Tanzania: 10000 Elephants Killed Annually By Poachers

Tanzania: 10000 Elephants Killed Annually By Poachers
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania last week reiterated its call to the international community to ban trade on ivory and rhino products in order to counter the escalating poaching of the critically endangered animals. The leading markets of the animal trophies, notably China, Japan, the ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Huffington Post

03 Jun

Tanzania Has Lost 60 Percent Of Its Elephants To Poachers In 5 Years

Huffington Post
Tanzania Has Lost 60 Percent Of Its Elephants To Poachers In 5 Years
Huffington Post
85,181. That number represents -- sorry, represented -- nearly 60 percent of Tanzania's elephant population. But over the past five years, more than 80,000 of the country's elephants have been slaughtered for their ivory in yet another sign humanity could ...
Decline of Elephants in Tanzania Is Catastrophic, Activists SayU.S. News & World Report
Decline of Tanzanian elephants due to poaching is...

 

11 years ago

News24

09 May

'30 elephants killed every day in Tanzania'

'30 elephants killed every day in Tanzania'
News24
Dar es Salaam - Poachers are slaughtering Tanzania's elephants for their ivory at such alarming rates that the population could be completely wiped out in just seven years, conservationists told a conference on Friday. The two-day UN-backed conference ...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

20 Aug

Man killed by elephants in northern Tanzania's village

Man killed by elephants in northern Tanzania's village
GlobalPost
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A herd of elephants wreaked havoc in northern Tanzania's district of Longido, killing one person and injuring several others, an official said on Wednesday. James Ole Millya, Longido District Commissioner, told Xinhua ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: With the elephants orphaned by poachers

One World Elephant day, the BBC is told how poaching could see the end of elephants in the wild by 2030.

 

10 years ago

The Sun Daily

26 May

Poachers kill half Mozambique's elephants in 5 years

The Sun Daily
Poachers kill half Mozambique's elephants in 5 years
The Sun Daily
A file photo taken on Aug 21, 2009 shows an elephant eating at the Tsavo West National Park in southern Kenya. Poachers have killed nearly half of Mozambique's elephants for their ivory in the past five years, the US based Wildlife Conservation Society said ...
'Nearly half' of Mozambique's elephants killed in five yearsBBC News
Poachers decimate Mozambique elephant populationDaily Mail
Poachers killed half...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jan

Poachers kill six elephants in Uganda Queen Elizabeth park

Six elephants were killed by poachers in Queen Elizabeth National Park in September, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has said, describing it as a setback in efforts to conserve the animals that are facing extinction.

 

5 years ago

BBC

10 Mar

Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya

Rangers found the carcasses of a female and her calf in a village in north-eastern Kenya.

 

5 years ago

The Guardian

11 Mar

Kenya's rare white female giraffe 'killed by poachers'

Kenya's rare white female giraffe 'killed by poachers'  The GuardianRare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya  Deutsche WelleExtremely rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya  Evening StandardPoachers Slaughter Kenya's Only White Female Giraffe and Her Calf  TowleroadRare white giraffes — a mother and her calf — killed by poachers at Kenyan wildlife sanctuary  KTLAView Full coverage on Google News

 

5 years ago

RFI

11 Mar

Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya: conservationists

Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya: conservationists  RFIRare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya  BBC NewsWhite giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya, leaving only one left  7NEWS.com.auTwo of Kenya’s rare white giraffes found dead, leaving only one of its kind in the world  Malay MailExtremely rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya  Evening StandardView Full coverage on Google News

 

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