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Battle Steps Up to Save World's Elephants
Animals  (tags: africa, wildlife, wild animals, elephants, poachers, automatic weapons, endangered, extinction, humans, protection, suffering, slaughter )

Jacquelin
- 1584 days ago - smh.com.au
In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society estimated recently that the numbers had dropped again, from 3500 to
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Poachers Become the Poached in Shark Infested Waters
Animals  (tags: africa, marine wildlife, sharks, great whites, poachers, eaten by sharks, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1585 days ago - abc.net.au
Sharks may be threatening the safety of Australian swimmers with three attacks since Sunday, but in South Africa it is the most desperate people who are getting munched by great whites. At Gansbaai, west of Capetown, unemployed people dive into shark i
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Ivory Poaching Decimates Elephant Herds in Chad's Zakouma National Park
Animals  (tags: ivory, poachers, elephants, endangered, Chad )

Derek
- 1615 days ago - planetsave.com
The population of elephants in Zakouma National Park has been reduced by almost 2/3 in the last two years due to organized poaching for ivory. Only 1000 savannah elephants are now thought to survive in the park.
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Poachers Killing Michigan Wolves Despite DNR Protection
Animals  (tags: michigan wolves, protected, tragedy, killed, slaughtered, poachers, wildanimals, investigations )

Simone
- 1616 days ago - mlive.com
There, in a slight depression beneath the roots of a fallen tree, lay the dead wolf on its back, legs jutting skyward. The 6-year-old male, his neck soaked with blood, appeared to have been dragged to this spot. The wound on the right side of his
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Africa Trade Bust 'Biggest Ever' - Africa
Animals  (tags: africa, ivory, ivory trade, elephants, interpol, kenya, good news, poachers )

Chrissy
- 1642 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
More than one tonne of ivory products has been seized in Africa's largest-ever international crackdown on wildlife crime. The operation, co-ordinated by Interpol and the Kenya Wildlife Service, led to the arrest of 57 illegal traders across five African
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19 Get 3-Year Jail for Killing Six Gir Lions
Animals  (tags: lions killed, electroculeted, wild animals, jail sentences, wildlife trafficking, endangered, sentenced, justice, poachers )

Simone
- 1666 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In a rare conviction, a Junagadh sessions court on Thursday sentenced 19 poachers to three years rigorous imprisonment for killing six lions in Gir's Babaria forest range in March 2007. The poachers were also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each.
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Poachers Walk Free as Assault on Zimbabwe Rhinos Escalates
Animals  (tags: africa, wildlife, wild animals, rhinos, poachers, released, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, suffering, protection, killing, sadness, AnimalCruelty, abused )

Jacquelin
- 1692 days ago - panda.org
Harare, Zimbabwe: A breakdown in law enforcement against rhino poaching and horn smuggling in Zimbabwe is threatening the success of more than a decade's work bringing rhino populations back up to healthy levels. Typical of the problem is the recent re
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Poachers Feel the Heat
Animals  (tags: wildlife crime unit, tigers, big cats, poachers, wildlife trafficking, arrests, disappearing wild animals, tragedy )

Simone
- 1702 days ago - wcs.org
Time ran out to save the tigers themselves, but their parts--bones, skins, teeth, and claws--have been laid to rest, following a raid by Indonesian authorities working with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Wildlife Crime Unit. The tiger parts were most
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Zimbabwe's Rhinos Terrorised By Poachers
Animals  (tags: africa, wildanimals, wildlife, black rhinos, poachers, endangered, extinction, humans, protection, killing, slaughter )

Jacquelin
- 1760 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
THE game scouts looking for a black rhinoceros wounded by poachers in Zimbabwe's Save Valley Conservancy could hear her snoring but could not see her through the long grass. Eventually, by making a lot of noise, they forced the rhino to stand up and we
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Authorities Close in on Southern African Elephant Poachers
Animals  (tags: elephants, poachers, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1769 days ago - iar.org.uk
Officials in southern Africa are poised to move in and break up a ring of suspected ivory smugglers, as concerns mount that international gangs of poachers are targeting the area's elephant populations.
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Staff Shortage Plagues Corbett Tiger Reserve
Animals  (tags: tigers, reserves, shortage of staff, poachers, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1797 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The Corbett Tiger Reserve might be brimming with a robust wild cat population but the shortage of staff in the park is giving sleepless nights to Uttarkhand wildlife officials who fear that poachers may take advantage of the situation.
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Assam Wants Life Terms for Rhino Poachers
Animals  (tags: rhinos, poachers, tougher laws, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killing, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1809 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The Assam government has proposed tough anti-poaching laws ranging from heavy fines to life imprisonment to combat a rise in the slaughter of rhinos by organised crime syndicates.
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17 Elephants Killed By Poachers in Virunga
Animals  (tags: elephants, hippos, poachers, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killed, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1837 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
In the last two weeks, the Virunga National Park has lost 17 elephants and 2 hippos to poachers. The area is so unstable at the moment with Congolese militias, Rwandan militias and Congolese soldiers all roaming the area, as well as local poachers.
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Poaching Is Jeopardizing Conservation Efforts in Greece
Animals  (tags: poaching, poachers, illegal wildlife trafficking endangered )

Simone
- 1838 days ago - enn.com
An adult lesser white-fronted goose named Mánnu was found dead at Lake Kerkini, south of the Greek-Bulgarian border, in an area where hunting is prohibited. An autopsy confirmed a poacher killed the bird with a shotgun
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Stop Illegal Poaching of Tigers and Big Cats. - PETITION
Animals  (tags: poaching, big cats, disappearing, wild big cat trafficking, poachers, tigers, illegal poaching )

Simone
- 1839 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Even though poaching of big cats is illegal in some countries, people are still poaching them. This petition is stop that forever in all countries.
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