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Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis by Ronald Orenstein

Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis Ronald Orenstein ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Page: 216
ISBN: 9781770852273

Feb 12, 2014 - At the heart of this conflict is money, particularly the vast sums that can be made from trading in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn. The government in Pretoria this week proposed introducing a “well-regulated” international rhino horn trade, which it hopes will help curb poaching. They will put their ships between a whale and a harpoon, but will they put themselves between a rhino or an elephant and poachers with a gun? Jun 17, 2013 - Rhino horn can fetch a price exceeding its equivalent weight in gold on the Asian blackmarket, and efforts to stop the determined poachers from stripping rhinos of their valuable horns haven't had much success so far. Today On the ivory front, CITES has sanctioned two 'one-off sales' of ivory from southern African stockpiles to China and Japan in recent years on the assumption that it will help control or reduce elephant poaching, but it hasn't worked. Feb 16, 2014 - All out war, launched against the poachers and the “Mr Bigs” behind the ivory and rhino horn trade, is the only way they will be stopped, along with intensive education of the end buyers of the terrible cost of the product. My next blog is an expansion of what I am talking about. Dec 11, 2012 - Our Rhino are also being poached this way … there is much to say about this … you ask why don't we send our troops to stop the poachers (of both Elephant and Rhino)… that I am afraid can only be answered by the Dept Of Environmental Affairs Tom Milliken (Leader of the Elephant &Rhino Program) TRAFFIC; has stated that the African Elephant are facing the most serious crises since international commercial trade in Ivory was prohibited under CITES IN 1989! Nov 15, 2011 - Lam Tak-fai, acting head of Ports and Maritime Command, arranges rhino horns, part of a 33 rhino horns, ivory chopsticks and bracelets shipment seized by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, during a news conference in Hong Kong November 15. Seizures indicate a rhinos have been killed this year in South Africa. HOW WE CAN END THE ELEPHANT POACHING CRISIS - Chelsea Clinton and the Clinton FoundationIn "Wild Life News". Geoffrey – I think anything we can do collectively to circulate the news of the crisis that rhinos and elephants face is well worth it. Jul 8, 2013 - Over 560 elephants dead for the blood ivory trade???!!!