Savanna elephant numbers are only a quarter of their expected values
Recent population estimates from the 73 protected areas we assessed collectively totaled <25% of the predicted ecological benchmark. We caution that the situation would [...]
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South Africa lifts ban on domestic rhino horn sales
South Africa’s highest court has rejected a bid by the government to keep a ban on domestic trade in rhino horn, a court document shows.The ruling by the constitutional [...]
Possible Oldest Pachyderm Murdered By Poachers For Tusk Ivory
A 50-year-old elephant with tusks weighing more than 100 pounds each was found dead in a national park in Kenya Monday. Satao II, named for another giant elephant who was [...]
World’s Largest Gorilla Declared Critically Endangered – EcoWatch
Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), a subspecies of eastern gorilla, the world’s largest ape, and confined to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has [...]
Africa Has Lost a Third of Its Elephants in Just 7 Years | TakePart
Earlier this week, the hacked-up bodies of at least 26 elephants were discovered in Botswana’s heavily protected Chobe National Park, the largest and most brutal poaching [...]
Poaching drives huge 30% decline in Africa’s savanna elephants | Environment | The Guardian
Poaching has driven a huge decline in Africa’s savanna elephants with almost a third (30%) wiped out between 2007 and 2014, the first ever continent-wide survey of the [...]
Is It Ethical to Kill Poachers? | TakePart
Finally, Peterson looked at the question from the field of ethics known as war theory. “The just war theory,” she said, “lays out a series of criteria, such as do you [...]
Gorillas are being killed and eaten by miners in the Congo – and your love of tech devices is part of the problem #bushmeatfree
An endangered gorilla species is being pushed towards extinction as mineral miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hunt it for bushmeat. Concerns have now been [...]
Raid Frees Whale Sharks Illegally Bound for Aquatic Parks | TakePart
In the latest episode in a remarkable crackdown on illegal wildlife trafficking in Indonesia, law enforcement officers there have staged a nighttime raid on a major supplier [...]
Let’s Make Sure the NRA doesn’t Take Away A Victory for Elephants!
President Obama just finalized regulations that go a long way toward closing down the U.S. ivory market — one of the biggest in the world — and will help end the brutal [...]
