Poachers have killed 80 per cent of Gabon’s forest elephants
In dieci anni, tra il 2004 e il 2014, in Gabon i bracconieri hanno ucciso oltre 25mila elefanti, mettendo a serio rischio la sopravvivenza della specie.
China bans its ivory trade
Entro la fine del 2017 in Cina sarà vietata la vendita e la trasformazione di avorio per contrastare il bracconaggio di elefanti.
Mosha, the elephant wounded by a land mine, gets her new prosthetic leg
Mosha lost her leg in a land mine accident ten years ago. She has now received her new prosthetic limb thanks to a hospital in Lampang, Thailand.
Elephants risk vanishing from Tanzania’s largest game reserve
The future of wildlife and ecosystems in Tanzania’s largest game reserve is under threat due to poaching and harmful industrial activities.
A near-total ban on ivory coming soon to the United States
A new ban on ivory will include nearly all sales of items containing African elephant tusks within the US, hopefully hurting the wildlife trade that is decimating elephants.
World Environment Day, the species most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade
On World Environment Day, find out which species’ very survival is threatened by the illegal wildlife trade.
Kenya, the giants club protecting elephants from poaching
The Giants Club met in Kenya to fight poaching, organising the largest burning of ivory in history. To save elephants from extinction.
Three rangers have been killed for protecting elephants in the Congo
Three rangers have been shot dead in Garamba National Park. This is yet another demonstration that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most dangerous places for wildlife and conservationists.
Rome destroys half a tonne of ivory at the Circus Maximus in defence of elephants
On 30 March the first Italian public “ivory crush” took place in Rome as a protest against ivory trade.
Megafauna: why large animals are becoming extinct, again
New study shows that over-hunting is dramatically contributing to large herbivores populations decline, just like 11,000 years ago.