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Elephant Tusks in Dubai
22 May 2013

Killed in a place and at a time unknown, around 144 elephants meet their end to satisfy demand for ivory in the Far East. 

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National Ivory Action Plans Submitted
18 May 2013

As was agreed at the 64th CITES Standing Committee in March 2013, national ivory action plans have now been formulated and submitted to the CITES Secretariat by eight countries.

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Bringing Justice to Central Africa's Elephants
17 May 2013

Some welcome news from the Republic of Congo – the notorious kingpin of an elephant poaching and ivory trafficking network, operating with impunity in a National Park in the north of the country for many years, has finally been arrested and will be prosecuted.

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Poachers Invade Research Centre in World Heritage Site
09 May 2013

Last week we reported how, in the wake of the political crises currently gripping the Central African Republic, elephant poachers are overrunning Dzanga-Sangha Reserve in the country’s southwest.

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Ivory Seizures Reflect a Thriving Bloody Ivory Trade
03 May 2013

Once again, Hong Kong customs authorities have intercepted a large consignment of illegal ivory destined for ‘consumers’ in the Far East. On 30th April a shipping container labelled as containing 'spare parts' and originating from Burundi and bound for Singapore, was found to contain 113 pieces of tusks.

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Over 125,000 Elephants Killed In South Sudan
30 April 2013

Government wildlife authorities in the recently formed Republic of South Sudan recently issued a statement drawing attention to the loss of elephants during the country’s turbulent 30 year civil war.

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Catastrophe Continues in Central Africa
26 April 2013

Elephant meat is reportedly ‘flooding’ village markets around the famous Dzanga-Sangha Reserve in southwest Central African Republic.

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None are Spared!
11 April 2013

An ivory dealer has been arrested by wildlife law enforcement officials in Djoum, a border town close to the Gabonese frontier in the South of Cameroon. 

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Dismantling ivory trafficking in the Republic of Congo
03 April 2013

In the on-going battle against poaching in Central Africa, elephants have an ally in a small but committed force, working tirelessly to secure ivory seizures but perhaps more importantly, arrests and convictions of significant players in the ivory trafficking business.

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Fighting Ivory Insurgents in Central Africa
28 March 2013

This month, reports from Southern Chad indicate that 89 elephants were gunned down in a single night by a group of well-armed poachers, sparking fears that the 300 Sudanese horse-mounted rebels who annihilated Cameroon’s most significant savannah elephant population in Bouba Ndjida National Park in 2012 may have returned to the region in search of more ivory.

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