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3 Odisha Forest Department Officials Killed Elephant Poaching Witness: Cops
At least three forest department officials working in the Similipal Tiger Reserve were Thursday arrested for allegedly killing an eyewitness of elephant poaching in December, police said.
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Critically Endangered Sumatran Elephant Found Beheaded In Indonesia
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has been found decapitated with its tusks missing in Indonesia, the conservation agency said Monday, as it opened a poaching investigation.
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Most Illegal Ivory From Recently Killed Elephants: Study
More than 90 per cent of illegal ivory comes from elephants slaughtered for their tusks in the last three years, not from old government stockpiles, according to a new study released Monday.
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480 kg Ivory Seized From Delhi, at Least 18 Elephants Were Killed For it
After an illegal trade in ivory for 25 years, Delhi businessman Umesh Aggrawal was arrested on Sunday, sources told NDTV; 480 kgs of ivory, for which at least 18 elephants from Kerala had been killed, were seized from his house.
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Tech for Tuskers: Protecting Africa's Elephants With Google
As elephant poaching in Africa by organised crime gangs using high-tech equipment rises, those working to stop their extinction in the wild have turned to technology too.
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US Crushes Ton of Ivory in New York's Times Square
A ton of illegal ivory carved into decorative objects was destroyed in New York's Times Square today as US officials denounced poaching that kills thousands of elephants a year.
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Elephant Slaughter, Ivory Sales 'Out of Control': Conservationists
The slaughter of Africa's elephants and the illegal trade in ivory in China are "out of control", conservationists said today, with wild elephants potentially disappearing within a generation.
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Poaching Could Wipe Out Tanzanian Elephants in Seven Years: Conservationists
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 on Friday.
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Elephant's tusks, trunk, tail chopped off in Assam
The elephant is lying in a paddy field in Kharmauza village, five kilometres from Goalpara town on national highway 37. Eyewitnesses say its tusks have been uprooted and trunk chopped off. The tail is missing.
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3 Odisha Forest Department Officials Killed Elephant Poaching Witness: Cops
At least three forest department officials working in the Similipal Tiger Reserve were Thursday arrested for allegedly killing an eyewitness of elephant poaching in December, police said.
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Critically Endangered Sumatran Elephant Found Beheaded In Indonesia
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has been found decapitated with its tusks missing in Indonesia, the conservation agency said Monday, as it opened a poaching investigation.
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Most Illegal Ivory From Recently Killed Elephants: Study
More than 90 per cent of illegal ivory comes from elephants slaughtered for their tusks in the last three years, not from old government stockpiles, according to a new study released Monday.
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480 kg Ivory Seized From Delhi, at Least 18 Elephants Were Killed For it
After an illegal trade in ivory for 25 years, Delhi businessman Umesh Aggrawal was arrested on Sunday, sources told NDTV; 480 kgs of ivory, for which at least 18 elephants from Kerala had been killed, were seized from his house.
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Tech for Tuskers: Protecting Africa's Elephants With Google
As elephant poaching in Africa by organised crime gangs using high-tech equipment rises, those working to stop their extinction in the wild have turned to technology too.
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US Crushes Ton of Ivory in New York's Times Square
A ton of illegal ivory carved into decorative objects was destroyed in New York's Times Square today as US officials denounced poaching that kills thousands of elephants a year.
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Elephant Slaughter, Ivory Sales 'Out of Control': Conservationists
The slaughter of Africa's elephants and the illegal trade in ivory in China are "out of control", conservationists said today, with wild elephants potentially disappearing within a generation.
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Poaching Could Wipe Out Tanzanian Elephants in Seven Years: Conservationists
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 on Friday.
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Elephant's tusks, trunk, tail chopped off in Assam
The elephant is lying in a paddy field in Kharmauza village, five kilometres from Goalpara town on national highway 37. Eyewitnesses say its tusks have been uprooted and trunk chopped off. The tail is missing.
