VIDEO: Worldwide protests against ivory trade

Christian Science Monitor
Will arrest of the 'Queen of Ivory' dent illegal ivory trade?
Christian Science Monitor
A Chinese businesswoman who has lived in Africa for decades was arrested for smuggling millions of dollars worth of poached elephant tusks. By Lonnie Shekhtman, Staff October 11, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. In this photo taken on Wednesday, ...
Wildlife activists praise arrest of Chinese womanIPPmedia
In praise of anti-poaching task forceDaily News | The National Newspaper...

Mombasa. A court in Kenya on Wednesday granted bail to the suspected ringleader of an ivory smuggling gang on medical grounds, prompting immediate protests from wildlife activists.

Stakeholders in the wildlife industry have expressed concern over what they described as Tanzania’s authorities’ silence at a meeting held in Cotonou, Benin, that resolved to ban the elephant trade.

IPPmedia
Kikwete urges total ban on ivory trade
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has appealed to the international community to extend a helping hand in stopping the trade of ivory and rhino horn in the world in order to protect the wild animals from extinction. “If this (international assistance) is done, elephants ...
Tanzania's Blood Ivory: “This is madness now”CNN (blog)
Tourism asset protection Tanzanian President bans the sale of ivory stockpileeTurboNews
Tanzania president says...

Huffington Post
Artificial Elephant Tusks Are Being Used To Help Track The Illegal Ivory Trade
Huffington Post
The replicas are equipped with GPS tracking technology to allow law enforcement to follow their path. Headshot of Joseph Erbentraut. Joseph Erbentraut Chicago Editor, The Huffington Post. Posted: 09/04/2015 02:07 PM EDT.
Video: Ivory Trade and Slave Trade Linked Throughout HistoryNational Geographic
Ivory smugglers exposed using fake elephant tusks with GPS trackers...

Investigation in an illegal ivory trade case facing Coast Regional Football Association (corefa) chairman Hassan Othman ‘Hassanoo’ and five others is not complete, the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court heard yesterday.

Elephant Slaughter, Corruption, and Illegal Ivory Trade Trigger ...
Fort Mills Times
WASHINGTON — 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 approval of additional aid funding of up to $450 ...
Elephant Poaching Epidemic Prompts Objections by The Environmental ...PR Newswire (press release)
Tanzanian police seize more than 200 elephant tusk...

Tanzania calls for int'l ban on ivory, rhino trade
www.worldbulletin.net
Tanzania is calling for an international ban on trading in ivory products in hopes of protecting its endangered species – including rhinos and elephants – from poachers. "Without putting an end to international trade in these products, the war against poaching ...

IPPmedia
Govt seeks global ban of ivory trade, refutes claims it is not doing enough
IPPmedia
Claims that Tanzania has failed to fight against poaching on account that it has never managed to arrest any poachers in the country and at least all Tanzania's trophies seized were seized outside the country have been refuted strongly by the government.
Drastic decline in wild elephant numbers due to poachingCBBC Newsround
Dar dismisses British paper elephant poaching claimsDaily News
Prince Charles...