U.N. Eases Ban on Elephant Ivory Trade
Delegates to a United Nations wildlife conference have agreed to ease a 13-year-old global ban on ivory trading. The ban was imposed at the end of the 1980s, after well-armed teams of ivory poachers...
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eBay To Institute Global Ban on Ivory Sales
One thing I have found fascinating over my first year here at eBay is the variety of topics covered in both email and in meetings. Beyond the typical marketing or PR planning meetings there are...
View ArticleVideo: Thai Customs Seize 1.3 Ton Ivory Shipment from Nigeria
via. http://english.ntdtv.com Thai customs officials have seized 1.3 tons of ivory tusks and Rhinoceros horns, originally from Africa. The shipment was worth around 1.6 million U.S. dollars. Officials...
View ArticleMyanmar to enforce ban on illegal ivory business
YANGON, MYANMAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 4, 2011, 5:29AM ET Media in Myanmar are reporting that tourists who buy ivory souvenirs risk having them confiscated as part of a crackdown on the illegal...
View ArticleTourists to Myanmar warned not to buy ivory souvenirs amid crackdown on...
By The Associated Press (CP) – Mar 4, 2011 YANGON, Myanmar — Tourists who buy ivory souvenirs in Myanmar risk having them confiscated as part of a crackdown on the often brazen illegal trade, media...
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Explorers look to save elephants, end ivory trade
by Kraig Becker (via Gagling.com) on Mar 13th 2011 at 8:00AM Two American explorers are heading to Africa today to begin an important expedition that could prove vital to the fight against the illegal...
View ArticlePoachers wiping out wildlife
BY CHIPO MASARA via. The Standard The first thing a friend visiting from the United States last year wanted to see were wild animals that roam freely in Zimbabwe. She was keen to see all the wild...
View ArticleAfrican elephants at risk from Thai ivory trafficking
by Lisa Davidson of Carrentals.co.uk As the number of wild elephants in Thailand falls, traffickers in illegal ivory are turning to Africa for their supplies. For much of the last century, South East...
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GoDaddy.com CEO Under Fire for Killing African Elephant
VIA. Wayne Pacelle’s Blog for The Humane Society Godaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons has convinced himself that he’s a humanitarian. I think he’s got a long way to go before he lives up to that self-billing....
View Article“Piers Morgan Tonight” featured a contentious debate Friday between...
“Piers Morgan Tonight” featured a contentious debate Friday between GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons and PETA SVP Dan Matthews over Parsons’ killing of an elephant in Africa on a hunt. “Those elephants are...
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Namecheap Raises $20k For Elephants After GoDaddy CEO Kills One
/>Shortly after the CEO of GoDaddy.com, Bob Parsons, bragged about killing an elephant in Zimbabwe, competing domain registrarNamecheap.com offered animal lovers a way to fight back. The site...
View ArticleElephants Killed for Tusks: Kenya Ivory Seizure
Friday in Nairobi, over 1 ton of illegal ivory was seized at the airport. The US is the second biggest market for this ivory, even though it is illegal. By claiming it is “antique” ivory the criminals...
View ArticlePhilly Shop Owner Smuggles Epic Amount of Ivory
View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com. Feds seize one ton of elephant ivory — the largest ivory bust in U.S. history The owner of a Philadelphia African art store was arrested Tuesday on...
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Tusks of 1,800 Elephants Seized in 56 Days Represent Only a Fraction of the...
via:bushwarriors.com Since the 8th of July, authorities in three different countries have seized a total of nearly 3,600 elephant tusks, representing only a fraction of the amount circulating the...
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