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  • March 2008
    • Illegal Poaching Funds Militant Groups

      Illegal Poaching Funds Militant Groups

      (Newser) - Shipments of African contraband such as ivory, tiger parts, and rhino horn are funding militant groups and perhaps terrorists, Newsweek reports. After the theft of $1.3 million in ivory in Chad last year and a reported rise in contraband smuggling, US lawmakers have become interested: A House hearing on the wildlife trade is scheduled to start next week. More »

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      Darfur   endangered species   poaching   Janjaweed   elephants   ivory   terrorist groups   militias   rhinoceros   Bengal tigers

  • February 2008
    • Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

      Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

      (Newser) - At least half of India's Bengal tiger population has vanished in the last five years, according to the latest alarming census of the endangered predators. A Project Tiger conservationist blamed "poaching, and loss of quality habitat and prey," reports AFP. A 2002 survey estimated there were 3,700 tigers in India's reserves and forests, but the latest count found just 1,411. More »

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      India   endangered species   conservation   tigers   poaching   predators   Bengal tigers

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