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Attention Tuna Lovers: See Red When Thinking Blue

Wendy Gordon | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Species, Cites, Overfished Species, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Health, Sustainable Fishing, Fisheries, Green News
Wendy Gordon

The U.S. government must make greater efforts to ban the bluefin tuna trade entirely. Such an effort would finally give the tuna a chance to recover.

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Herding Big Cats Won't Save the Wild Tiger

Jan McGirk | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Cites, Bio-Diversity, Aphrodisiac, Lixin Huang, Tiger, World Bank, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poaching, Tiger Bone Wine, Environmenal Investigation Agency, Green News
Jan McGirk

Farming tigers in order to save them may turn out to be the equivalent of herding cats: an impossible undertaking with too many variables for sustained success.

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Wildlife Smugglers Hide Geckos In Underwear To Slip Past Customs

The Asian Age | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Illegal Smuggling, Wildlife Smugglers, Cites, Geckos, Animals, Geckos in Underwear, Reptiles, World News

Geneva, Aug. 6: To slip their illegal cargo through customs, wildlife smugglers still use traditional methods like bribery and threats but can also go...

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I Don't Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But...

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Diplomacy, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Cites, Dubai, Diplomats, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Allowing red passport-holders to walk freely through UAE baggage controls must stop, and there must be more scrutiny. My diplomatic peers don't mind having their bags checked through a scanner, neither do I, and nor should anyone with nothing to hide.

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Ivory's Ghosts: White Gold and the Fate of the Elephant

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: South Africa, Cites, Africa, Ivory Trade, Elephants, Poaching, Culling, Georgianne Nienaber, Kenya, Jihn Frederick Walker, Kruger Park, Anthony Pellicano, Animals, Zimbabwe, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of the Elephants is a meticulous examination of the allure of ivory that reads like a novel and is impossible to put down.

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Kenya: 5 Elephants Killed By Poachers

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Kenya Elephants, Ivory Trade, Kenya, Cites, Africa, Kenya Poachers, Endangered Species, Kenya Ivory, Animals, Tsavo East National Park, World News

NAIROBI, Kenya — Poachers seeking ivory have killed five elephants in southeastern Kenya in the past six weeks, a government wildlife official s...

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