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

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Nations Unite to Save Gorillas

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 25, 08 5:00 AM CST

      Nations Unite to Save Gorillas

      (Newser) - Three African nations where the world's last 720 wild mountain gorillas live are finally working together to save the critically endangered animal, the Guardian reports. Until the 10-year plan was announced last week, mistrust and conflict had kept Rwanda, Uganda and the Congo from collaborating as another 10 apes were killed in the last 14 months. More »

    • Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

      AFP  |  Feb 13, 08 11:50 AM CST

      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

  • December 2007

    • Cops Bust Major Tiger Poaching Ring

      Associated Press  |  Dec 6, 07 5:15 AM CST

      Cops Bust Major Tiger Poaching Ring

      (Newser) - In a rare victory for embattled conservationists, police in northern India yesterday busted a major tiger poaching ring as the gang was negotiating a sale of three tiger pelts and skeletons, AP reports. The remains were believed to be headed to China, where tiger body parts are sold on the black market for medicine, a major factor in the decline of India's tiger population.  More »

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      China  • India  • tigers  • poaching  • Big Cats

  • September 2007

    • South African Park Houses Grim Exhibit

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 19, 07 7:51 PM CDT

      South African Park Houses Grim Exhibit

      (Newser) - South Africa's Kruger National Park provides a bizarre but legal service: a legitimate source of animal parts for the world's manufacturers of buffalo upholstery, zebra footrests, and giraffe-bone handgun grips. The park's employees harvest the remains of animals that die of natural causes and store them in stockpiles, taking orders from around the world, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      animal  • endangered species  • South Africa  • national park  • poaching  • elephant

  • June 2007
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