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Kenyans demand armed guards for country’s last great ‘tuskers’
Conservationists worldwide are demanding that Kenya’s president provides around-the-clock armed protection for the country’s handful of remaining “great tuskers” after poachers killed one of the last of the huge elephants. Thousands of people signed an online petition and took to … Continue reading
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Amazing Elephant Anatomy
With their dangling dexterous trunks, mighty tusks and tremendous ears, they look like fantastical beasts anyway. But the elephant’s amazing anatomy is more than just skin deep. Trunk The African elephant’s trunk, which is essentially a long nose and … Continue reading
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TRAFFIC Responds to Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship
An anti-poaching patrol in Chad. Photograph by Michael Nichols/NGS File photo Following publication of the Blood Ivory/Ivory Worship story by Bryan Christy in National Geographic last October, Steven Broad of TRAFFIC wrote the following letter. Owing to space constraints in the magazine, it was impossible … Continue reading
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Religious Ivory Demand Killing Elephants by Thousands, Report Says
Elephants are being illegally killed across Africa at the highest rates in a decade, and the global religious market for ivory is a driving force. “Blood Ivory,” the cover story in the October issue of National Geographic, offers the first in-depth investigation of this untold story. While … Continue reading
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