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Deadlock on elephant ivory deal - Jun 13, 2007 BBC NewsBy Richard Black. As a major wildlife meeting nears its conclusion in The Hague, African nations are struggling to find a compromise on the ivory trade. ... CITES Permits 60 Tons of Elephant Ivory to Be Sold - Jun 4, 2007 Environment News ServiceTHE HAGUE, The Netherlands, June 4, 2007 (ENS) - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, Saturday approved exports of 60 tons of ... US Accuses 6 of Smuggling Disguised Elephant Ivory - Dec 3, 2008 New York TimesBy ANAHAD O'CONNOR. They came through Kennedy Airport from Africa in boxes marked “African Wooden Handicraftâ€? and “Wooden Statues.â€? ... Two Tons of Smuggled Elephant Ivory Seized in Taiwan - Jul 5, 2006 Environment News ServiceTAIPEI, Taiwan, July 5, 2006 (ENS) - Customs officers at Taiwan's Kaohsiung Harbor have seized more than two metric tons of illegal elephant ivory, ... Tusk trade over as eBay bans ivory - Oct 22, 2008 NEWS.com.auElephant ivory comprised 73 per cent of all product listings tracked. ... The IFAW said more than 4000 elephant ivory listings were uncovered during the ... Nations clash over sale of elephant ivory - Jun 2, 2007 CTV.caAP. THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale of 60 tons of elephant ivory is exposing rifts between ... Kenya seizes $1 million Asia-bound rhino, elephant ivory - Jul 15, 2009 Reuters UKBy Ben Makori. NAIROBI, July 15 (Reuters) - Kenyan wildlife authorities have impounded nearly $1 million worth of elephant tusks and rhino horns smuggled by ... Controversial elephant ivory auction begins in southern Africa - Aug 11, 2009 The GuardianNamibia has sold more than seven tonnes of ivory for $1.1m (£703000) in the first sale of elephant ivory for nearly a decade which began today in southern ... UN Meeting Weighs China's Request To Import African Ivory - Jul 14, 2008 ABC NewsElephant ivory is a booming black market commodity, with tusks, ... Trade in elephant ivory far eclipses any demand for other animals' tusks. ... UN report raises doubts on China ivory supply - Jul 11, 2008 FOXNewsElephant ivory is a booming black market commodity, with tusks, ... The trade in elephant ivory far eclipses any demand for other animals' tusks. ... US charges 6 with smuggling elephant ivory through Kennedy Airport - Nov 4, 2008 New York TimesBy Anahad O'connor. They came through Kennedy Airport from Africa in boxes marked "African Wooden Handicraft" and "Wooden Statues." ... Kenya Rallies Support for 20 Year Elephant Ivory Trade Ban - May 28, 2007 Environment News ServiceNAIROBI, Kenya, May 28, 2007 (ENS) - Thousands of Kenyans marched in the streets of Nairobi on Sunday morning to highlight their country's proposal for a 20 ... Scientists use DNA to track poached elephant ivory - Feb 26, 2007 Reuters AlertNetBy Will Dunham. WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Scientists alarmed by a surge in the slaughter of elephants for ivory said on Monday they have devised a ... Conviction earned in ivory smuggling case - Jan 29, 2010 UPI.comAuthorities said the elephant ivory and sperm whale teeth were smuggled in ... Prosecutors said he purchased elephant ivory on the auction Web site eBay and ... Two face jail over elephant ivory haul - Apr 28, 2009 ScotsmanTWO men pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court yesterday to illegally possessing elephant tusks in what is believed to be the largest seizure of illegal ivory in ... Zambia: Container Laden With 6,000 KGs of Ivory Goes Missing - Jul 14, 2006 AllAfrica.comA CONTAINER laden with 6000 kgs of elephant ivory that was seized in Manila, Philippines last year has gone missing, Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has ... eBay to Ban Global Ivory Trade on Its Sites.(Brief article) - Jun 5, 2007 Free with registration - eWeek - AccessMyLibrary.comAMSTERDAM (Reuters)—Online auction site eBay will ban all international trade of elephant ivory on its sites, the company said on Tuesday in a move welcomed ... Cameroon-Canada-US Ivory Smuggler Gets Five Years - Aug 11, 2008 Environment News ServiceSiyam, again operating from Cameroon, shipped the raw elephant ivory by international courier directly to the cooperating Ohio business owner's address. ... UN meeting says Japan qualified to import elephant ivory. - Oct 6, 2006 Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comJapan meets the requirements to take part in a limited one-off sale of elephant ivory, a UN-sponsored agreed Friday. The members of the 1989 Convention on ... CITES Decisions Map the Future of Wildlife Trade - Jun 15, 2007 Environment News ServiceNegotiators are hailing as a triumph the agreement by African elephant range states at the CITES conference to allow some trade in elephant ivory before a ... Nearly 2 Tons of Ivory Seized in Eastern Africa - Nov 30, 2009 ABC NewsPart of the 3898 pounds (1768 kilograms) haul of elephant ivory confiscated during the three-month investigation was announced two months ago. ... No sales of elephant ivory, 3 African countries told - Oct 6, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Orlando Sentinel - ProQuest ArchiverCompiled from wire