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Nearly 2 Tons Of Ivory Seized In Eastern Africa

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Elephant Herds, Ivory, Kenya, Interpol, Ivory Trade, Elephants, Blackmarket, Africa, African Elephants, Poaching, Nairobi, Green News

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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Kenya Ivory, Rhino Horn Seizure Tops 660 Pounds

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Africa, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Animals, Animal Rights, Animal Cruelty, Endangered Animals, Rhino, Rhinoceros, Ivory, Ivory Trade, Ivory Sales, Ivory Smuggling, Poaching, Kenya, World News

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn – some of it still bloody &n...

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15 Rare Elephants Killed In Indonesia For Ivory

AP | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Cyanide-Laced Fruit, Ivory, Indonesia, Sumatra, Elephants, Poachers, Environment, Green, Sumatran Elephants, Conservationist, Endangered, Animals, Green News

AP: JAKARTA, Indonesia -- At least 15 endangered Sumatran elephants have been shot or poisoned to death with cyanide-laced fruit this year, marking a...

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The Dirty Word in Clean

Michael DeJong | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Tom's of Maine, Arm & Hammer, Spray ‘N Wash, Era, Abnormal Hormonal Functions, Joy, Toronto Indoor Air Conference of 1990, Orange Glo, Eco-Savvy, Respiratory Diseases, Dawn, Commercial Cleaning Products, Scrub-Free Cleaners, Parsons' Ammonia, Church and Dwight, Tide, Mr. Clean, SNOBOL Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Murphy’s Oil Soap, $30 Billion U.S. Cleaning Products Market, Death Rate From Cancer, Oxiclean, Ajax, Ivory, Green Alternatives, Procter & Gamble, Abnormal Reproductive Functions, Indoor Environments, National Research Council, Cameo Cleaners, New York State Law, Soap and Detergent Association, Bounce, Softsoap, Swiffer, Brillo, Suavitel, Cheer, Lysol, Dermassage, Electrasol, Vanish, Calgon, Colgate-Palmolive, Kaboom, Resolve, Dreft, Finish, Reckitt-Benckiser, Downy, Cascade, Woolite, Gain, Dynamo, Green News
Michael DeJong

Do common cleaners have toxic ingredients? They might. They might not. But until we know for certain -- who here cares to continue to experiment with the health of their children?

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Interpol, Kenya Wildlife Service Bust 57 Illegal Traders With One Ton Of Ivory

BBC NEWS | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Ivory Smuggling, Ivory, Africa, Elephants, Ivory Trade, Animals, Ivory Bust, Kenya, Green News

More than one tonne of ivory products has been seized in Africa's largest-ever international crackdown on wildlife crime. The operation, co-ordinated...

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Is Ivory Always Wrong?

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Alaska, Ivory, Animal Rights, Animals, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

Yesterday, South Africa held a controversial auction: of elephant tusks, 51 tons to be exact. This auction was sanctioned by the UN body which oversee...

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Pushed By Animal Rights Groups, eBay To Ban Ivory Sales

Silicon Alley Insider | Eric Krangel | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Ivory Sales, Animal Rights, Ivory, Poachers, Animals, Ivory Sales Online, Business News

Corporate responsibility makes us feel all warm and fuzzy. Which is why we smiled when we saw this post on eBay's blog that the online auction site wi...

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