesh on Saturday morning... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 872

FATAL EXTRACTION: HOW DEMAND FOR HIPPOS TEETH IS THREATENING THEM WITH EXTINCTION


The black markets insatiable demand for ivory has turned poachers attention away from well-protected elephants to more vulnerable hippos... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 5426

EXCLUSIVE: FOOTAGE SHOWS YOUNG ELEPHANTS BEING CAPTURED IN ZIMBABWE FOR CHINESE ZOOS


In the early morning of 8 August, five elephants were caught in Hwange national park by officials at Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority Zimparks ... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 39092

ELEPHANTS HIDE BY DAY, FORAGE AT NIGHT TO EVADE POACHERS


The escalation of poaching has become the greatest immediate threat to the survival of elephants, Ihwagi said... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 17

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POACHERS BREAK INTO PARIS ZOO, SHOOT RHINO DEAD AND STEAL ITS HORN


The four-year-old rhinoceros, named Vince, was found dead this morning by keepers at Thoiry Zoo, to the west of the French capital... READ MORE

8th March, 2017 116798

CHINA IS LOSING ITS TASTE FOR IVORY


Good news for Africa's elephants China is losing its taste for ivory... READ MORE

29th March, 2017 51058

BIGGEST ELEPHANT KILLED IN AFRICA FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF CECIL THE LION


Individual elephants such as these should be accorded their true value as a National Heritage and should be off limits to hunting... READ MORE

15th October, 2015 46301

WORLD'S SMALLEST ELEPHANTS KILLED FOR IVORY IN BORNEO


Asian elephants have faced less poaching than their African cousins but the latest grisly finds have led conservationists to worry for their survival... READ MORE

3rd January, 2017 27121

'WE RECALCULATED ABOUT 1,000 TIMES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE WERE SEEING'


When world-renowned elephant expert Iain Douglas-Hamilton conducted the first aerial survey of Tanzania in 1976, the country had 316,000 elephants, the largest pachyderm population on the planet... READ MORE

19th July, 2015 15926

'GIVING THEM SOMETHING NATURAL': TORONTO ZOO'S FORMER ELEPHANTS FIND HAPPY RETIREMENT IN CALIFORNIA


One day last July, Thika was let in again and moved toward the other female African elephants... READ MORE

9th February, 2017 11075

CHINA SAYS IT WILL SHUT DOWN IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017


Post to Facebook China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 The move is designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants... READ MORE

5th January, 2017 10216

SECRET FOOTAGE OBTAINED OF THE WILD ELEPHANTS SOLD INTO CAPTIVITY IN CHINESE ZOOS


Last year more than 30 young elephants were captured from the wild in Zimbabwe and flown by plane to China... READ MORE

7th April, 2017 8595

BRING IN A TOTAL BAN ON IVORY SALES, 100 POLITICIANS, CONSERVATIONISTS AND CELEBRITIES SAY


Open letter the british government must take global leadership with a 'total ban' on the ivory tradeA... READ MORE

31st October, 2016 7979

HOUSE OF HORRORS: INSIDE THE US WILDLIFE REPOSITORY - PHOTO ESSAY


New York City and Los Angeles are the main entry points for illegal wildlife products into the US... READ MORE

20th July, 2017 7841

ZIMBABWE ELEPHANT HUNTER IDENTIFIED AS GERMAN PROPERTY MOGUL


It was claimed that Mr Schorr was accompanied by a local, experienced professional hunter esteemed by the hunting community for finding his clients large elephants... READ MORE

20th October, 2015 7266

EU SET TO BAN RAW IVORY EXPORTS FROM JULY


The EU needs to take responsibility and finally ban its own ivory trade as well as all exports... READ MORE

23rd February, 2017 7230

'IF WE STOPPED POACHING TOMORROW, ELEPHANTS WOULD STILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE'


Every year, around 100 people and 40 to 50 elephants are killed as a result in India, for example... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 6518