reports. GENEVA -- Three southern African countries that requested a one- time exception to the international ban on the trade in ... Calif. businessman indicted on ivory smuggling charges - Jan 20, 2010 News & Observer..."More than 10 metric tons of African elephant ivory have been seized in Southeast Asia during 2009 alone," Freeland Foundation said in a news release. ... Congo Elephants, Rhinos Falling to Poachers' Guns - Jan 24, 2005 Environment News ServiceTrade in elephant ivory has been prohibited since 1990 by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The ICCN reported that 12 people ... Ivory from long-extinct woolly mammoths is a more conscionable … - Mar 28, 2008 Taipei Times - Taipei TimesMammoth ivory from Siberia, they say, meets some of the Asian demand for illegal elephant ivory, and its trade should be encouraged. ... Huge seizures of 1169 kgs of elephant ivory in Kenya and Ethiopia - Oct 7, 2009 Wildlife ExtraAre fears being realised that the auction of ivory from Southern Africa will increase elephant poaching? Credit KWS. More than 1 tonne of ivory seized in ... One-off ivory sale to China condemned as 'poaching smokescreen' - Jan 9, 2010 The GuardianA controversial decision to allow China to buy stockpiles of African elephant ivory looks set to go ahead this week after monitors from the group Traffic ... eBay to Ban Global Ivory Trade on Its Sites; Online auction site eBay... - Jun 5, 2007 Pay-Per-View - eWeek - HighBeam Research...eBay to Ban Global Ivory Trade on Its Sites; Online auction site eBay bans all international trade of elephant ivory on its sites in a move welcomed by an ... Conservationists 'Outraged' by Massive Illegal Ivory Haul, Saying... - May 24, 2006 Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comWe must end the trade in elephant ivory once and for all, ... While the international trade in elephant ivory was banned by the UN Convention on ... Selling elephant ivory a tricky business - Oct 22, 2008 Phoenixville NewsMore than 100 tons of ivory will go up for auction in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe starting on October 28 and continuing for two weeks ... US One of Largest Ivory Markets, New Study Says - Jan 24, 2010 National GeographicIn a study published last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Wasser reported that in 2006 illegal trade in elephant ivory reached ... Connecticut Statutes - Sec. 26-315. Elephant ivory. - Aug 3, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Connecticut Statutes - LoislawElephant ivory. If the Commissioner of Environmental Protection determines that trade in Connecticut of raw elephant ivory or products manufactured or ... African Elephant Ivory Smuggling Conspiracy Suspects Nabbed at JFK - Dec 5, 2008 Imperial Valley NewsNew York, New York - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today arrested six defendants, two in New York, two in New Jersey, one in Virginia, ... Illegal elephant ivory reaches the US - Jun 5, 2007 Mongabay.comIllegally poached elephant ivory is reaching markets in the United States reports a conservation group presenting at the wildlife trade conference meeting ... Nantucket scrimshander charged with smuggling ivory - Apr 26, 2008 Cape Cod TimesA similar law applies to the sale of elephant ivory, according to Colleen Cullen, communications manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare's ... Vietnam finds 200kg of elephant tusks - Jul 29, 2009 Times of IndiaHANOI: Vietnamese customs officials have uncovered 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of elephant ivory tusks illegally imported from Kenya, official media reported ... IFAW pushes eBay to announce Ivory trade ban - Jun 7, 2007 scoop.co.nzIn Australia, IFAW found listings for 197 elephant ivory items over one week, of which only two items (1%) appeared to be compliant with the site's policy. ... Press Release: Independent researchers confirm the existence of Ivory... - Aug 2, 2005 Pay-Per-View - M2 Presswire - HighBeam ResearchPRESSWIRE-11 August 2000-US FWS: Elephant ivory smuggler sentenced to prison (C)1994 ... 09082000 Bayo Namory, 49, a citizen of the Ivory Coast residing in ... New fears for elephants over ivory sale to China - May 7, 2009 The GuardianAlthough international trade in elephant ivory was banned by Cites in 1989, an experimental one-off sale was made to Japan in 1999. ... Six arrested for smuggling African elephant ivory through JFK … - Sep 12, 2008 Wildlife ExtraDecember 2008. Six defendants have been arrested in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Texas for conspiring to smuggle the ivory of African elephants from ... ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Sealing the Elephant's Fate With 'Hanko' - Jan 8, 2010 Inter Press ServiceTOKYO, May 29 (IPS) - Even as the world awaits a global ban on trade in elephant ivory, activists are fighting hard to stop a new shipment of ivory to Japan ... Africa sees the return of the elephant killers - Feb 27, 2007 IndependentThey have also pioneered a method of extracting DNA from elephant ivory and have used it to analyse samples seized in police raids across the world. ... United States Code - 16 USC § 4202. Findings - Jun 10, 2005 Pay-Per-View - United States Code - Loislaw...