BY DAVID SOMMERSTEIN - North Country Public Radio A SUNY Potsdam alum is returning to campus Monday to show a new documentary that sounds the alarm about endangered forest elephants in central Africa. The elephants are threatened by logging of their habitat but also...
By SEVENSEAS Media We are thrilled to let you know about the launch of another great online publication which covers such a pressing issue. The Journal of African Elephants spotlights the crisis facing African elephants through daily news reports, commentary, studies,...
BY STEPHEN COAN - Times LIVE Who kills elephants and why? Who shows compassion towards them, and in what ways and why? Pity, sympathy and empathy all have a role to play but Wylie contends it is compassion that leads to “a stronger call to action-in-the-world...
By Dr. Michelle Henley – Elephants Alive Director, Co-founder and Principal Researcher We struggle as humans to understand our own actions. How can we begin to understand and provide possible interpretations for the actions of other species? Yet elephants have...
Esther Mmolai, The Botswana Daily News The elephant summit scheduled for early next month will assist government to refine its decision on the hunting ban, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism Mr Kitso Mokaila has said. Addressing...
Shoba Rao, News Corp Australia Network A breathtaking new photographic book backed by the Royal Family is calling for an end to the illegal slaughter of African elephants. The Last Elephants, compiled by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell, features 250 stunning colour...
Rastel Dan, L'evenement Precis La lutte contre la criminalité faunique se poursuit à grande échelle sur toute l’étendue du territoire national. Le lundi 15 avril dernier, trois présumés trafiquants ont été appréhendés dans la ville de Cotonou par une équipe composée...
Par Info Alwihda Le ministre de l'Environnement, de l'Eau et de la Pêche, Sidick Abdelkarim Haggar a lancé le 17 avril dernier dans la province du Hadjer Lamis, une opération de pose de colliers sur des éléphants pour protéger ces animaux. L'opération est...
Harry Cockburn, The Independent A trophy hunter has reportedly shot dead a rare large-tusked elephant in Zimbabwe, four years after killing the largest elephant hunted in Africa in three decades. Photographs of the huge elephant show it on its side on the ground...
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post TOKYO: The best ivory for carving a hanko, or a personal seal, comes from the center of the tusk. That is where the ivory is firm and flawless, says Hideki Arami, a third-generation hanko carver who has a small shop in Tokyo's busy...