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At the International Conservation Center (Pittsburgh Zoo) a biomass burner can dry, resize, store and burn elephant waste. It's a great alternative to the landfill. An elephant produces 100-125 pounds of poop a day. The burner can produce 2000 pounds a day.

Aug 12 World Elephant Day Take the Pledge

August 6, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Celebrate the life of earth’s largest land mammal –and pledge your support – to stop the poaching of elephants for their tusks and loss of their habitat. Take the pledge: […]

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Animals at risk, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species

Animals at Risk: Elephant Slaughter, Circles of Death

March 4, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

ELEPHANT GENOCIDE IS UGLY. What can you do ? It’s a crime of epic proportions: At least 35,000 African elephants were slaughtered last year for their tusks, according to experts who […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, International

Aborted elephant calf and headless mother. Courtesy Elephant SOS.

Elephant Slaughter: “Blood Ivory” Update 4 6 13

April 6, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

ELEPHANT GENOCIDE IS UGLY. WHAT CAN YOU DO? (Check our post from March 7) It does not take much searching to find the full story of the most recent mass elephant […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Elephants, Endangered species, International

Elephant Slaughter: Update 3 7 13

March 7, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Do we need to say more ? China’s rapacious appetite for ivory –closely matched by Thailand and Japan — could spell the end of African elephants in our lifetime. Here […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Elephants, Endangered species, International

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