(2) The large illegal trade in African elephant ivory is the major cause of this decline and threatens the continued existence of the African elephant. ... Angolan illegal ivory trade on the rise - WWF - Apr 6, 2006 Independent OnlineThe report surveyed the volume of elephant ivory available in curio markets in the Angolan capital Luanda. For the first time since the end of the country's ... Africa: Internet Auctions Might Support Illegal Wildlife Trafficking - Jun 23, 2008 AllAfrica.comSale of most elephant ivory is banned by the Convention on International Trade in ... Since 1973, most sale of elephant ivory has been prohibited in the ... Governments to Rewrite Trade Rules for Imperiled Species - May 17, 2007 Environment News ServiceCITES banned the international commercial ivory trade in 1989, but the controversy over trade in African elephant ivory is once again on the CITES agenda. ... Could plant ivory save elephants? - Apr 26, 2005 CNN InternationalHowever, Anthony Power, a London-based jewellery designer who worked with elephant ivory prior to an international trade ban, said he does think the ... TUSK, TUSK! MAN BUSTED IN SALE OF IVORY CARVINGS - Jul 7, 2006 New York Daily NewsMarc Pine, 59, of Rego Park, was arrested for illegally selling approximately $15000 worth of elephant ivory figures and jewelry. ... Six people accused of smuggling disguised elephant ivory - Dec 4, 2008 TopNews United StatesSix people were arrested by the US Department of Justice on Wednesday, accused of taking part in a trans-Atlantic ring that routinely sneaked ivory, ... Thailand said Asia's biggest illegal ivory market - Jun 19, 2009 Reuters IndiaOSLO, June 19 (Reuters) - Thailand still has Asia's biggest illegal elephant ivory market despite promises to crack down, the wildlife trade monitoring ... Take extra caution when you deal with ivory artwork - Jun 4, 2005 $2.95 - Detroit News - NewsBankUS law allows for the import and sale of elephant ivory that is antique and certified as being in trade before the ban went into effect. ... Angola a hub for illegal ivory trade - World environment- msnbc.com - Oct 11, 2006 msnbc.com...to a report by wildlife organizations TRAFFIC and WWF International, which surveyed the volume of elephant ivory available in curio markets in Luanda. ... Article: Nations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale - AP Online |... - Jun 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchNations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale ... find AP Online articles. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale ... China Ivory Pictures from July 17, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP Images - Jul 17, 2008 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA Chinese man looks at the elephant ivory carvings on display for sale in Beijing, China, ... Article: International Sale of Elephant Ivory Begins in ... ... 100 pieces of ivory seized - Jun 29, 2009 New VisionTHE Uganda Wildlife Authority is hunting for poachers and traders in ivory following the recovery of 100 pieces of elephant ivory hidden in sacks of beans ... Article: Nations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale - AP Online |... - Jun 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchNations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale ... find AP Online articles. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale ... Mayfair barber fined £10,000 for ivory brushes - Oct 25, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukCommercial trade in elephant ivory, other than antiques, is banned in the UK. Illegal dealing in endangered species is thought to be worth £5.5 billion ... China Ivory Pictures from July 17, 2008 | HighBeam Research, AP Images - Jul 17, 2008 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchArticle: International Sale of Elephant Ivory Begins in ... ... An elephant ivory auction totaling over ... international trade in elephant ivory has been ... Scots scientist's test could help battle illegal ivory trade - Jan 4, 2010 Scottish Daily RecordA SCOTS scientist is developing a test which will help curb the illegal trade in elephant ivory. Edinburgh Zoo-based Dr Ross McEwing hopes to expose the ... Old Ways of Life Are Fading as the Arctic Thaws - Oct 20, 2005 New York TimesThe thawing of the Arctic region has revealed a trove of tusks nearly as valuable as elephant ivory. The next article in this series will discuss ... Kenya calls for end to world ivory trade - Jul 18, 2009 Times of IndiaElephant ivory is a booming black market commodity, with tusks, jewelry and trinkets bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars for smugglers and sellers ... Baird Hails Successful Conclusion to Elephant Ivory Smuggling Sting - Aug 7, 2008 marketwire.comOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 7, 2008) - Canada's Environment Minister John Baird today congratulated Canadian and American enforcement officers for a ... Nations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale | Article from AP Online | … - Jun 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchNations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale ... find AP Online articles. