Elephant poaching hotspots identified

The killing of elephants has increased sharply in Tanzania since a controversial anti-poaching operation was suspended, a deputy minister says.

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What You Can Do About Elephant & Rhino Poaching
Huffington Post
With everything else going on in the world right now you might ask why I am writing a blog post about elephants and rhinos. It's because despite everything else filling the news, elephant and rhino poaching is a crisis that needs to be addressed right now.
Call for emergency measures as rhino kills near 900defenceWeb
SA Monitoring Major Rhino Poaching CaseAllAfrica.com

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Dar es Salaam. A new scientific way of tracking poaching trends in Africa has shown that Tanzania is amongst the continent’s two leading killers of elephants.

BBC News
Elephant calves orphaned by wildlife poaching
BBC News
Prince Charles, David Cameron and the Duke of Cambridge are among those hosting an international conference in London on Thursday aimed at halting wildlife poaching. The practice, worth an estimated £12bn ($19bn) per year has soared as the demand ...
'An elephant is killed for their tusks every 15 minutes,' say experts on poachingExpress.co.uk
What fuels elephant slaughter?Bayoubuzz
Minister for Natural Resources and Wildlife,...

CNN International
Tanzania gets 'The Devil' as it cracks down on elephant poaching
CNN International
(CNN) First, Tanzanian authorities arrested the "Queen of Ivory." Now they've got their hands on "The Devil." For the second time in a month, the country's National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit Task Force has bagged a wanted ...
CAUGHT: The Man Who Killed Thousands Of ElephantsThe Dodo
Most wanted ivory poaching mastermind arrested in Tanzania.Blasting News
Another blow to...

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Elephant poaching, tourism and politics in Tanzania
eTurboNews
TANZANIA (eTN) - Ahead of Tanzania's general election in late October, opposition presidential hopeful, Edward Lowassa, has vowed to end poaching of elephants and trade in blood ivory. Mr. Lowassa, who is vying for the Tanzania presidential post under ...

Elephant Poaching Epidemic Prompts Objections by The Environmental ...
PR Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry and Dana J. Hyde, the Chair and CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), to defer ...
Tanzanian police seize more than 200 elephant tusk piecesWireUpdate

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Toronto Star
Report links Chinese to elephant poaching in Tanzania
Toronto Star
A new report accuses high-level Chinese delegations of being conduits in smuggling ivory out of Tanzania, contributing to the alarming decline in the African country's elephant population. It also details the time, money and effort spent by Chinese nationals in ...
Chinese President's Delegation Tied to Illegal Ivory Purchases During Africa VisitNew York Times (blog)
Tanzanian officials accused of conspiring in...

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World Wide Fund says elephant poaching on the rise
Coastweek
ARUSHA (Xinhua) -- Wildlife charity World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Wednesday urged African nations to tackle elephant poaching which it said was recently on the rise. “The increase in elephant poaching is highly linked to an increase of ivory ...
Jumbos Moving to Tanzania Risk PoachingAllAfrica.com
Tanzania Has Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Elephants In Just The Last 4 YearsPlanetSave.com

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