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2 Thais Nabbed on Charges of Trading African Ivory
Animals  (tags: animals, ivory, smuggling, arrests, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 6 days ago - google.com
Thai police arrested two men on charges of smuggling African ivory into the country to supply shops in Thailand that sell jewelry and trinkets, including to customers in the United States, authorities said.
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Has Tanzania Broken Ranks With EAC Over Elephant Ivory Trade?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, ivory, trade ban, elephants, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 21 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Tanzania is reportedly preparing to ask CITES to lift the trade ban on elephant ivory, much to the dismay of its EAC neighbors, conservationists, and members of the tourism industry.
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5 Ivory Dealers Arrested in Voi
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Cher
- 31 days ago - kbc.co.ke
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) personnel have arrested five prominent businessmen including a woman in connection with illegal sale of ivory.
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Illegal Ivory Shipments Worth Millions Seized at Kenya and Nairobi Airports
Animals  (tags: animals, ivory, illegal, elephants, seized, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 34 days ago - all-creatures.org
Kenyan and Ethiopian authorities have seized over 1,200 kilograms (2,600 pounds) of ivory - representing the killing of about 100 elephants.
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100 Elephants Killed Daily To Meet Illegal Ivory Demand, Chinese Appetite Whetted
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, ivory, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 34 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Thanks to the controversial approval of a one-off ivory sale, illegal trade in ivory has been reinvigorated - and 100 elephants a day are being slaughtered.
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100 Elephants Being Slaughtered Every Day By Poachers - 20 Years After Ivory Ban
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, ivory, killed, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 35 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Even though the ivory trade was banned 20 years ago, a shocking 104 elephants are still being killed every day for their tusks. This alarming level of illegal hunting could drive the African elephant to extinction across much of Africa in just 15 years.
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IFAW's J. Leask on the 20th Anniversary of the Ivory Trade Ban
Animals  (tags: news, ifaw, animals, animalwelfare, ivory, ivory trade )

Katie
- 40 days ago - animalrescue.typepad.com
This month is the 20th anniversary of the start of the global ivory trade ban. In 1989, the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) gave elephants the highest level of protection, which effectively banned..........
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Illegal Ivory Shipments Worth Millions Seized at Kenya, Nairobi Airports
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, ivory, seized, elephants, death, killing, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 55 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Kenyan and Ethiopian authorities have seized over 1,200 kilograms (2,600 pounds) of ivory - representing the killing of about 100 elephants.
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Huge Seizures of 1169 Kgs of Elephant Ivory in Kenya and Ethiopia
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Cher
- 55 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Kenya Wildlife Service has seized the largest haul of ivory in recent history at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.
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Permanently Ban the Sale of Ivory ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, ivory, ban, AnimalWelfare, environment, killing, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 125 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Kenyan Wildlife Authorities recently seized $1 million worth of elephant tusks and rhino horns bound for ivory markets in Asia. The growing demand of ivory has lead to skyrocketing rates of illegal poaching, and unless sales are permanently banned,
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Kenya Calls for End to World Ivory Trade
Animals  (tags: animals, killing, ivory, Kenya, AnimalWelfare, death, suffering, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 127 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Kenyan wildlife officials called on Saturday for an end to the ivory trade worldwide, saying a one-off sale two years ago led to a spike in the number of elephants killed in Africa
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Kenya Seizes Coffin-Stashed Ivory
Animals  (tags: animals, killed, ivory, rhino horns, seized, illegal, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 133 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Kenyan authorities have seized 300kg (660 lbs) of illegal ivory hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Laos.
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Kenya Seizes Ivory, Rhino Horn Heading to Asia
Animals  (tags: animals, ivory, rhino horns, seized, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, killed )

Cher
- 133 days ago - google.com
Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn -- some of it still bloody -- on a cargo plane headed to Asia on Tuesday, wildlife officials said.
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Forensics Help Fight Ivory Fraudsters
Animals  (tags: ivory, elephants, kiled, investigation, ivory poachers, forensics )

Simone
- 133 days ago - wwf.org.uk
The forensic technique of carbon dating can now be used to help catch law-breaking ivory dealers. It's not illegal to buy and sell antique ivory products - as long as the ivory in question dates back to before 1947. As you can imagine, there's
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Thailand a Hub for Growing Illegal Ivory Trade
Animals  (tags: animals, ivory, illegal trade, Thailand, AnimalWelfare, killing, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 155 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC. The report also raises concerns that legal provisions
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