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale ... Surge in ivory poaching fuelled by organised crime, says report - Jan 31, 2010 East African...in illicit trade in ivory “indicates that the implementation of the Cites' action plan for the control of trade in African elephant ivory has failed.â€? ... United States Code - 16 USC § 1538. Prohibited acts - Jun 10, 2005 Pay-Per-View - United States Code - Loislaw...(4) Restriction on consideration of value or amount of African elephant ivory imported or exported — In granting permission under this subsection for ... Article: Auction of whale teeth nets dealer.(News) - The Journal ( … - Jul 22, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Journal - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Ukrainian and American face charges of smuggling elephant ivory, ... ... He faces multiple charges of smuggling whale teeth and elephant ivory, ... Smuggled elephant tusks hidden under snail shells - Aug 24, 2009 Economic TimesDao Thi Ngoc Van, a trafficking expert at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Hanoi, said most elephant ivory smuggled into Vietnam was ultimately ... African auctions put elephant tusk controversy on the block - Oct 28, 2008 CBC.caFour southern African countries have been permitted to hold tightly controlled one-off auctions of elephant ivory over the next two weeks. ... Ukrainian and American face charges of smuggling elephant ivory,... - May 5, 2008 kyivpost.comHe faces multiple charges of smuggling whale teeth and elephant ivory, making false statements to federal agents and conspiracy. Andriy Mikhalyov of Odessa, ... Yielding to Conservationists, eBay Will Ban Ivory Sales - Oct 20, 2008 New York TimesLast year, the company instituted a ban on international sales of elephant ivory products, but Jeffrey Flocken of the animal welfare fund said it “has not ... Ivory for the Taking, From Beasts Well Beyond Caring - Mar 26, 2008 New York TimesMammoth ivory from Siberia, they say, meets some of the Asian demand for illegal elephant ivory, and its trade should be encouraged. ... China, Japan buyers take elephant ivory from Botswana - Jan 11, 2008 ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineThe African country of Botswana has auctioned 44 tonnes of elephant ivory to buyers from China and Japan. The auction is the second sale of elephant tusks ... UN agency favors ban on bluefin tuna exports - Feb 5, 2010 Boston GlobeThe meeting will also decide whether to restrict or ease the ban on trade in elephant ivory, another hotly contested issue. ... ... Get Vegetable Ivory The palm which saves the elephants - Jan 19, 2007 SoftpediaTagua looks so much like elephant ivory that the artisans often leave on their ... Since the international ban on elephant ivory trade, more than ten years ... Nations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale - Jun 2, 2007 PhysOrg.comKenya Wildlife Service rangers head of operations, Josiah Achoki, second from right, and his rangers look on tusks recovered from ten poached elephants in ... Record Ivory Cache Traced to Zambia Elephants, DNA Shows - Aug 18, 2006 National GeographicIn June 2002 customs agents in Singapore intercepted a 20-foot (6-meter) container holding 13000 pounds (5.9 metric tons) of elephant ivory. ... African elephants could be extinct in 15 years - Oct 18, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukIn 2006, 11 metric tonnes of illegal elephant ivory were seized from ships bound for Taiwan and Japan. The population - currently 600000 - is diminishing by ... Uganda Ivory Impounded in Asia - Dec 17, 2005 AllAfrica.comThe report, which shows that 300kgs of elephant ivory were intercepted in Manila, was compiled by the Lusaka Task agreement Force, which is also referred to ... Botswana: Country to Sell Ivory - Jul 17, 2008 AllAfrica.comBotswana's 20-ton elephant ivory is heading for China, after the latter won the right at a UN wildlife meeting on Tuesday to import elephant ivory from ... 67.5 kg of illegal ivory intercepted in Beijing - Feb 21, 2007 scoop.co.nzChina Customs seized 67.5 kg of illegal elephant ivory, ... In recent years, large amounts of elephant ivory have been confiscated in many Asian ports. ... It's ivory, but it's legal: Mammoth trade thrives | Article from... - Mar 26, 2008 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchMammoth ivory from Siberia, they say, meets some of the Asian demand for illegal elephant ivory and its trade should be encouraged. ... Ebay Bans Ivory Sales Amid Conservation Concerns - Dec 16, 2009 National Geographic...and dealers" Kent and Charles Davis of the Davis Gallery in New Orleans brought back from Africa an antique tribal horn made from elephant ivory. ... South Africa auctions ivory, wildlife group protests - Nov 7, 2008 Reuters IndiaJOHANNESBURG, Nov 6 (Reuters) - South Africa on Thursday sold 47 tonnes of elephant ivory for $6.7 million, under the first series of UN-approved auctions ... Under mounting pressure, eBay bans sale of ivory | Article from … - Oct 22, 2008 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchLast year, the company instituted a ban on