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NEWS ABOUT: poaching

poaching stories: 12 news summaries

 Elephants on Verge 
 of Extinction 

Illegal hunting could kill off African population in 15 years

Oct 19, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Within 15 years, African elephants could be extinct as a consequence of rampant ivory poaching, conservation experts say. Africa's elephant population numbers just 600,000, and that number appears to be dwindling by about 38,000 a year. That’s faster than the birth rate. One animal welfare group is... More »

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endangered species • Africa • ivory • poaching • birth rate • elephant • poachers

 Microsoft Pinching Apple 
 Employees to Staff Stores 

Managers enticed with higher salaries and sent back to poach sales people

Sep 22, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top... More »

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Microsoft • Apple • poaching • Macintosh • retail stores • computer • Apple Store • manager • employees

 Namibia's Ivory Sale 
 Raises Poaching Fears 

Legal auction could lead to more poaching

Oct 29, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Namibia kicked off two weeks of ivory auctions yesterday, marking the first time in almost a decade that the elephant tusks have sold legally, reports the Times of London. Seven tons brought $1.18 million from Chinese and Japanese buyers, and 108 tons—the equivalent of 10,000 elephants—will... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • South Africa • ivory • poaching • wildlife • elephant • Botswana • Namibia • International Fund for Animal Welfare • tusks • Environmental Investigation Agency • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species • Traffic

 EBay Bans Ivory Sales 

Total ban announced ahead of report showing site fuels trade in wildlife products

Oct 22, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - EBay will introduce a total ban on ivory sales after the holidays in a bid to prevent elephant poaching, Ars Technica reports. The company banned international sales of ivory on its site in 2007 but critics say it did little to halt the trade in illegal ivory. Conservationists estimate 20,... More »

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endangered species • eBay • ivory • poaching • elephant • International Fund for Animal Welfare • tusks

 Numbers
 Soaring,
 S. Africa Mulls
 Elephant Cull

In 13 years since killing ban, overpopulation posing serious threat

Aug 21, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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endangered species • conservation • South Africa • ivory • poaching • elephant • elephant habitat

Illegal Poaching Funds Militant Groups

US lawmakers to probe $10B wildlife trade in hearings this week

Mar 2, 08 6:35 PM CST
(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... More »

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endangered species • Darfur • ivory • poaching • militia • elephant • Janjaweed • Bengal tigers • terrorist groups • rhinoceros

Nations Unite to Save Gorillas

10-year effort is the first to help dying species

Feb 25, 08 5:00 AM CST
(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... More »

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endangered species • conservation • poaching • Democratic Republic of Congo • gorilla • Rwanda • Uganda • mountain gorillas • charcoal trade • rebel fighters • Central Africa • Virunga Park

Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

More than half vanish in 5 years

Feb 13, 08 11:50 AM CST
(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... More »

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endangered species • conservation • India • poaching • tigers • Bengal tigers • predators • Project Tiger

Cops Bust Major Tiger Poaching Ring

Skeletons headed from India to Chinese medicine markets 

Dec 6, 07 5:15 AM CST
(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... More »

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China • India • poaching • tigers • Big Cats

South African Park Houses Grim Exhibit

Non-poached hides and other animal parts prepared for sale

Sep 19, 07 7:51 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Africans OK Nine-Year
Ivory Ban

But first, countries approve a one-time mammoth sale

Jun 15, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four southern African countries will hold a one-time sale of 200 tons of stockpiled ivory before the start of a nine-year moratorium, in a hard-fought conservation compromise. Proceeds from the blowout will be used in elephant conservation efforts in the future. "It's the best we could achieve for the... More »

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Africa • Kenya • conservation • tourism • Southern Africa • ivory • poaching • wildlife • elephant • moratorium

Russia Will Hunt Polar
Bears to Save Them

Siberian officials hope legalizing
hunting will end poaching

Apr 16, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is lifting a fifty-year old ban on hunting polar bears, expressly to save the endangered species from extinction. Poaching has been endemic in Siberia since the injunction, but it's increased since shrinking sea ice has forced bears to search for food on shore, making them easier to kill. More »

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climate change • Russia • endangered species • global warming • Siberia • poaching • polar bear • species • animal

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