AUSTRALIA'S LAST AFRICAN ELEPHANT DIES AT DUBBO ZOO


Australia's last African elephant dies in the Taronga Western Plains Zoo, after arriving 40 years ago... READ MORE

22nd March, 2017 5115

BORIS JOHNSON BACKS 'ALL-OUT BAN' ON IVORY SALES


Animal rights campaigners believe laws to regulate the ivory trade are ineffective and perpetuate illicit sales, driving rhino and elephant poaching... READ MORE

11th July, 2017 4408

THE ELEPHANT WHO HELPED ME THROUGH ONE OF THE DARKEST PERIODS OF MY LIFE


It is a little-known fact that Asian elephants are even more endangered than their African cousins... READ MORE

31st October, 2016 3917

MUTILATED RHINO TREATED WITH ELEPHANT SKIN BANDAGE


A rhino injured after poachers mutilated its face to pull out its horns is being treated with a bandage made from an unusual source elephant skin... READ MORE

16th August, 2015 3322

BID FOR STRONGEST PROTECTION FOR ALL AFRICAN ELEPHANTS DEFEATED AT WILDLIFE SUMMIT


On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated... READ MORE

3rd October, 2016 3190

MAN MAY HAVE PAID $55K TO KILL AFRICA'S MOST FAMOUS LION


A Game of Thrones editor, recently killed by a lioness in South Africa, was raising money to combat poaching... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 3007

'THE DAY HAS GONE BY WHEN THIS WAS ENTERTAINMENT'


Fewer captive elephants have been released in Africa, but there are successes there too... READ MORE

12th August, 2017 2967

GERMANY MAY BLOCK IMPORT OF TUSKS FROM GIANT ELEPHANT SHOT BY HUNTER IN ZIMBABWE


Import of trophy tusks from one of africa's largest elephants could be illegal warns germany as reward offered for hunter's identity... READ MORE

16th October, 2015 2898

CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG


Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE

21st October, 2015 2744

FIVE ELEPHANTS WERE SLAIN WHILE THE WORLD MOURNS CECIL THE LION


Poachers killed five elephants in Tsavo West National Park on Monday night... READ MORE

30th July, 2015 2697

WORLD'S NATIONS AGREE ELEPHANT IVORY MARKETS MUST CLOSE


International pressure to close domestic ivory markets is building... READ MORE

3rd October, 2016 2176

RENOWNED ANTI-POACHING LEADER MURDERED BY GUNMEN IN TANZANIA


Wayne Lotter had received death threats for years over his efforts to stem the rampant elephant poaching in Tanzania... READ MORE

18th August, 2017 2142

DEMAND FOR ELEPHANT SKIN, TRUNK AND PENIS DRIVES RAPID RISE IN POACHING IN MYANMAR


After India, Myanmar has the largest population of the Asian elephant, with as few as 1,400 wild elephants and 6,000 domesticated timber elephants... READ MORE

7th June, 2017 2054

FAMILY OF BRITON KILLED BY ELEPHANT POACHERS LAUNCH ?1M IVORY APPEAL


Up to 100 elephants are killed every day in Africa, Max Gower said... READ MORE

30th January, 2017 1985

AS THE WORLD MOURNED THE DEATH OF CECIL THE LION, FIVE ENDANGERED ELEPHANTS WERE KILLED IN KENYA


As the world mourned the death of Cecil the lion, five endangered elephants were killed in Kenya... READ MORE

30th July, 2015 1944

CAN ELEPHANTS AND HUMANS LIVE TOGETHER?


Supported by About this content While I was working on this article, two people were killed by wild elephants near my home in south India... READ MORE

6th March, 2017 1944

AFRICAN ELEPHANT NUMBERS PLUMMET DURING 'WORST DECLINE IN 25 YEARS'


In 1989 Cities banned international trade in ivory by listing all African elephant populations in its appendix 1... READ MORE

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