international sales of elephant ivory products, but Jeffrey Flocken of the animal welfare fund said it "has not ... eBay bans all commerce in ivory | Article from International Herald … - Oct 22, 2008 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchLast year, the company instituted a ban on international sales of elephant ivory products, but Jeffrey Flocken of the animal welfare fund said it "has not ... Ton of Illegal Ivory, Hippo Teeth Seized in Kenya - Nov 18, 2008 National GeographicAfrica's largest-ever investigation of wildlife crime has unearthed a ton of illegal African elephant ivory, several animal pelts, and hippopotamus teeth, ... Asian Gangsters Drive African Elephant Slaughter, Report Says - May 11, 2007 National GeographicDemand for elephant ivory comes mainly from China, where it is shipped through ports such as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, researchers say. ... Hong Kong - former centre for illegal ivory - May 31, 2007 Telegraph.co.ukFive major international syndicates trading in poached elephant ivory were run by Hong Kong nationals who maintained a global network of contacts from the ... Uganda to crack down on ivory peddling - Dec 28, 2005 New VisionUGANDA is to intensify efforts of cracking down on illegal trade in elephant ivory following the acquisition of ivory detectors early this month. ... Article: MP in ivory attack.(News) - Birmingham Mail (England) | … - Jun 13, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Mail - HighBeam ResearchCCNMatthews Newswire; June 5, 2007 ; 510 words ... ... to consider a twenty-year elephant ivory trade moratorium. In its survey carried out ... leadership ... Rwanda: Behind Elephant Poaching in Virunga - Jul 22, 2008 AllAfrica.comThe international trade in elephant ivory was banned by the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), a 173-nation agreement in 1989 ... Elephant slaughter on a grand scale - Mar 4, 2007 Independent OnlineThey have also pioneered a method of extracting DNA from elephant ivory and have used it to analyse samples seized in police raids across the world. ... Consumer Briefs / E-COMMERCE; EBay will ban some ivory sales - Jun 17, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverEBay Inc., the world's largest online auctioneer, said it would ban sales of elephant-ivory products between residents of different countries to comply with ... Article: The Whale teeth deal that bit back.(News) - The Journal ( … - Jan 11, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Journal - HighBeam ResearchHe faces multiple charges of smuggling whale teeth and elephant ivory, making false statements to federal agents ... ... Ivory sales still booming online - May 15, 2009 The GuardianA survey by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) found more than 2200 elephant ivory items listed on eBay sites around the world, ... High street stores tell eBay to tackle shoplifters - May 16, 2007 Daily MailThe site has also been criticised for selling elephant ivory in a wildlife charity report. An investigative report released by the International Fund for ... Ebay is an ivory runner - May 15, 2007 InquirerIts surveys have shown that more than 2200 elephant ivory items have turned up on eBay websites. This is in breach of eBay's own wildlife policies, ... Online ivory trading soars - Jun 9, 2008 Independent OnlineBut logging on to the South African eBay-affiliated website (www.ebay.co.za) and searching for elephant ivory recorded thousands of returns. ... IVORY SMUGGLING Pictures from December 3, 2008 | HighBeam … - Dec 3, 2008 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Baird Hails Successful Conclusion to Elephant Ivory ... ... The sentence, handed down by U ... elephant ivory from Cameroon, to the United States. ... String Theory.(Ken Parker as a guitar maker) - May 14, 2007 Free with registration - New Yorker - AccessMyLibrary.comIn some of the best old instruments, the nut is made of elephant ivory and is said to ... I tried wood, brass, nickel silver, elephant ivory--everything. ... Smuggling wildlife: From eggs in a bra to geckos in underwear - 05 Aug 2009 AFP...while some Asian gangs have been caught trafficking rhino horns, which are promoted for medical uses, and elephant ivory, so prized in Asian art. Kenya seizes $1 million Asia-bound rhino, elephant ivory - Jul 15, 2009 Reuters...while a kilo of ivory sold for $3000 a kilo, meaning the haul in Kenya of 280kg of elephant ivory and 18kg of rhino horn worth almost $1 million. Poaching Cartel Fulfills Rhino Horn and Elephant Ivory 'Orders ... - Aug 1, 2009 EcoWorldlyA shocking undercover journey reveals that a poaching cartel known as 'The Crocodile Gang', led by Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa, is slaughtering rhinos and Kenya Demands Total Ban on Ivory Trade - Jul 18, 2009 Voice of AmericaElephant ivory is lucrative, selling for three-thousand-dollars per kilogram on the black market. And Kenyan officials warn with prices like that, Kenya Seizes Ivory, Rhino Horns as Poaching on Rise - Jul 16, 2009 Voice of AmericaThe Kenyan government has seized $1 million worth of elephant ivory and black rhinoceros horns which were on their way from southern