VIDEO: Elephants orphaned by wildlife poaching

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,...

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

Independent Online
'Poaching bloodbath could wipe out elephants'
Independent Online
Johannesburg - Bob Preller has spent the past 30 years watching Africa's elephants with wonder. Now, the businessman is witnessing them vanish in his lifetime. “These iconic creatures could be lost in little more than the next decade or two, due to a ...
Poaching to render 4m people jobless in Africa - ministryIPPmedia
Ugandan Elephants' Long March to RecoveryAllAfrica.com
Tanzania Sees Tourism Decline as Elephant...

Phys.Org
Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 years
Times LIVE
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 Friday. Obama renews solar bid despite setbacks · Scientists hope ...
'30 elephants killed every day in Tanzania'News24
Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 years: ConservationistsSBS

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Arusha wildlife trust launch first orphanage for baby elephants
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is expected to launch the country's first ever baby elephant orphanage in Arusha in northern part of the country, the event which will go in line with the baptism of the first calf to be adopted under the facility.
Assembly bill on ivory sales is worth approvingLos Angeles Times
The real reason for the catastrophic collapse of Tanzania's elephant populationWashington Post

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Tanzania launches satellite monitoring of elephants poaching
StarAfrica.com
Tanzania has launched with UN financial support, a special program for monitoring of elephants by satellite, as part of efforts to protect the species which are particularly targeted by poachers, APA learns here Monday. Funded by the United Nations ...
TANAPA to monitor elephants via satelliteDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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Capital FM Kenya
Poaching Could Wipe Out Tanzanian Elephants in 7 Years: Group
The New Indian Express
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 Friday. The two-day UN-backed conference which opened today ...
World in Brief: 09/05/14Morning Star Online
Poaching could wipe out Tanzanian elephants in 7 yearsTimes LIVE

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Firstpost
Sharp decline of elephants in Tanzania is direct result of poaching
Firstpost
Nairobi: The sharp decline of the elephant population in Tanzania, most likely due to poaching, is catastrophic, a wildlife conservation group said Tuesday. The Tanzanian government on Monday estimated that 65,721 elephants have died in the country in the ...
Tanzania elephant decline 'catastrophic'iAfrica.com
Tanzania's elephant population declines by 60 pct - surveyIPPmedia
Tanzania blames migration for huge...

The News
Chinese appetite for ivory blamed for rising poaching of elephants
The News
Mizengo Peter Pinda, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania together with H.E. Hui Liangyu, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China and .. Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to ...
Chinese officials 'went on illegal ivory buying sprees'Yahoo News
Chinese demand for ivory is devastating Tanzania's elephant populationThe...