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Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis Ronald Orenstein
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited

Today On the ivory front, CITES has sanctioned two 'one-off sales' of ivory from southern African stockpiles to China and Japan in recent years on the assumption that it will help control or reduce elephant poaching, but it hasn't worked. Oct 12, 2013 - Ivory, Horn & Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis, my eighth book, is probably the one closest to my heart. They will put their ships between a whale and a harpoon, but will they put themselves between a rhino or an elephant and poachers with a gun? Apr 21, 2014 - According to Adam Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA, a global leader in wildlife conservation and animal welfare, "The elephant poaching crisis has reached historic levels and, shockingly, some elephant populations face extinction in my The organization maintains a global wildlife trade program and is at the forefront of campaigns to protect imperiled species, including from the trade in elephant ivory, rhino horn, tiger bone, lion trophies, and bear gallbladders. Aug 13, 2013 - “Mozambique increasingly has become one of the major exit points for both rhino horn and elephant ivory. Apr 11, 2014 - The purge comes just weeks after the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was forced to counter accusations from wildlife activists that it was losing the fight against the booming elephant ivory and rhino horn trade. Jun 17, 2013 - Rhino horn can fetch a price exceeding its equivalent weight in gold on the Asian blackmarket, and efforts to stop the determined poachers from stripping rhinos of their valuable horns haven't had much success so far. We're facing a crisis for both species. Vietnamese syndicates are behind the rhino horn trade. Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis - Ronald Orenstein 9. Sep 29, 2013 - Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinocero_姚氏顾问社_新浪博客,姚氏顾问社, Today a new ivory crisis has arisen - this time, fuelled by internal wars in Africa and a growing market in the Far East. Elsewhere in Africa, elephants are being poached at an alarming rate for their ivory, which is used for carvings and has been valued for millennia for its color and texture. Ron Orenstein, a zoologist, lawyer, and author of Ivory, Horn, and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis, speaks from 25 years of experience in this arena. Dec 10, 2013 - The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them - Wayne Pacelle 8. Jan 17, 2014 - South Africa's rhino population totals around 20,000. Nov 15, 2011 - Lam Tak-fai, acting head of Ports and Maritime Command, arranges rhino horns, part of a 33 rhino horns, ivory chopsticks and bracelets shipment seized by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, during a news conference in Hong Kong November 15.