China Fuels Illegal Wildlife Trade Across The Globe

Earlier this week, Africa saw its largest-ever wildlife crime bust.  The four month undercover investigation came to a close this weekend as undercover agents caught 57 criminals red-handed at ivory markets, border crossings, and airports in the five participating countries- Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.  Included in the group of criminals [...]

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eBay Action Supports Elephant Conservation

In response to growing pressure from international law enforcement agencies and conservation groups, eBay has decided to ban the sale of all ivory products, effective January 1.   The decision came just after the International Fund for Animal Welfare was to publish a report that discusses how online auction sites, like eBay, have “become a [...]

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Hey Bungalow Bill, What Did You Kill?

So today’s blog post is going to be a biggie. I stumbled across this article about elephant poaching. It turns out, elephants are being poached for their tusks at a great rate today than they were before the international ban was established by CITES in 1989. In the decade before the ivory ban, 7.4% of [...]

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