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Africa: Illegal Ivory Trade Detrimental to Developing World
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 15 hours ago
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Illegal Ivory Trade Detrimental to Developing World Ryan Dicovitsky 21 November 2009 Despite international efforts to halt the trade of ivory, the criminalized industry is once again flourishing on multiple continents, according to a new report released...
Tags: palm oil, Washington, Environment, Ivory, Environmental economics, Poaching, World Wide Fund for Nature, Palm, Animal welfare, Elephant, Petroleum politics, Biofuels, Animal rights
Orphaned children, orphaned elephants linked in film
Johannesburg :: South Africa | about 17 hours ago
Credibility The DO Ubuntu Orphan Bracelet Campaign will be showing the film “Angels in the Dust” on Sunday in Grass Valley. It's the inspiring story of Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who, with her husband and two daughters, walked away from a privileged...
Tags: orphaned bracelets, South African, orphaned elephants, children orphaned, Grass Valley Special, orphaned children, South Africa, Johannesburg, Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Angels in the Dust, Orphanages, Social Issues, Ubuntu, Elephant
'Global surge' in rhino poaching
Cape Town :: South Africa | 3 days ago
Credibility The global surge in the illegal trade has been driven by demands from Asian medicinal markets, the study by conservationists concluded. It suggests that a decline in law enforcement is the main reason for the rise in poaching in Africa. The report found...
Tags: South Africa, Cape Town, Environment, Ivory, Kenya Wildlife Service, Tusk, Poaching, Animal welfare, Elephant, CITES, Animal rights
The Young Library: Dangers behind the cuddliness
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility They are among the dangerous creatures author- artist Steve Jenkins presents in his engaging nonfiction picture book. Jenkins uses facts and powerful portraits to pull youngsters into "Never Smile at a Monkey." Innocent as a rhesus monkey may look, it...
Tags: Jenkins Houghton Mifflin, Steve Jenkins, Sacramento, Surnames, The Lion King, Elephant, Jenkins
Kenya ivory seizure 'reflects poaching rise'
Kampala :: Uganda | 4 days ago
Credibility The seizures in Kenya were part of what officials said was the largest-ever anti-poaching operation in East Africa, involving authorities in six states. "Tons of illegal ivory have been seized and hundreds of people arrested in the largest-to-date international...
Tags: The Kenya Wildlife Service, East Africa, Eastern Africa, wildlife crime, Interpol, Uganda, Kampala, Environment, Ivory, Elephant, Kenya, Kenya Wildlife Service, Poaching, Animal welfare, Animal rights
Four held with tusk
Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago
Credibility Erode: Sathyamangalam forest officials arrested four persons and seized an elephant tusk from them. The forest officials said a body of a 25-30-year-old male elephant was found with its two tusks cut off from the trunk few days ago in Moolakalmaduvu...
Tags: India, Mumbai, Environment, Bhavani River, Tusk, Erode, Sathyamangalam, Elephant, Law Crime
Gaur dies after being hit by goods train
Chennai :: India | 6 days ago
Credibility The incident occurred at the spot where the tracks pass through the forests in north Bengal’s Chapramari Wild Life Sanctuary on Saturday. The conversion of the track in this section, from a metre gauge to a broad gauge, is believed to have triggered a...
Tags: north bengal, goods train, India, Chennai, Environment, Elephant, Bovines, Gaur
Store your elephant ears indoors? Depends.
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Last Modified: 11/28/2009 2:20 AM It was suggested to me that I dig up my elephant ear and canna bulbs for winter storage...Chris W. — Tulsa For our region, this is a difficult question to answer. Some authorities suggest digging and storing them all,...
Tags: elephant ear, hardiness zone, Oklahoma City, Canna, Cannaceae, Elephant, Colocasia, Human Interest, Hardiness
Elephant calf dies after falling from hilltop in U'khand
Dehra Dūn :: India | 7 days ago
Credibility The female pachyderm later succumbed to her injuries at night, he said.
Tags: calf died, elephant calf, India, Dehra Dūn, Environment, Calf, Uttarakhand, Pauri, Elephant
Just 48 hours countdown, to start the festival of Mother Umiya at Unjha.
Dear friend, I am happy to say that,the festival of 'Rajat Jayanti of Mother Umiya' is going to start at Unjha. As there are so many folklores for the existance of temple of Mother Umiya . The holy temple was established by Shri King Vrajpal, many...
Tags: Mother Umiya, humanitarian, India, Unjha, Thursday, Elephant, Kadava Patidar, Patel, Umiya, Human Interest, Rajat Jayanti, Religion Belief, Vrajpal, Unjhanagar
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