I am shocked, but not surprised, to find ourselves in the middle of another poaching crisis, one that is having massive impact throughout the African continent. A small trinket or a large extravagant ...

When he analyzes a piece of ivory, he can find its specific mutation ... Over the past several years, as elephant poaching has reached crisis proportions, Wasser has found himself ever more ...

Mineral extraction also occurs nearby. Elephant populations in West Africa have declined throughout the 20th and 21st centuries as a result of ivory poaching, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict ...

Elephant poaching levels are currently at their worst in a decade, and seizures of illegal ivory are at their highest level in years. From the air too the scattered bodies present a senseless ...

Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that highlighted a crisis for Africa’s elephant population, brought about primarily by illegal poaching.

The sale briefly opened ivory trade between China and Japan and four African nations (in dash outlines) -- clockwise from left, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Elephant poaching ...

human-elephant conflict, and poaching threaten Bornean elephants. Despite global anti-poaching efforts, the illegal ivory ...

Nearly every African country with elephant populations has been hit. INTERPOL has acknowledged the involvement of organized crime syndicates in the ivory trade. US officials have cited “credible ...

Three days after the main accused in the elephant poaching case escaped ... in the bud any relapse to the dark phase of poaching of elephants for ivory in the Western region.

Supporting teams of rangers and local communities who put their lives on the line to protect elephants and other wildlife from poachers. The global ivory trade is fueling the elephant poaching crisis, ...