Africa Tanzania charges six for 11-ton ivory smuggle - Jul 21, 2009 AFPDAR ES SALAAM — Six Tanzanian businessmen were Tuesday charged with smuggling 11 tons of elephant ivory worth around 600000 dollars to the Philippines and Fish and Game Q&A: Can I finish taking game after legal shooting ... - Jul 23, 2009 Los Angeles TimesIt sounds like you have elephant ivory, which is one of the animals listed in Section 653 above, so you cannot possess it for sale or sell it in California, Kenya Fears Link Between Elephant Killings and Chinese ... - Jul 25, 2009 EcoWorldlyAnd earlier this month, an illegal shipment of elephant ivory and rhino horn was seized on its way to Laos, and it is believed the final destination was Smuggled elephant tusks seized in Vietnam - Jul 28, 2009 TopNewsDao Thi Ngoc Van, a trafficking expert at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Hanoi, said most elephant ivory smuggled into Vietnam was ultimately Burundi: 135kg of ivory seized at Bujumbura airport - Jul 24, 2009 Le Mali en ligne...so that Burundi would not become a hub for the trafficking of prohibited elephant ivory, especially because the elephant is a threatened species in Burundi. Nantucket scrimshaw art losing its bite - Aug 1, 2009 Cape Cod TimesScrimshaw artist Charles Manghis of Nantucket was indicted in April 2008 in Boston on charges of smuggling sperm whale teeth and elephant ivory into the EDITORIAL: Govt must act now to bust ivory smuggling racket - Jul 12, 2009 ThisDayLAST week Same East Member of Parliament Anne Kilango Malecela minced no words when she categorically stated in the House that rampant corruption in European Union Finalizes Seal Product Ban - Jul 27, 2009 Common Dreams (press release)From stopping the elephant ivory trade, to ending the Canadian seal hunt and saving the whales from extinction, IFAW works to create solutions that benefit The £35m deposit box sting - Mar 24, 2009 This is LondonThese range from murder to benefit fraud and illegal smuggling of elephant ivory. Three men have been jailed and 11 charged with criminal offences. Auctions: A world-class collection of vintage toys - Mar 13, 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer...tusks more than 65 inches long on brass floor stands ($10000 to $12000) and a set of eight elephant-ivory figures of Taoist immortals ($6000 to $8000). Wildlife Smuggling Nets Big Bucks For Organized Crime - Mar 18, 2009 The Epoch TimesIn a five-country sweep in Africa last November, Interpol, HSC, and other groups seized one ton of illegal elephant ivory. Fifty seven people were arrested. Tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled into Vietnam: reports - Mar 6, 2009 AsiaOneHANOI, VIETNAM - - Vietnam customs officials have uncovered up to five tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled in from Tanzania, state media said Saturday. INTERPOL AND THE HSC WORKING TOGETHER TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS - Mar 13, 2009 Market Wire (press release)...of The Humane Society of Canada and other dedicated groups, resulted in the arrest of 57 people and the seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory. Australia urged to fight wildlife trade - Mar 11, 2009 The AgeWildlife trafficked through the airport include elephant ivory, endangered turtles and tortoises that come from Madagascar, India or Burma. Canada’s 2009 Commercial Seal Hunt Opens Today – The World Watches ... - Mar 23, 2009 Common Dreams (press release)From stopping the elephant ivory trade, to ending the Canadian seal hunt and saving the whales from extinction, IFAW works to create solutions that benefit Rare Birds Confiscated in Russia - Mar 19, 2009 Common Dreams (press release)From stopping the elephant ivory trade, to ending the Canadian seal hunt and saving the whales from extinction, IFAW works to create solutions that benefit Whaling Commission Harpoons Science in Favor of Political Compromise - Mar 11, 2009 Common Dreams (press release)From stopping the elephant ivory trade, to ending the Canadian seal hunt and saving the whales from extinction, IFAW works to create solutions that benefit War against ivory trade goes to sea - Jan 26, 2009 Legalbrief (subscription),Ivory from the narwhal, the tusked whale of the northern seas, is as much in demand as elephant ivory, notes a report in The Independent. Elephant poacher shot and killed in Kenyan national park - Jan 28, 2009 Wildlife Extra,African nations in October/November 2008 and arguments at the time that such sales would only spur a regeneration of the global elephant ivory trade. LeJu creates exclusive collection for Adili - Feb 16, 2009 Retail Jeweller,LeJu specialises in the use of a seed known as vegetable ivory, which resembles elephant ivory in both colour and hardness but is 100% sustainable. Elephant ivory letter openers - Feb 4, 2009 Auction Central News,PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LIVE AUCTION, WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT ENDING TIME FOR ANY LOTS. The highest bidder on a lot shall be the buyer of the lot. George Washington Guilty of Everything - Feb 16, 2009 Wonkette (satire),Which is why he wore painful dentures made of hinged hippo-and-elephant