‘Elephant Apology’ Tracks Abus...
No circus is a good circus if elephants are part of the show, says a bluntly effective new HBO documentary.
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Ringling Slammed by Largest Pr...
"If any of the attendees weren't aware of how Ringling abuses animals, they certainly were after they saw the behind-the-scenes photos..."
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Poaching and trafficking of elephants, tigers and rhinos is at crisis levels, yet domestic trade is still allowed and international trade in the body parts of these critically endangered animals is still being negotiated.
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" CITES data show that 2011 was the worst year for both African elephant slaughter as well as large ivory seizures since record keeping began, and that 2012 was just as bad. "
read morePolice seize 20 elephant tusks
Police have seized 20 elephant tusks and arrested a police captain for smuggling the illegal cargo into Thailand, anti-animal trafficking sources revealed Sunday
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The ivory trade is the greatest danger to elephants, one that threatens to wipe them from the wilds of Africa and Asia long before they disappear beneath man’s ever expanding footprint.
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The devastating impacts of a recent surge in ivory poaching have been chronicled in detail by new research on one of Africa’s best-studied elephant populations.
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International conservation group World Wildlife Fund said in a statement Tuesday that Mr. DiCaprio sent a personal email to his friends and supporters to encourage them to sign a petition addressing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the wildlife trade.
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"EVERY TUSK COSTS A LIFE; STOP THE TRADE and DON'T BUY IVORY."
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