Illegal wildlife trade
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Conservationist Richard Bonham’s 40-year campaign to protect Africa’s wildlife has led him from Kenya’s savannah to trinket shops in Hong Kong. To stop the slaughter, he says, action must be taken at both ends of the supply chain
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Record haul of over 1,000 endangered sea turtles, all dead, were bound for illegal export to China
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Biggest ever survey in 16 countries finds adverts for live tigers, orangutans and chimps – plus a ‘toilet-trained’ gorilla
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Mark Butcher, founder of Imvelo Safari Lodges in Zimbabwe and winner of the 2014 Guardian and Observer Travel ethical award, tells Kevin Rushby how he works with ex-poachers to protect wildlife in Hwange national park
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2014 eclipses 2013 poaching record as illegal wildlife trade continues to boom, threatening future of the species
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President orders government watchdog to start formal investigation after wildlife agency staff questioned by police
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International agency targets nine dangerous fugitives suspected of crimes involving poaching and illegal logging
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Beijing dismisses scathing EIA report on wildlife trade which claims ivory haul of Xi Jinping delegates in Tanzania doubled price on illegal market
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Karl Mathiesen: Ban Ki-moon has called on nations to do more to protect the environment from the devastation of war, but even in times of peace our militaries have a huge impact on natural resources
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Chinese criminal gangs are causing Tanzania to lose more elephants to poaching than any other African country, says a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency
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Guardian world networks Private zoos boasting exotic animals – the new status symbol of Armenia's elite
The importing of wild animals by Armenian elites is going unchecked by government, reports EurasiaNet.Org -
Information campaign successfully changes minds of people who think rhino horn has medicinal value
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China Dialogue: Baby chimpanzees are being hunted and sold to populate country’s growing number of wildlife parks, says photographer Karl Ammann at launch of documentary in Beijing
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Janaki Lenin: The case of ‘Putin’s tiger’ recently put poaching into the media spotlight. In India, a new modelling exercise is helping to tackle the crime by mapping areas where tigers are most at risk
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Demonstrators in 136 cities and towns across six continents joined the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos
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Three traders arrested for dealing in whole manta rays and their gills, in first detentions since legal protections
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Indian village to be relocated to create the most densely packed population of tigers in the world and stop them eating people
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Species across land, rivers and seas decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats
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Organised crime syndicates are slaughtering between 1,500 and 1,800 elephants a year in Mozambique for ivory
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To mark World Elephant Day, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has released behind-the-scenes pictures of efforts to save orphaned baby elephants in Africa, where up to 35,000 animals are killed for their tusks each year
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Traditionally a symbol of wealth and luxury, public attitidues towards shark fin are changing in China, according to a new report
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New Hampshire teens, returning from competition, contact their congressional delegation after customs seize ivory pipes
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Scaly anteaters are now the most illegally-traded mammal in the world, with all eight species listed as threatened
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The town of Mong-La in Burma's Shan state, close to the border with China, is at the crossroads of illegal wildlife trade routes from India, Burma, Laos and Thailand
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Ghost bats, beaver babies and desert elephants are among the pick of this week's images from the natural world
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Plans for an opencast coalmine on the boundary of South Africa's Hluhluwe-Imfolozi reserve could pave the way for even greater poaching and pollution
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The Hluhluwe-Imfolozi park in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province is a natural oasis abundant in rhino, elephants, leopards, lions and birds
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Rising demand for luxury pets in the Gulf states taking gruesome toll as two-thirds of snatched cubs are dying en route
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Official figures suggest this year will be deadliest yet for rhino, breaking 2013 record of 1,004 deaths
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Comedian supports police drive to encourage Londoners to donate unwanted items such as rhino horn and ivory carvings
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Buying endangered species can land 10 years in prison, but Conghua market sells giant salamanders and other rare wildlife
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Illegal trade killing African elephants driven by rising demand in China, with price of kilogram of ivory now £1225
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Asiatic cheetah, spotted flycather and polar bears are among the pick of this week's images from the natural world
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Paula Kahumbu: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is teaming up with the office of the Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, to empower African communities to combat poachers and conserve wildlife
Elephants are being wiped out, but not enough people seem to care