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A monthly update on press coverage of the international illegal ivory trade. 

This month’s seizure figures represent at least 48 dead elephants, bringing the total so far this year to at least 4,031…

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Anti-poaching and other conservation efforts in northern Benin (West Africa) have been successful – the elephant population is growing. This is good news for the park’s ecosystem, but has also led to an increase in conflict between elephants and communities living in the area. 

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An expansive article on the ivory trade entitled 'Agony and Ivory' was published in the August 2011 edition of Vanity Fair magazine. One of the people who the author sought advice from was Will Travers, CEO of the Born Free Foundation. In the wake of the article's publication, Will Travers spoke to Vanity Fair about his life in conservation. 

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Enormous ivory haul reveals shocking levels of elephant poaching in Africa.

Leading conservationists were left stunned by news from Tanzania that 1,041 elephant tusks have been seized by authorities in an operation at the port of Zanzibar on Wednesday 24th August 2011. The tusks had been hidden among sacks of dried fish, in a shipment reportedly destined for Malaysia. 

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A monthly update on press coverage of the international illegal ivory trade. 

This month’s seizures represent at least 273 dead elephants…

In an effort to draw the world’s attention to the impact of poaching on Africa’s elephants, the Lusaka Agreement Task Force will host the burning of 5 tonnes of seized ivory in Tsavo National Park on Wednesday 20th July. 

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Ask anyone for an example of a large, long extinct mammal that once roamed the earth throughout vast ranges in its millions, and ‘mammoths’ would likely be many people’s answer.  

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Last Thursday night (5th May), fourteen metal boxes, labeled as originating from two fictitious embassies and destined for Lagos in Nigeria, were inspected by officials at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, following a tip off.

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One of the largest ever seizures of illegal ivory has taken place in China, close to the southern border with Vietnam.  The 707 elephant tusks, 32 ivory bracelets and 1 rhino horn were being transported in wooden boxes inside a large truck, which was stopped for a routine inspection at a highway toll station.  

A monthly update on press coverage of the international illegal ivory trade. 

This month’s seizures represent at least 321 dead elephants…

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A monthly update on press coverage of the international illegal ivory trade 

This month’s seizures representat least 168 dead elephants… 

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On Friday 10th December, two Singapore nationals were arrested in possession of 92kg of ivory at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.  

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The Centre Regional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife, working in collaboration with the forces of law and order, the Judiciary and SSN member the Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA), recently arrested two wildlife traffickers trying to sell four carved pieces of ivory and brought an Egyptian to court for complicity.

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Two tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns were seized this Sunday at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.  

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