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World › Tanzania, Zambia seek one-time ivory distribution to Japan, China
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago
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Tanzania and Zambia have proposed they be allowed to sell ivory of African elephants, whose international deals are prohibited under the Washington Convention, just one time to Japan and China, sources close to the issue said Saturday. While the proposal...
Tags: Zambia, Japan, Tanzania, african elephants, China, Tōkyō, Ivory, Elephants, Environment
Lighting up
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | 6 days ago
Credibility Africa is in the area of the pre-epidemic and so we should prevent the epidemic," he told the BBC World Service. "We should not wait until there is an epidemic and then work on it...Tobacco-related cancer was one of the key topics discussed at a recent...
Tags: Tanzania, Kenya Wildlife Service, Dar es Salaam, Elephant, Elephants, Poaching, Kenya, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Ivory, Environment, Cigar, World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Tobacco advertising, Tobacco smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette
Development disturbs elephant habitat
Phuentsholing :: Bhutan | 6 days ago
Credibility Disruption of traditional migratory routes due to rapid industrialisation and infrastructure development is one of the main reasons for the rising number of human-elephant conflicts, say nature conservation division (NCD) officials. According to records...
Tags: NCD, Indo-Bhutan, Dr Sonam Wangyel Wang, elephants conflict, Bhutan, Phuentsholing, Elephants, EDGE Species, Environment
Animal rights activists win campaign to rehouse India's suffering elephants
Mumbai :: India | 7 days ago
Credibility Now the activists — and the animals — have cause to celebrate, after officials ruled that all of the elephants living in the country’s dingy zoos and dismal circuses must be moved to newly established “elephant camps” deep in the countryside. The move,...
Tags: Indian Institute of Science, rights activists, Peta, India, Mumbai, Central Zoo Authority of India, In Defense of Animals, Mysore Zoo, Environment, Elephants, Zoo, Mahout, Human Interest
Man develops a remote operated machine to control violent elephants
Mumbai :: India | 9 days ago
Credibility The duo named this device 'Violent Elephant Control Gear' is designed and manufactured by their engineering firm in Mumbai. This gear can be applied on any elephant and can be controlled from a distance of over 25 meter with the help of remote control.
Tags: India, Mumbai, Elephants, Mahout, Elephants in Kerala culture, Technology Internet
Freedom at last for zoo jumbos
New Delhi :: India | 10 days ago
Credibility This [freedom for jumbos] was a long-standing demand of the zoo authorities and we finally decided to accept it," a wildlife ministry official said. Sources in the ministry, however, said there was no set timeframe to implement the decision. "The elephants...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Elephant, Zoo, Central Zoo Authority of India, Environment, The Elephant Sanctuary, Mysore Zoo, Elephants
Chinese gangs seek to corner ivory trade
New Delhi :: India | 10 days ago
Credibility Until recently, Japan was the market for almost 85 per cent of the ivory leaving India illegally. Craftsmen there used to make hankos, or name seals, which was prized by the Japanese. But with more and more Japanese learning to sign their names, the demand...
Tags: Wildlife Trust of India, China, India, New Delhi, Animal rights, Animal welfare, CITES, Tusk, Poaching, Elephants, Ivory, Environmental Investigation Agency
Deon Meyer's Latest Set in South Africa!
Blood Safari By Deon Meyer Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN: 9780802119032374 Pages "We [people] don't care about anyone else...I don't want to live like that. I want to hear people. I want to know people..." (p. 90)Faced with just the slightest...
Tags: Deon Meyer, South Africa, conservation, game reserves, elephants, tusks, adventure, suspense
Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative
Emmanuel Gheerbrant, paleontologist at the Paris Museum (1), discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant order. The beginnings of the radiation (diversification) of the modern mammals (placental orders) remain poorly known because...
Tags: Discovery, Elephants, Oldest, Global Warming, Extinct
A safe South Africa
The mystery of Africa, is still a mystery all over the world! Too many people are scared to come to South Africa because they lack the knowledge of what's really going on. They fear for their lives, and the lives of their families, symply because...
Tags: families, lions, tigers, elephants, joburg, Cape Town, world, mountains
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