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31 January 2012

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

This month’s seizure figures represent at least 77 dead elephants, bringing the total since this time last year to at least 4,001…*

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05 January 2012

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

This month’s seizure figures represent at least 309 dead elephants, not including 1,210 combined whole tusks and pieces, bringing the total for this year to at least 4,340

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01 December 2011

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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01 November 2011

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

This month’s seizure figures represent at least 125 dead elephants, bringing the total so far this year to at least 3,983…

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27 October 2011

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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03 October 2011

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

This month’s seizure figures represent the death of at least 540 elephants, bringing the total so far this year to at least 3,860 dead elephants…

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19 September 2011

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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02 September 2011

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

This month’s seizure figures represent the death of at least 1,388 elephants, bringing the total so far this year to at least 3,104 dead elephants…

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26 August 2011

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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15 August 2011

Tigers, gorillas, rhinoceroses, elephants and much more will be under the spotlight this week when government representatives and experts from around the world meet in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the perilous situation facing many species.

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03 August 2011

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

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

20 July 2011

20 July 2011, Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Smoke from the bonfire reached up into an elephant grey sky as a flaming torch wielded by His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, the President of Kenya, ignited a funeral pyre of nearly 5 tonnes of illegal ivory - the tusks of hundreds of elephants, originally seized in Singapore in 2002.

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19 July 2011

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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01 July 2011

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

This month’s seizures are difficult to represent in terms of total dead elephant numbers....  

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24 June 2011

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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31 May 2011

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

This month’s seizures represent at least 299 dead elephants…

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10 May 2011

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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04 May 2011

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

This month’s seizures represent at least 489 dead elephants…

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20 April 2011

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.  

14 April 2011

A recent paper on the impact of civil war on mammals in Gola National Park in Sierra Leone confirms our worst fears for remaining elephant numbers in the country.

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06 April 2011

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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06 April 2011

Thailand is a major destination for smuggled African elephant ivory, with more than 7 metric tons of illegal ivory (which could represent a total of 1065 elephants) reportedly trafficked into Thailand from Africa in the last 15 months alone.

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01 March 2011

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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01 February 2011

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

This month’s seizures represent at least 385 dead elephants...

14 December 2010

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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07 December 2010

On Friday 26th November, over 100 kg of ivory was seized and 16 ivory dealers arrested in Gabon, Central Africa – the result of a groundbreaking wildlife law enforcement initiative for the country. 

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19 November 2010

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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11 November 2010

On the 9th of September customs officers at Hong Kong port intercepted and seized a shipment of 1,550kg of ivory tusks.  The consignment originated in Tanzania and was sent to Malaysia before being routed to Hong Kong in an effort to avoid detection.

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26 August 2010

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

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16 July 2010

Thai customs officials today announced the seizure of another significant haul of ivory  - 117 tusks and 9 other pieces weighing 765kg.

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