Tag: ivory
Major wildlife products bust in DRC
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seized $3.5 million worth of ivory, rhinoceros horn and pangolin scales in a joint operation with United...
Congo detains alleged ivory trafficker blamed for killings of park rangers...
Park rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a militia leader and alleged ivory trafficker whose fighters are accused of killing 19...
Singapore crushes ivory from around 300 elephants to deter illegal trade
Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday, in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent years...
Kenyan police arrest fugitive indicted in US for ivory, rhino horn...
Kenyan police arrested a fugitive wanted in the United States on charges of trafficking ivory and rhino horn, who arrived in the coastal city...
Major ivory haul in Tanzania
Tanzania seized ivory tusks equivalent to killing at least 117 elephants, its tourism minister said, part of a drive to stamp out organised criminal...
ISS: China is proving key to reducing Africa’s wildlife trafficking
China’s proactive stance against illicit wildlife trafficking in Africa in recent years has helped shift trends in this crime. Where cooperation has occurred with...
Record ivory haul in Singapore
Singapore seized 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory, a record haul by authorities in the city-state, which conservation groups say is a transit point for...
China seizes record ivory tusks, busts smuggling gang
Chinese authorities seized 7.48 tonnes of smuggled ivory tusks last month, the biggest haul in recent years, as Beijing steps up a campaign against...
Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated $8 million
Uganda seized a contraband shipment of ivory and pangolin scales it said was the largest the country had ever taken, with a market value...
Tons of ivory and pangolin scales seized in Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities seized more than eight tonnes of pangolin scales and ivory in one of the south-east Asian country's largest wildlife trafficking...
More African ivory smuggled into China
More African ivory is smuggled into China as Myanmar and Beijing's ban on trade in ivory failed to dampen imports, a report...
Three held for illegal possession of elephant ivory
Three men have been arrested for the illegal possession and sale of elephant ivory in Midrand.
"The arrest of these suspects and the...
Kenya court releases jailed ivory smuggler
A court in Kenya's port city of Mombasa set free a man convicted by a lower court in July 2016 of smuggling...
Illegal ivory breezes past EU law – campaign group
In spite of a ban, illegal ivory trading still flourishes in the European Union, as traders use a loophole allowing exchange of...
ISS: Decline in elephant poaching could be short-lived
Elephant poaching in Africa has dropped for five consecutive years to levels last witnessed over a decade ago. The latest report by...
Leading ivory trade investigator found dead in Nairobi
A prominent American investigator of the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade was found dead in his Nairobi home with a stab...
Huge haul of elephant tusks and pangolin scales in Ivory Coast
Around 600 kg of elephant tusks and 600 kg of pangolin scales have been seized in Ivory Coast, ready to be sent...
HK court fines ivory trader $1,000 for illegal trading as China...
A Hong Kong court found an ivory trader guilty of illegal ivory possession and imposed a relatively light penalty of an HK$8,000...
China begins ban on ivory sales
A ban on ivory sales in China, the world's largest importer and end user of elephant tusks, took effect on Sunday with...
Zimbabwe seizes ivory destined for Malaysia
An illegal 200kg shipment of ivory destined for Malaysia was seized at Zimbabwe's main airport, an official said.
Security agents from Zimbabwe's Parks...
Major Senegal ivory bust also nets lion and hippo teeth
Senegal seized hundreds of figurines and clusters of lion and hippopotamus teeth as part of the biggest ivory haul in its history...
Hong Kong records largest ivory haul in 30 years
Authorities in Hong Kong this week made the largest haul of contraband ivory in more than 30 years, amid surging illegal wildlife...
Ivory smuggling syndicate bust
Seven smugglers involved in illegal ivory trade between Uganda and Singapore have been arrested following an 18-month investigation by African and Asian...
Feature: No golden bullet to eliminate poaching in the Kruger National...
In spite of a drop in rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park, South African National Parks (SANParks) officials have cautioned that...
Tanzanian couple jailed over poached ivory
A Tanzanian court has sentenced a married couple to 20 years in jail each for illegal possession of 210 pieces of ivory...
Poaching threatens Africa’s wildlife treasures
In April 2016, Kenyan officials built 11 massive piles of confiscated ivory and rhino horn in Nairobi National Park and set them...
