Dr. Leakey wrote a blog post recently on Wildlife Direct about the ongoing one-off ivory auctions that were authorized by CITES. Since his post we have learned that Zimbabwe has bartered ivory to China for guns to put down any citizen protests, etc. This doesn’t surprise many in African conservation and it’s hard to imagine [...]
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In late September the Milgis Trust rescued a baby elephant from a well in the Milgis Lugga, saving him from certain death by flooding. I was so touched by this little ele’s story that I immediately visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Web site and adopted him. I know now that I was one of [...]
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Recently, the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species decided to reverse the ban on ivory trade. This is very bad news for elephants. I’m going to copy the latest post from Dr. Paula Kahumbu, the CEO of Wildlife Direct, that explains what’s happening and how China is gearing up to trade big-time in ivory, [...]
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