African Elephants

Poaching Intensifies In Congo: 'Over 5000 Elephants Killed'

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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BOMASSA, Republic of Congo -- A wildlife official says that about 5,000 elephants have been killed by poachers over the past five years around the Nou...

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It's Quite Simple: Unfollow Trump Jr. on Twitter & 'Fire' Sons From the Show

Randall | Posted 05.15.2012

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Donald Trump has to deal with his beyond privileged sons, Eric and Donald Jr. Sponsors are starting to pull themselves from Celebrity Apprentice, and why not? As long as these two "sporty" hunters, continue to co-host the program with "daddy," there's no reason to support the show as long as Don Jr. refuses to apologize and drop his "holier than thou," 1983 elitist attitude.

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Malaysia Seizes Hundreds Of Elephant Tusks, Steps Up Ivory Inspections

AP | Posted 12.13.2011

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian authorities have seized hundreds of African elephant tusks worth 4 million ringgit ($1.3 million) that were being ...

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PHOTOS: Orphaned Elephants Inspire Compassion For Dwindling Population

Posted 11.07.2011

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From National Geographic: These are sad and perilous days for the world's largest land animal. Once elephants roamed the Earth like waterless whale...

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Words That Don't Fail the Elephant

Will Travers | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Ivory Trade, Elephants, African Elephants, Elephant Poaching, Asian Elephants, Green News
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Some years ago I took my nine year old son Wij and my daughter Lily on safari to East Africa. In northern Tanzania we came across a poached elephant.

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UN Ban on Ivory Threatened: Take Action to Protect Endangered Elephants

Anna Brones | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the UN ban on one-off ivory sales is lifted, endangered African elephants could be wiped out. Global public opinion could tip the scales, and it's imperative that we support of this species.

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Nearly 2 Tons Of Ivory Seized In Eastern Africa

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — African authorities raided shops, intercepted vehicles at checkpoints and used sniffer dogs to detect and seize over 3,800 poun...

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African Elephants Could Be Extinct In 15 years

Telegraph | Amy Willis | Posted 05.25.2011

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The [African elephant] population - currently 600,000 - is diminishing by 38,000 each year. These figures, calculated using the annual number of illeg...

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