Vietnam destroys mass rhino horns and elephant ivory
Vietnam destroyed nearly 2.2 tonnes of seized elephant ivory and 70 kg of rhino horns on Saturday, in one of its strongest...
Namibia, Zimbabwe fail to get UN permission to export ivory
Namibia and Zimbabwe on Monday failed to convince a UN body on Monday that they should be allowed to export ivory -...
Decisions made at UN CITES meeting on wildlife trade in South...
The 17th meeting of the UN's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has been meeting in Johannesburg, with ivory, rhinos...
Paramount hands over Gazelle helicopter, dogs to Gabon
Paramount Group, via the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, today handed over a donated Gazelle helicopter and specialised anti-poaching dogs to the Gabon National...
ISS: Ivory poaching – not just a conservation issue
On Saturday, 24 September, Johannesburg welcomed delegates from around the world to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17)...
Ivory trade debate resurfaces as southern Africa’s elephants thrive
South Africa's Kruger National Park is littered in places with the trunks of trees uprooted and stripped of bark by a surging...
Botswana breaks ranks with neighbours on ivory trade
Botswana, home to the world's largest elephant population, will break ranks with its southern African neighbours and not support bids at an...
Elephant poaching in Africa down, but still far too high: CITES
The illegal killing of African elephants for their ivory seems to have fallen from record peaks but poaching of the animal is...
Kenyan court jails ivory smuggler for 20 years
A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail and fined him 20 million shillings ($200,000) for ivory...
Tanzania seized $2 million worth of elephant ivory in June
Tanzanian police said on Tuesday it had seized elephant ivory worth more than $2 million (1.5 million pounds) and arrested nine suspected...
Zimbabwe lobbies neighbours on ivory trade, will not burn stocks
Zimbabwe is seeking support from its neighbours to be allowed to engage in international trade in ivory and will not burn its...
Ex-Minnesota college professor fined $500,000 for smuggling ivory
A former Minnesota philosophy professor was fined $500,000 on Monday for smuggling elephant ivory and illegally exporting rhinoceros horns from the United...
African countries deeply divided over ivory trade before U.N. meeting
Member states of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are not meeting until September, but some African countries...
Three African presidents warn poachers their days are numbered
As African leaders soundly rejected "those who think our natural heritage can be sold for money," senior United Nations officials expressed support...
Kenya burns vast piles of elephant tusks as it seeks ban...
Kenya's president set fire to thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns on Saturday, destroying a stockpile that would have been worth...
Tanzania court jails two Chinese men for ivory smuggling
Tanzania has sentenced two Chinese men to 35 years each in jail for ivory smuggling, local media reported on Saturday, the latest...
Malawi torches ivory in fight against elephant poaching
Malawi on Monday burnt close to three tonnes of smuggled ivory confiscated in the northern town of Mzuzu near Tanzania in what...
Over 1300 rhinos killed in Africa in 2015
The number of African rhinos killed by poachers has increased for the sixth year in a row with at least 1,338 rhinos...
California auctioneer pleads guilty to $1 mln ivory, rhino horn smuggling
An executive with a Beverly Hills gallery and auction house has pleaded guilty of conspiring to smuggling at least $1 million in...
Tanzania launches manhunt after poachers kill British helicopter pilot
Tanzanian authorities have launched a manhunt after poachers shot down a helicopter and its British pilot during an operation to track down...
Zimbabwe frees on bail reporters who implicated police in poaching
A Zimbabwean court on Wednesday freed on bail an editor and two reporters from a state-owned newspaper who were arrested for publishing...
China slaps one-year ban on imports of African ivory hunting trophies
China slapped a one-year ban on African ivory hunting trophy imports, the state forestry authority said on Thursday ahead of a trip...
Mozambique burns seized ivory, rhino horn in anti-poaching drive
Mozambique burned 2.5 tonnes of seized ivory and rhino horn on Monday as part of a campaign to end an illicit trade...
Tanzania urges China to curb ivory demand to save elephants
A Tanzanian government minister described elephant poaching on Thursday as a national disaster, and urged China to curb its appetite for ivory.
The...