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South Africa: Ivory dealer fined for illegal possession of elephant tusks

South Africa: Ivory dealer fined for illegal possession of elephant tusks

by Adam Cruise | Mar 5, 2022 | News

By Philani Nombembe – TimesLive A Zimbabwean has been fined R10,000 in Cape Town for unlawful possession of ivory. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said Cosmus Ziwande, 38, was sentenced in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Thursday. Ziwande, who is serving...
Kenya: Man arrested with an elephant tusk in Tsavo West National Park

Kenya: Man arrested with an elephant tusk in Tsavo West National Park

by Adam Cruise | May 2, 2021 | News

By Nancy Agutu, The Star Kenya Wildlife Service has arrested a suspected poacher in possession of an elephant tusk at Elerai area in Tsavo West National Park. The tusk is suspected to be one of the two extracted from an elephant which was killed at Losoito in Tsavo...
Four suspected poachers released on R5000 bail (South Africa)

Four suspected poachers released on R5000 bail (South Africa)

by Adam Cruise | Jul 16, 2019 | News

By The Independent Online CAPE TOWN: Two people were released on R5 000 bail each after appearing in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges related to four elephant tusks found in the trunk of the vehicle they were travelling in last week. In a...
Japan is still hungry for ivory. The reason is a personal stamp called a hanko

Japan is still hungry for ivory. The reason is a personal stamp called a hanko

by Adam Cruise | Apr 27, 2019 | News

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...
Kenya on the brink of acquitting ivory trafficker number four

Kenya on the brink of acquitting ivory trafficker number four

by Adam Cruise | Apr 11, 2019 | News

Chris Morris, Commentary / Mongabay On April 11, Chief Magistrate Francis Kyambia is set to make judgement in a Mombasa, Kenya court on the ivory trafficking prosecution against Ephantus Mbare Gitonga. A not-guilty verdict, if rendered, will be the fourth consecutive...
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