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Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis Ronald Orenstein
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited

Q and A with National Geographic magazine's articles editor, Oliver Payne, who edited Bryan Christy's story, “Ivory Worship,” for the magazine. Jun 17, 2013 - Rhino horn can fetch a price exceeding its equivalent weight in gold on the Asian blackmarket, and efforts to stop the determined poachers from stripping rhinos of their valuable horns haven't had much success so far. Mar 24, 2014 - There's a crisis of epic proportion occurring on our planet 24/7, 365: 'The War Against Nature' has become a prolonged looting spree — plundering terrestrial and oceanic wildlife on a global tear never witnessed before. Nov 21, 2013 - Author, "Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis". Aug 21, 2013 - Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. Oct 20, 2013 - Ivory, Horn & Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. Reporter Bryan Christy discovers how Behind the Investigation. That the Chinese public is fertile ground for sensitisation to the issue when it found that 99.2% of respondents agreed that “we should ensure elephants exist on earth” - a fact corroborated by the 'going-viral' of a story on blood ivory in the private newspaper Southern Weekly recently. BLOOD IVORY Elephants in Crisis. May 31, 2013 - Vietnam is the main destination for rhino horn, and many countries play a role as transit countries for both ivory and rhino horn; including the Philippines. May 4, 2009 - MYSTERY PRY In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. Feb 11, 2013 - I am shocked, but not surprised, to find ourselves in the middle of another poaching crisis, one that is having massive impact throughout the African continent. Today On the ivory front, CITES has sanctioned two 'one-off sales' of ivory from southern African stockpiles to China and Japan in recent years on the assumption that it will help control or reduce elephant poaching, but it hasn't worked. Apr 11, 2014 - The purge comes just weeks after the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was forced to counter accusations from wildlife activists that it was losing the fight against the booming elephant ivory and rhino horn trade. Ivory, horn and blood: behind the elephant and rhinoceros poaching crisis - ORENSTEIN, Ronald Call No. SUMMARY: As recently as ten years ago, out of every ten African elephants that died, four fell at the hands of poachers. BLOOD IVORY Elephant Ivory Poaching. Jan 13, 2014 - The Chinese government has been lauded for crushing six tonnes of ivory last week in a move that was hailed as a first step to addressing rampant elephant poaching in Africa. Sep 1, 2013 - Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. See where elephants are losing ground—and where smuggled ivory goes.