ivory plates and real true teeth from dead humans, pigs, horses and donkeys. Elephants victims of people's greed and poverty - Jan 30, 2009 France24,Though culling elephants is prohibited in Central African Republic, for the majority of people living in this vast country, they represent a stable source Maguro Madness - Feb 4, 2009 Silicon Valley's Metro,...the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, the organization that halted trade of elephant ivory in Africa in the 1980s. LeJu – Stylishly sustainable jewellery - Feb 21, 2008 Easier (press release),Vegetable Ivory resembles elephant ivory in both colour and hardness and is the only 100% sustainable alternative. Tagua is another name for the seed or nut Ivory Trade Continues Its Reach Across Myriad African Nations - Jan 30, 2008 PR Newswire (press release),And so it goes for a week in the world of today's elephant ivory market. Michael Wamithi, global elephants program manager for IFAW (International Fund for Mammoth Ivory Figurines - Own A Piece Of History - Jan 27, 2008 Melodika.net,Genuine mammoth ivory has replaced the void created by the global ban on elephant ivory. There are sculptors who have shifted base from elephant ivory Illegal ivory trade still rampant - Jan 31, 2008 afrol News,...conference of the parties in June to approve nearly a decade-long suspension of trade in elephant ivory is not enough," Wamithi told IFAW website. Conservation on the Agenda, as 17 African Nations Meet to Talk ... - Feb 6, 2008 Common Dreams (press release),...seals, and other animals. To learn more about the critical elephant ivory issue, and to take action to save elephants, visit: www.ifaw.org today. African Elephant Countries Strategize to Thwart Poaching - Feb 6, 2008 Environment News ServiceBAMAKO, Mali, February 6, 2008 (ENS) - Elephant conservation and anti-ivory trade initiatives are the focus of a meeting that opened today here with 'The Ivory Poaching Wars' Airing on BBC World this Friday, 8 ... - Feb 5, 2008 E-Wire (press release),5 -/E-Wire/-- BBC World presents "The Ivory Poaching Wars," an Earth Report documentary that tracks illegally poached elephant ivory on its journey from Three Elephants Killed by a Train in India - Feb 17, 2008 Wildlife Extra,Habitat loss, human encroachment and a booming trade in elephant ivory are the main causes for the decline and continued endangerment. Blame George Washington For Everything - Feb 18, 2008 Wonkette (satire),Which is why he wore painful dentures made of hinged hippo-and-elephant ivory plates and real true teeth from dead humans, pigs, horses and donkeys. Swimming with sharks - Feb 12, 2008 Irish Independent,..."I think that, like the ban on elephant ivory and hunting whales, we will eventually see a worldwide ban on shark-finning. The question is whether that will Dinosaur and Robots Dispatch - Feb 5, 2008 Wired NewsOnce upon a time, the decorative mounts on Highland bagpipes were made from elephant ivory then, when makers realized the errors of their ways, Govt to issue fresh guidelines to tourists - Jan 26, 2008 Times of India,...with an aim to create awareness among tourists against buying wildlife souvenirs like tiger teeth, elephant ivory carvings or turtle shell accessories. Tough Measures To Combat Rhino Poaching At Kaziranga - Feb 6, 2008 NEWSPost India,Rhino horn is also much fancied by buyers from the Middle East who turn them into handles of ornamental daggers, while elephant ivory tusks are primarily Unsavoury souvenirs - Jan 29, 2008 The Daily Star,...against buying wildlife souvenirs like wreaths, ornaments and key-ring of oyster, deer horn, elephant ivory carvings and turtle shell accessories etc. Ivory: A Legend Of Past And Future by Mike Resnick - 01 Dec 2007 Crows NestIn 19th century Kenya there was a fabled giant pachyderm called the Kilimanjaro Elephant with enormous tusks. Author Mike Resnick even shows a picture of Top of the cops: ivory number 1 in Belgian CITES seizures - Nov 21, 2007 Traffic,Elephant ivory is the most commonly seized CITES-listed wildlife product in Belgium, a new report by TRAFFIC has found. The report, Le commerce illegal et Russia diary - Nov 24, 2007 Telegraph.co.uk,Not your bog-standard elephant ivory, mind, but mammoth tusk ivory. Yes, actually made from extinct mammoths. With this kind of nouveau richeness around, Uganda: UWA Recovers 108 Pieces of Ivory - Nov 9, 2007 AllAfrica.com,..."We have recovered 108 pieces of ivory, but further investigation should proceed to establish the source and amount of the elephant ivory," uwa's law Evolution of Plastics as Art - Nov 28, 2007 Korea Times,Called celluloid, it was successfully used to imitate elephant ivory, amber, coral, jet and tortoise shells. ``This early plastic afforded working-class Environment Canada investigation into illegal importation of 30000 ... - Oct 12, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),...a $9000.00 fine yesterday after pleading guilty in Richmond Provincial Court to illegally importing over 30000 pieces of African elephant ivory. Govt vows to curb wildlife trafficking - Sep 24, 2007 Daily News - TSN,Poaching for bush meat and other products such as elephant ivory, rhino horns, skins, live animals and other