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  • August 2008

    • Numbers Soaring, S. Africa Mulls Elephant Cull

      National Geographic  |  Aug 21, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Numbers Soaring, S. Africa Mulls Elephant Cull

      (Newser) - South Africa's 1995 ban on culling elephants has proven wildly successful—perhaps too successful, writes Karen Lange in National Geographic . As the population has skyrocketed from 8,000 to 13,000 in the years since, starving elephants are now ravaging vegetation and taxing the nation's ecosystem, forcing experts to consider the unthinkable: a fresh wave of killing. More »

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      South Africa  • endangered species  • conservation  • poaching  • ivory  • Elephants  • Elephant habitat

  • July 2008

    • UN Approves China to Buy Ivory

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 16, 08 5:29 AM CDT

      UN Approves China to Buy Ivory

      (Newser) - China has been given a green light to begin importing African ivory by a UN body that banned the sale 10 years ago, a decision that has infuriated conservation groups, the Daily Telegraph reports. African states say they need to sell stockpiles of ivory from elephants that are culled or die of natural causes in order to fund conservation efforts. Critics believe the move will encourage poaching and put more pressure on endangered elephant populations. More »

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      China  • Africa  • endangered species  • conservation  • wildlife  • elephant  • cull  • ivory

  • March 2008
  • July 2007

    • Elephants Go on the Offense in Africa

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 15, 07 12:57 PM CDT

      Elephants Go on the Offense in Africa

      (Newser) - Elephants are now endangering Southern Africans, as attacks on humans increase and the creatures savage farms. While tourists tend to see the mammoths as cuddly and harmless, Africans tell the Times that the peril is becoming an elephant in the room. "Elephants are horrible things to live next door to," one expert says. "I think we should kill them," adds a villager. More »

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      Africa  • elephants  • ivory

  • June 2007

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