by Adam Cruise | Mar 24, 2025 | News
By Bluewin Customs officials at Geneva Airport discovered an elephant tusk in the luggage of a 68-year-old US citizen. The protected ivory was confiscated. A fine was also imposed. The American was stopped by customs officials last week as he was about to board a...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 30, 2025 | News
By George Owiti, The Star Two police officers have been arrested while in possession of Sh4.9 million worth of ivory tusks in Athi River, Machakos county. The duo, according to police, was nabbed along the Nairobi–Mombasa highway within Kyumbi Township. The matter was...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 30, 2025 | News
By Carolyn Cowan – Mongabay Illegal wildlife trade in threatened and protected species and their parts is occurring in plain sight online in Vietnam, according to a recent assessment by monitoring watchdog TRAFFIC. Items openly advertised for sale online in the...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 26, 2024 | News
By Fox61 Nineteen stores in six Connecticut counties were found illegally selling over 160 items carved from elephant ivory, according to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). An undercover investigation in November 2023 of 29 stores across Connecticut found...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 2, 2024 | News
By Ngoc Truong, VnExpress International Nearly 10 tons of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns that were seized from a smuggler in Da Nang City, have been incinerated. A court in the central city ruled Thursday to burn 456.9 kg of...
