Today is World Wildlife Day. Proclaimed on 20 December 2013 during the sixty-eight session of the United Nations General Assembly, March 3 celebrates the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora, recall…
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Join in the #Tweet4Elephants conversation with @BobGodec
— Dr. Paula Kahumbu (@paulakahumbu) January 12, 2015 The U.S. Embassy’s “Tweet4Elephants” event, hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Bob Godec on Tuesday, January 13th 2015, is set to address a growing crisis affecting Kenya…
Protecting wildlife goes hi-tech, and gets harder
Those who want to protect elephants and rhinoceroses in Africa often face dangerous criminal traffickers who are bold, enterprising and well-equipped, leaders said at the US-Africa summit. For that reason, some African heads of state…
More African elephants are killed by poachers than are born each year
More elephants in Africa are being killed by poachers than are born each year, and the problem may be worse than previously understood, according to the most detailed assessment yet, released on Monday. Using a…
Princes William and Charles speak out against wildlife trade
Prince William and his father Prince Charles delivered impassioned pleas on Tuesday for action against the illegal trade in wildlife which threatens some of the world’s best loved animals. Charles told a conference at St…
Chinese star calls on Asia to help end elephant slaughter
Ivory jewelry and carvings are prized by some in Asia, but people should know they come from the massacre of elephants whose survival is threatened by rampant poaching, popular Chinese film star Li Bingbing has…
China’s leading actress visits Kenya to save elephants
China’s leading actress Li Bingbing is visiting Kenya to highlight the illegal ivory trade that is fueling a rise in the killing of elephants in East Africa and across the continent. A Goodwill Ambassador for…
Kenya to toughen poaching sentences to save elephants
Kenya plans to bolster current lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant killings, the government said on Saturday. “We intend to fight poachers…
Seized ivory to undergo DNA tests to track trade
Countries making large seizures of illegal ivory will be required to conduct DNA tests to determine their origin under new anti-trafficking measures adopted on Wednesday. The agreement at a major wildlife conservation conference in Bangkok…