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Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis Ronald Orenstein
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Jan 11, 2013 - Many people incorrectly believe the poaching crisis had subsided, but in reality, there has been a major spike in the number of poaching incidents. Mar 19, 2014 - “The Last Rhino,” by Jonah Hull (Al Jazeera “examines the poaching industry from South Africa to Asia.) 13. In an announcement […] But how would their customers be convinced of their rhino horn being real without, say, a dead rhino photo and the occasional newspaper article about poaching? Apr 8, 2014 - Bell said a review commissioned by IFAW of studies on the economics of trade in endangered species and rhino horn in particular found there to be real risk that regulated trade could drive an increase in poaching. Nov 15, 2013 - Here is one of the latest developments in economic policy: The US government hopes to send a crushing message to anyone involved in the illegal ivory trade — by decimating a 6-ton stockpile of seized elephant ivory. €�It's like the And Ugandan, South Sudanese and Congolese soldiers often leave their military duties in pursuit of this new blood diamond. The New York And that is creating this huge demand for ivory and rhinoceros horn across Africa,” Gettleman told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview Wednesday. Sep 1, 2013 - Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. Oct 20, 2013 - Ivory, Horn & Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. Title: Ivory, Horn & Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. 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. Oct 9, 2013 - He founded Save the Elephants in 1993, and was awarded the illustrious Order of the British Empire (OBE). My next blog is an expansion of what I am talking about. 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. Geoffrey – I think anything we can do collectively to circulate the news of the crisis that rhinos and elephants face is well worth it. Tusks, the enlarged incisor teeth that are the raw material for worked ivory, are normally sawed off at the base by poachers, often while the elephant is not yet dead. Nov 21, 2013 - Author, "Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis". SUMMARY: As recently as ten years ago, out of every ten African elephants that died, four fell at the hands of poachers. 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. Aug 26, 2013 - The real price of that unknown is exacted in blood and gore. €�Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis,” by Ronald Orenstein.