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Elephant Tramples Poacher To Death
Animals  (tags: Elephants, Poachers, animals, animalrights, nimalcruelty, wildlife, death )

Lynn
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A suspected poacher has reportedly been trampled to death by an elephant as he tried to shoot the beast in Zimbabwe. The bloodied remains of Solomon Manjoro were found by rangers after what was thought to be a botched poaching trip at the protected...
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Tanzanians See Official Hand in Elephant Poaching
Animals  (tags: wildlife, elephants, suffering, slaughter, killing )

Jill
- 21 days ago - usatoday.com
Pratik Patel gazed glumly as the herder's scrawny brown dogs moved between piles of bones to eat the rotting elephant flesh. He pointed to the nearby road and wondered aloud: How could poachers kill an elephant just 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tanzania'
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Elephant Poaching Soars in the Central African Republic Chaos
Animals  (tags: wildlife, elephants, suffering, killing, slaughter, cruelty, conservation, animalrights )

Jill
- 21 days ago - mg.co.za
Poaching in protected wildlife areas has been on the rise in the Central African Republic since the country was plunged into turmoil, say campaigners.
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Elephant Poaching 'Rising' in African Republic
Animals  (tags: Elephants, CAR, poaching, African, central, republic, wwfkilling )

Marie
- 22 days ago - m.bbc.co.uk
Poachers are taking advantage of instability in the Central African Republic (CAR)
37 comments
Destroy Blood Ivory By Publicly Burning It, and Send a Strong Message as the Leader of This Buddhist Country
Animals  (tags: elephants, ivory, petition )

Teresa
- 24 days ago - avaaz.org
Sri Lanka should be ashamed to add value to this Blood Ivory by gifting it to Buddhist temples as objects to be valued and venerated. As custodians of the greatest philosophy on ahimsa Buddhist monks across the nation should reject this Blood Ivory.
34 comments
When Animals Mourn: Taking Solace From Knowing That Grief Is Not Uniquely Human
Animals  (tags: ducks, horses, grief, dolphins, animals, elephants, "How Animals Grieve", Barbara J. King )

Judy
- 35 days ago - npr.org
Writing this book often moved me profoundly; through reading the science literature and conducting interviews with experienced animal caretakers, I came to understand at a new, visceral level just how extensively animals feel their lives.
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Thailand Promises to End Its Ivory Trade--Should We Believe Them?.
Animals  (tags: elephants, tusks, Thailand, protection, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, conservation, endangered, humans, slaughter, sadness, suffering, wildlife )

Giana
- 35 days ago - takepart.com
Up and down Thailand, more than 5,000 stores and boutiques sell dead elephant tusk to tourists.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Demand Justice for Elephant Shot in Drive-By Shooting
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, abuse, AnimalWelfare, elephants, Nepal, animalwelfare, animals, animalrights, animaladvocates, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, cruelty )

Cal
- 36 days ago - forcechange.com
Carol, a 39-year old Asian elephant employed by Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, was shot in the shoulder in Tupelo, Mississippi. Carol was standing in the parking lot next to the circus tent, waiting the arrival of the children who would atte
58 comments
Tanzania: Dar Risks Sanctions Over Ivory Trade
Animals  (tags: wildlife, suffering, elephants, ivory, poaching, sadness, slaughter )

Jill
- 37 days ago - allafrica.com
TANZANIA is among eight member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which have been placed on the list of worst offenders in ivory trade likely to face trade restrictions.
21 comments
Kenya to Deploy 1,000 More Rangers to Fight Poaching
Animals  (tags: wildlife, elephants, poaching, suffering, cruelty, animals )

Jill
- 38 days ago - allafrica.com
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) will deploy 1,000 additional rangers to fight poaching, which has killed 74 elephants since the beginning of the year, Kenya's Capital FM reported on Saturday (April 6th).
31 comments
Before the Last Elephant Falls
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, protection, wildlife, elephants, save )

Bettina
- 43 days ago - secure.avaaz.org
We just won a promise from Thailand to shut down its national ivory trade! But for every victory, there are hundreds more animals facing extinction
28 comments
Larry Page,CEO of Google: Pull All Ads Promoting the Sale of Ivory on Google Pages Immediately
Animals  (tags: ivory, elephants, Africa, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cruelty, sadness, suffering )

Ginger
- 46 days ago - change.org
Seventy years ago 5 million elephants roamed the forests and savannahs of Africa, today there are only a few hundred thousand. Last year alone, some 32,000 elephants were killed illegally in Africa for the ivory trade.
15 comments
Organization Estimates Upwards Of 35,000 Elephants Killed For Tusks In 2011
Animals  (tags: wildlife, elephants, danger, cruelty, habitat )

Jill
- 50 days ago - aboutmyplanet.com
According to the charity Tusk Trust, as many as 35,000 elephants were likely killed in the year 2011 alone.
58 comments
ACTION ALERT:Help a Lonely, Miserable Elephant
Animals  (tags: suffering, elephants, protection, humans, habitat, ethics, cruelty, animals )

Jill
- 50 days ago - asiaforanimals.com
AfA members are supporting a campaign led by PETA to translocate a lone elephant from Manila Zoo to a sanctuary in Thailand. Mali is perhaps one of the world's saddest elephants.
78 comments
Pull All Ads Promoting the Sale of Ivory on Google Pages Immediately ACTION
Animals  (tags: elephants, ivory, google, shopping, protection, animalwelfare, wildlife, endangered )

Nancy
- 51 days ago - change.org
As the world leader in internet searches and shopping, Google needs to enforce its own policy that it, "doesn't allow the promotion of products obtained from endangered or threatened species."
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