Ivory stockpile to be publicly destroyed as Obama seeks to end illegal trade

Ivory stockpile to be publicly destroyed as Obama seeks to end illegal trade

The ivory stockpile in the secure government warehouse – six tonnes of scarred tusks, glossy Confucius statuettes with $10,000 (more than £6,000) price stickers, coffee table items, and too many chunky cuff bracelets to count – represents millions of dollars and the slaughter of thousands of African elephants. On 14 November, at Barack Obama’s instruction, […]

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17 poachers allegedly enter elephant stronghold in Congo, conservationists fear massacre

17 poachers allegedly enter elephant stronghold in Congo, conservationists fear massacre

Local researchers and wildlife guards say 17 armed elephant poachers have gained access to Dzanga Bai, a famous large clearing and waterfole where up to 200 forest elephants visit daily in the Central African Republic (CAR)’s Dzanga-Ndoki National Park. WWF, which works in the region but has recently evacuated due to rising violence, is calling […]

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Emergency: large number of elephants being poached in the Central African Republic (warning: graphic image)

Emergency: large number of elephants being poached in the Central African Republic (warning: graphic image)

WWF and the Wildlife Conversation Society (WCS) are issuing an immediate call for action as they report that poachers are killing sizable numbers of forest elephants near the Dzanga-Sangha protected areas in the Central African Republic (CAR). The two large conservation groups have evacuated their staff from the area after a government coup, but local […]

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Central africa to mobilize up to 1,000 soldiers to save its elephants (Warning: graphic photos)

Central africa to mobilize up to 1,000 soldiers to save its elephants (Warning: graphic photos)

Central African states on Saturday said they would mobilize up to 1,000 soldiers and law-enforcement officials to immediately start joint military operations to protect the region’s last remaining savanna elephants, threatened by Sudanese poachers on a killing spree in the region. On the night of March 14-15, in southern Chad, these poachers killed at least […]

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