animal products is serious and rampant in our Weird, weird West - Oct 6, 2007 Pueblo Chieftain,...hollow, exploding cartridge called the “Rocket Ballâ€?; a hand-engraved, 24-karat-gold-plated Colt Bisley pistol with elephant-ivory grips that belonged Interpol officials told to cooperate in fighting illicit wildlife ... - Sep 25, 2007 IPP Media - Guardian,...the field of wildlife conservation that included poaching for bush meat and other products such as elephant ivory, rhino horns, skins and live animals. التØÙ? التذكارية غير المشروعة - 20 Aug 2007 بي بي سي العربية,They say buying items such as elephant ivory carvings can be catastrophic for wildlife, as well as being illegal. In the last year UK customs confiscated SA to benefit from ivory sales - Aug 15, 2007 Independent Online,South Africa has received the go-ahead to sell its stockpiled elephant ivory stocks to Japan, but it has not done so because it is waiting for provinces to METI reluctant to incinerate 3 tons of seized elephant ivory - Aug 8, 2007 The Daily Yomiuri,The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is pondering whether to destroy or preserve 3 tons of smuggled ivory--an amount equal to the tusks of about 100 Warning about cruel souvenirs - Aug 15, 2007 CBBC Newsround,Charity WWF says buying things such as coral and elephant ivory carvings is bad for wildlife, as well as illegal. In the last year UK custom officers seized Buyer beware: WWF seeks help of British tourists to stamp out ... - Aug 15, 2007 WWF International,Coral, elephant ivory carvings, traditional Chinese medicine and snake skin accessories are among the top ten illegal wildlife trade items being brought Warning over wildlife souvenirs - Aug 16, 2007 World Travel Guide,The conservation charity WWF says purchasing items such as coral and elephant ivory carvings is catastrophic for wildlife, as well as illegal. 1. Holidaymakers warned off illegal wildlife goods - Aug 15, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,The items confiscated included snakeskin goods, elephant ivory carvings and, top of the list with the highest number of seizures, 605kg (more than half a Becoming cold to the world - Jul 30, 2007 Caledon Citizen,The trade in elephant ivory has no bearing on the price of concert tickets or gasoline. In this day and age, one would think most of us would travel and get Charity urges holidaymakers not to buy wildlife souvenirs - Aug 16, 2007 Earthtimes.orgAmong these so-called souvenirs are coral, elephant ivory and skin products, traditional Chinese medicine and live reptiles, the report added. British tourists 'harming endangered species' - Aug 16, 2007 Manchester.com,Nearly 1000 live reptiles almost made it into the UK along with over 200 elephant ivory and skin products. Heather Sohl, wildlife trade officer at WWF, Warning on species souvenir threat - Aug 15, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,WWF said Customs also seized 221 elephant ivory and skin products, 97 items of traditional Chinese medicine and around 158000 illegal plants such as Requiem for the rain forests? - Jul 29, 2007 Atlanta Journal Constitution,She said the CITES agreement is effective in such high-profile cases as seal fur, elephant ivory and tiger parts. But, she added, "the debate is about Brookline man leads charge to bring legendary sword home - Aug 15, 2007 Brookline TAB,The 25-inch long sword, made of steel, gilt brass, leather and elephant ivory, was officially unveiled at a ceremony Tuesday. The ceremony kicked off the Artist’s aim to save threatened wildlife - Aug 3, 2007 Surrey Advertiser,He said a tiger skeleton would reach $30000 and elephant ivory and rhino horns are highly sought after. “We are not thinking about what we are doing. Unearthing the hole truth about the city - Aug 4, 2007 Toronto Star,There are samurai swords, Chinese chess pieces carved from Indian elephant ivory, and Venetian glass. The displays are cheerful and personal, Poachers prey on rhinos in flooded sanctuary - Aug 7, 2007 Gulf News,Rhino horn is also much fancied by buyers from the Middle East who turn them into handles of ornamental daggers, while elephant ivory tusks are primarily Zoos kill healthy tigers for the skin trade - Jul 23, 2007 Times Online,We prefer to have tiger skins in our iving rooms, than real ones roaming wild, deer heads on the walls than real deers, elephant ivory tasks in a cupboard Overboard Sewage at Colonial Pemaquid Could Become Thing of the Past - Jul 25, 2007 Lincoln County News,In the museum, carved Yoruban elephant ivory, Portuguese salt, Native American arrowheads and the red clay pipes typically smoked by the French suggest A whale of a tale - Jul 23, 2007 Dalhousie News (press release),In any case, it’s coveted by collectors who’ll pay in the thousands of dollars for one, especially since the trade in elephant ivory has been made illegal. Wanton rhino poaching alarms Assam wildlife authorities - Jul 23, 2007 Indian Muslims,Elephant ivory tusks are primarily used for making ornaments and decorative items. Profits in the illegal rhino horn trade are staggering - rhino horn sells [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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