What to say, why they need killing of Rhinos and elephants.A simple answer is there is ready made market for the product.Blaming the poverty ridden war torn area for it is not will be proper...
"AP Yahoo holder urges search unit sale to MicrosoftWednesday December 10, 8:55 am ET Yahoo shareholder urges board to pursue selling search unit to Microsoft LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders, Ivory Investment Management LP, is urging the Internet...
created by danheil | 1 year ago 89 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
There is no great irony in Zimbabwe’s government selling stockpiled ivory to make some money to support wildlife conservation. In a country with ravaging inflation and continuing social unrest, preserving...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 277 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Stockpiles of ivory in South Africa have gone on sale in an UN sanctioned auction for the first time since 1999. There are more than 100 tons up for grabs from four southern African countries that will be...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 260 views | 14 recommendations | 5 comments
Last week Online auction site ebay, under pressure from wildlife activist, banned the sale of ivory all over the world on their websites beginning next year but the first officially sanctioned sale of...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 105 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
eBay has announced today that they are banning the sale of ivory on their websites worldwide, starting January 1st.After coming under fire from animal welfare groups, the company decided now is the time to take...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 286 views | 4 recommendations | 9 comments
In what could be the return of the ivory trade, South Africa has said it will go ahead with plans to sell 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan, which is a special exemption to the ivory trading ban. South Africa has a...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 100 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Whether to cheer or cry has typically been the dilemma when considering anything that has involved Qadhafi over the last three to four decades. A recovering revolutionary and terrorist, he's been in and out of...
created by World_Groove | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 3128 views | 49 recommendations | 20 comments
It's never easy being part of an endangered species, but DR Congo is a particularly rough spot these days. Aside from the embattled gorilla population, now elephants are feeling the heat as well, with their...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 399 views | 26 recommendations | 9 comments
It may have led to at least 16 deaths and more than 100,000 needing medical treatment, but how can people forget such thing after only 3 years? " Thousands of victims say they have yet to receive compensation - or say that what they have been given - around $500...
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African elephants are now being slaughtered for their ivory at a rapid pace, unseen since the international ban on ivory in 1989. However, scientists are saying that what is missing is the outcry on the ivory...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago 286 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
Rise in demand for ivory has increased threat to already declining African elephant. Increasing demand in US for ivory made gun grips and knife handles has even worsened situation. US has been...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 341 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Permission given to China to buy stockpile of elephant ivory could prove death knell for elephants all over the world. Wildlife Conservationists have warned that the ivory sale would provide impetus to mass...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 277 views | 12 recommendations | 7 comments
A very troubling report has been issued by Save the Children saying that some UN Peacekeepers have been sexually abusing children."Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity.Children in post-conflict areas are...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 264 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Poachers have slaughtered 14 elephants in Congo's Virunga National Park amid soaring demand for ivory in China.Elephants killed by spear attacks in KenyaChinese demand for ivory driving illegal tradeGorillas...
created by greg1usa | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 425 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments