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Science Saving Elephants – International Partnership Helps Preserve Amboseli Elephants

adintino — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:10:38 +0000

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Tue, 05/28/2013

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Science is taking the lead to secure habitat for elephants and other wildlife in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park.

IFAW and INTERPOL at the Front Lines of the War on Ivory and Wildlife Trafficking

adintino — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:27 +0000

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Wed, 05/22/2013

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Interpol and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Interpol’s international headquarters in Lyon, France. This is the first ever MoU signed by Interpol’s Environmental Crime Programme with an NGO.

Dubai Ivory Bust Seizes 259 Elephant Tusks

adintino — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:41 +0000

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Tue, 05/21/2013

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Dubai customs authorities have announced the seizure of 259 elephant tusks – believed to be the biggest bust yet of contraband ivory in the UAE.

The tusks were seized on 1 May, 2013 during a routine x-ray inspection of a container shipped from Mombasa, Kenya to Jebel Ali Port. The container’s manifest claimed its contents were “wooden furniture”.

IFAW organizes training workshop on wildlife trafficking in Lebanon

adintino — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:01:57 +0000

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Tue, 05/07/2013

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) is organizing specialized training on prevention of wildlife trafficking and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The workshop is being held in collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture in Beirut, May 7-11, 2013.

The Lebanese Republic joined CITES recently, and officially became member No. 178 on 3 March 2013. The convention will enter into force on 26 May 2013.

Baby Elephants Snatched from Wild Herds - Who’s Issuing the Permits?

adintino — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:24:04 +0000

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Wed, 03/20/2013

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Protection for elephants, or just an elaborate sham? That’s the question being asked after trucks transporting four young elephants were intercepted while transferring the calves to a “rehabilitation” centre last week.

According to a report by South Africa’s National Council of SPCA’s the elephants had been removed from their wild herds, because their mothers were to be shot at one of South Africa’s most infamous hunting ranches in North West Province.

Killing Spree Slaughters 86 Elephants in Chad

adintino — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:44:35 +0000

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Mon, 03/18/2013

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Poachers in Chad have slaughtered 86 elephants, including 33 pregnant females, in less than a week.