Ivory

• Elephants ‘trample’ suspected poacher to death in South Africa

  The suspect was fleeing authorities when he ran into a herd of elephants in South Africa, officials said.

  Trending

  Apr 19, 2021
  
• Singapore seizes 8.8 tonnes of ivory from nearly 300 elephants

  The ivory haul also picked up the third major seizure of pangolin scales in Singapore this year.

  World

  Jul 23, 2019
  
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• Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting as activists warn of poaching

  The southern African nation is home to an estimated 130,000 elephants.

  World

  May 24, 2019
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• Britain to slap ‘one of the world’s toughest bans’ on ivory to help protect elephants

  The new British legislation will create the toughest ban on ivory in Europe and one of the toughest in the world.

  World

  Apr 3, 2018
• Tinder helps out world’s last male northern white rhino

  The world's last male northern white rhino has joined the Tinder dating app as wildlife experts make a last-chance breeding effort to keep his species alive.

  Environment

  Apr 25, 2017
• Poaching incident in France zoo puts rhino security in the spotlight

  Officials in France said that a five-year-old white rhinoceros named Vince was shot three times in the head by poachers who broke into the Thoiry Zoo.

  Environment

  Mar 11, 2017
• 619 kilograms of smuggled ivory seized in Vietnam

  Vietnamese authorities have seized 619 kilograms (1,362 pounds) of ivory illegally shipped in from Africa after finding 4 tons at the same port over the past two months.

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2016
• Ontario company, director fined for illegal exports of ivory, python skin

  An Ontario company and its director have been fined $12,500 and sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to unlawfully exporting python skin and elephant ivory.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2016
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• African elephant populations down 30 per cent according to new census

  That means that there are 144,000 fewer elephants now roaming the continent, according to The Great Elephant Census (GEC).

  Environment

  Sep 1, 2016
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• Authorities in Ethiopia burn over six tonnes of confiscated ivory

  A large stockpile of ivory was burned in Ethiopia's capital on Friday, a strong signal that the government wants to end the illegal trafficking of wildlife.

  Crime

  Mar 20, 2015