Thought Leaders: Elizabeth Kolbert (Extinction)
The New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert has twice in recent years written epic works on the fragility of the planet – and life on it. In a recent commentary, (July […]
Tag Archives: elephant poaching
Animals at Risk: Elephant Slaughter, Circles of Death
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 […]
Elephant Slaughter: “Blood Ivory” Update 4 6 13
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 […]
Elephant Slaughter: Update 3 7 13
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 […]
Elephant Slaughter Update Oct 25
National Public Radio’s John Burnett traveled to Tanzania to see firsthand how poachers are slaughtering elephants in record numbers, most likely for export to Southeast Asia where there is an […]
Elephants: The Slaughter is On
With a worldwide ban in place since 1989 on trade in ivory, why is it possible throughout Southeast Asia to buy religious icons, amulets and trinkets carved from contemporary African […]
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