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Elephant Escapes Death, Tramples Poacher

May 14, 2013

(POACHING) With elephant poaching at an all-time high, one elephant actually managed to save their own life after trampling a poacher who was attempting to shoot him/her. The poacher’s remains were found in Charara National Park in Zimbabwe after entering the reserve sometime between April 19 and 26 with another poacher. While many elephants normally don’t charge their attackers, this elephant’s defense could possibly mark an aggressive change in their behavior due to the frequent loss of their family members at the hands of poachers. Read on for more about this elephant’s brave resistance. — Global Animal

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Jay-Z Walks In Cruelty

March 4, 2013

(ANIMAL CRUELTY) Music moguls Jay-Z and Beyonce are known in the industry as people who typically make good decisions. But unfortunately, when it comes to their fashion choices, the music entrepreneur and his talented wife don’t have the best track record for compassion. The 99 Problems rapper has recently been spotted wearing PMK Brooklyn Zoo Air Jordans, which are worth a whopping $2,500 and shockingly made from ten different animal skins, including ostrich, calf, and elephant. Elephants are already extremely vulnerable as it is, with their populations constantly dwindling due to the abundance of poaching. It’s not a fashion statement when a majestic animal loses their life for a pair of shoes—it’s ruthless and ugly. Jay and B have both put forth efforts for human charities. Let’s hope they extend their charity to animals as well. Read on to learn more on why selling the hides of exotic animals is still legal. — Global Animal

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11,000 Gabon Elephants Poached Since 2004

February 16, 2013

(POACHING) Earlier this week, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced that the Gabon’s Minkebe National Park, once home to Africa’s largest forest elephant population, has lost 11,100 individuals to the illegal ivory trade in less than a decade. Surveys suggest that one in every three elephants in what was once a sanctuary for forest elephants has been taken for ivory trinkets. In a statement delivered by Gabon’s presidency, executive secretary of the country’s national parks agency, Lee White, said the future of Africa’s elephants would be compromised if rapid action were not taken. Read more about how this astonishingly sad statistic came to be. — Global Animal

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Foul Play Suspected In Elephant Deaths

February 4, 2013

(ANIMAL WELFARE) Last week, Malaysian authorities released information regarding 10 Borneo pygymy elephants who were found dead in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve. Now, three more dead elephants have been discovered in Sabah, Malaysia, raising the total death count to 13. Police are looking into the possibility that the elephants were poisoned. This is a catastrophic number because only about 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants still exist. Read on to find out what happened to this massacre’s only survivor. — Global Animal

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Elephant Poachers Given Weapons

January 23, 2013

(POACHING) Back in November, The New York Times reported that the army chief of Democratic Republic of Congo was suspended over claims he sold weapons to armed groups and elephant poachers, as the government said they had captured a string of towns in eastern Congo, including Goma, a provincial capital, raising serious questions about the stability of this vast and often-troubled country. While Congo’s Army has been infamously corrupt for decades, the Congolese government suspended the chief of staff of ground control after a UN investigation found that he had been running a criminal network which supplied ammunition to elephant poachers and other violent groups. Top elephant researchers in the Congo have suggested that the “Congolese military are implicated in almost all elephant poaching,” making the military “the main perpetrator of illegal elephant killing” in Congo. Click the link below for more information regarding this ongoing issue. — Global Animal

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$1.2 Million Worth Of Elephant Ivory Seized In Kenya

January 18, 2013

(POACHING) Kenyan customs officials seized 638 pieces of elephant ivory this week in a shipment believed to be worth a whopping $1.2 million. This shocking find comes approximately a week after a family of 11 elephants were shot and killed in a Kenyan park for their ivory tusks. Elephants across Africa have become increasingly threatened by poachers in recent years as the demand for ivory trinkets continues to rise in Asia—particularly China. And despite the East African country’s ban on the ivory trade, illegal practices are more prevalent than ever before. Read on to learn more about the heartbreaking news and sign the petition telling Chinese President Xi Jinping to stop imports of elephant tusks and rhino horns. — Global Animal

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Elephant Mass Shooting In Kenya

January 10, 2013

(WILDLIFE) According to wildlife officials, a family of 11 elephants were recently killed in what is being referred to as the biggest mass shooting of the threatened species on record in Kenya. The killings took place on Saturday in Tsavo East National Park, one of the country’s tourism gems and Kenya’s largest single continuous ecosystem home to approximately 13,000 elephants. Although elephant poaching in Kenya witnessed a sharp decline after 1989 when the government banned the ivory trade, there has been a rise in illegal practice in recent years with tens of thousands of elephants being killed—more than at any other point in decades. Read on to learn more about the horrifying incident and sign the petition to help protect elephants and enforce a total ban on the sale of ivory. — Global Animal

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Kenyans Protect Wildlife From Poachers

January 3, 2013

(WILDLIFE CONSERVATION) Communities in Kenya, and across all of Africa, are mobilizing to protect wildlife from poachers. While poaching and the ivory trade can be profitable, the money brought in from tourism is far more lucrative. Realizing they need to protect local creatures as a renewable and valuable resource, local citizens are arming themselves, forming militias, and patrolling the wilderness. — Global Animal

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