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WHY THE UK IVORY BAN CONSULTATION IS GOOD NEWS FOR ELEPHANTS
Finally, some potentially great news for elephants from the British Government as they announce a UK ivory ban consultation!... READ MORE›
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CHINA ANNOUNCES BAN ON IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017
Signalling an end to the world's primary legal ivory market and a major boost to international efforts to tackle the elephant poaching crisis in Africa ... READ MORE›
CHINA IS LOSING ITS TASTE FOR IVORY
Good news for Africa's elephants China is losing its taste for ivory... READ MORE›
CHINA'S VOW TO SHUT DOWN ITS IVORY TRADE BY THE END OF 2017 IS A 'GAME CHANGER' FOR ELEPHANTS
There was also a realization that China's key role in the illicit ivory trade was damaging its image in Africa... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS IT WILL SHUT DOWN IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017
Post to Facebook China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 The move is designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants... READ MORE›
CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE BY THE END OF 2017
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES, which took effect in 1975, banned the ivory trade in 1989... READ MORE›
UK NAMED AS WORLD'S LARGEST LEGAL IVORY EXPORTER
A new trade analysis reveals the scale of Britain's role in the international ivory trade... READ MORE›
BRING IN A TOTAL BAN ON IVORY SALES, 100 POLITICIANS, CONSERVATIONISTS AND CELEBRITIES SAY
Open letter the british government must take global leadership with a 'total ban' on the ivory tradeA... READ MORE›
EU SET TO BAN RAW IVORY EXPORTS FROM JULY
The EU needs to take responsibility and finally ban its own ivory trade as well as all exports... READ MORE›
BORIS JOHNSON BACKS 'ALL-OUT BAN' ON IVORY SALES
Animal rights campaigners believe laws to regulate the ivory trade are ineffective and perpetuate illicit sales, driving rhino and elephant poaching... READ MORE›
CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG
Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›
CHINA'S IVORY BAN SPARKS DRAMATIC DROP IN PRICES ACROSS ASIA
Prices of raw ivory in Vietnam have fallen, which traders are linking to China's announcement of its domestic ivory ban, according to new research... READ MORE›
WORLD'S NATIONS AGREE ELEPHANT IVORY MARKETS MUST CLOSE
International pressure to close domestic ivory markets is building... READ MORE›
UNIVERSITY S QUESTIONS ON MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND BREAST PROBLEMS TOTALLY OUT OF ORDER AND MISOGYNISTIC
The Chinese government has sponsored awareness campaigns highlighting the perils facing elephants, and officials destroyed six tons of illegal ivory last year... READ MORE›
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH CALLS ON CHINESE PRESIDENT TO END IVORY TRADE
And a group of broadcasters, conservationists and MPs have called on the Chinese president to end his country's ivory trade and save African elephants from extinction... READ MORE›
ELEPHANTS ON THE PATH TO EXTINCTION
Many elephants, particularly in the forests of central Africa, are not only targeted for their ivory... READ MORE›
'ELEPHANTS ARE NOT THE ONLY VICTIMS'
It is true that elephants are endangered, but the art of ivory carving is in greater danger... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS HOPE U.S. ACTION HALTS AFRICAN IVORY TRADE IN ITS TRACKS
Across the city Harriet Wilson cares for baby elephants orphaned by ivory poachers... READ MORE›
AFRICAN 'BLOOD IVORY' DESTROYED IN NEW YORK TO SIGNAL CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL TRADE
Kelly Aylward, director of the Washington office of the Wildlife Conservation Society, countered that such events demonstrate the ivory has no monetary value... READ MORE›
UK TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL IVORY SALES
Maintaining domestic ivory markets helps fuel the illegal killing of thousands of elephants... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIONISTS CAST DOUBT ON CHINA'S IVORY TRADE BAN
Beijing Ivory Carving Factory is one of the companies that will close in the coming months... READ MORE›
CHINA BANS IVORY CARVING IMPORTS FOR A YEAR
Authorities impose temporary ban amid criticism that China is driving slaughter of African elephants, but wildlife groups say domestic ivory trade needs tackling... READ MORE›
TON OF ILLEGAL IVORY CRUSHED IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE
African bloody ivory confiscated from new york and philadelphia crushed in times square to show intolerance for elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade... READ MORE›
BREAKAWAY AFRICAN COUNTRIES DEMAND RESUMPTION OF IVORY TRADE
A booming illegal wildlife trade has put huge pressure on an existing treaty signed by more than 180 countries... READ MORE›
MALAYSIA DESTROYS 9.5 TONNE HOARD OF IVORY
Malaysia has previously announced in parliament that 4,624 ivory tusks were confiscated between 2011 and 2014... READ MORE›
JUST TWO 'HOTSPOTS' ACCOUNT FOR 85 PER CENT OF AFRICA'S ILLEGAL ELEPHANT POACHING
Two geographical 'hotspots' in Africa account for 85 per cent of illegal elephant poaching, DNA study finds... READ MORE›
POACHING DRIVES HUGE 30% DECLINE IN AFRICA'S SAVANNAH ELEPHANTS
Poaching drives huge 30 percent decline in Africa's savannah elephants... READ MORE›
CHINA TO END IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017, TO CURB SLAUGHTER OF ELEPHANTS
China also permits trade from a one-time, CITES-approved purchase by China and Japan of an ivory stockpile from several African countries in 2008... READ MORE›
TORIES' FAILURE TO HALT IVORY TRADE 'RISKS EXTINCTION OF ELEPHANTS'
The UK is putting elephants at risk of extinction through its broken promises on the ivory trade, according to campaigners... READ MORE›
CHINA'S BAN ON IVORY THRILLS NATURE GROUPS
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants, a wildlife-advocacy group in Africa, has been working for years to turn China against the ivory trade... READ MORE›
CHINA BANS IVORY IMPORTS FOR A YEAR
Six tons of illegal ivory was pulverised last year in the southern city of Dongguan, and Chinese courts have stepped up prosecution of illegal ivory trade... READ MORE›