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·3/6/2009 - Kenya suffers wave of elephant killings, Reuters

·29/4/2009 - Huge cache of smuggled ivory represents up to 40 elephants, Mongabay

·16/4/2009 - Kenya signs its first REDD deal to conserve forests, Mongabay

·9/3/2009 - Uncovering the mysteries of the imperiled giraffe, an interview with Julian Fennessy, Mongabay

·27/2/2009 - India: Tiger Census Helping Conservation, Inter Press Service

·25/2/2009 - Kenya: Slaughter of the elephants, Independent

·24/2/2009 - Poison-Arrow Killings Surge in Africa Elephant Poaching, National Geographic

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1. Elephant Poaching Said Imperils Survival           Rank: 75%

not only for their tusks, but for their meat. "These elephants get poached a lot more than the eastern and southern African elephants," said Karl Amman, a wildlife photographer and investigator into the illegal trade in animals. "I am convinced the poaching of forest elephants in the Central African region is for the meat and ivory has become a byproduct." In the markets of Bangui, ivory earns a poacher about $13.60 a pound. Smoked elephant meat brings $5.45 a pound, considerably more than any...
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2. Elephant Poaching in Kenya Increasing           Rank: 75%

7/8/98 *** RELAYED TEXT STARTS HERE: Title: Elephant Poaching in Kenya Increasing Source: Reuters Status: Copyrighted, contact source to reprint Date: 7/8/98 JOHANNESBURG, July 8 (Reuters) -Elephant poaching has increased in Kenya since three other African states were given the green light to resume ivory exports, a leading conservationist said on Wednesday. ``There is evidence that since the lifting of the ban on ivory exports, there has been an increase in the...
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3. Kenya: Elephant Poaching Up Sharply           Rank: 74%

Sharply 1/28/00 *** RELAYED TEXT STARTS HERE: Title: Kenya: Elephant poaching up sharply Source: Reuters Status: Copyright 2000, contact source for permission to reprint Date: January 28, 2000 NAIROBI, Jan. 28 - Kenya's top wildlife official says a decision to allow limited ivory sales has brought a sharp increase in elephant poaching. Nehemiah Rotich, director of the Kenya Wildlife Service, called on world governments to reimpose a total ban on the ivory trade. AT...
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4. Elephant Poaching Increasing in Kenya           Rank: 74%

Reports Programs A to Z Shows by Name VOA News Blog T2A Chat XML RSS VOA Mobile Podcast Icon Podcasts Webcasts Correspondents Broadcast Info Follow on Twitter Learning English Articles in Special English Pronunciations Editorials Read Editorials Elephant Poaching Increasing in Kenya By Derek Kilner Nairobi 27 February 2009 Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with a tracking collar in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya (File) Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with a...
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5. East Africa: Elephant Poaching on the Rise           Rank: 74%

Rise International wildlife organisations say there has been a surge in elephant poaching across East Africa and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa over the past 18 months. Save the Elephants, a charity organisation, reports several major ivory busts this year in Kenya, India, Japan and the Philippines, and says that seizures were also made of shipments of tusks en route to the Philippines from Tanzania, to China from Kenya and to Manila from Zambia. At least 20 tonnes of ivory were smuggled into...
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6. India: Elephant poaching in Karnataka causes concern: Forest...           Rank: 74%

concern: Forest official Though big time poaching of wildlife is "very much under control in Karnataka", elephant poaching is a matter of concern, according to a top official the state wildelife department. To curb this, the forest deparment has stepped up its anti-poaching squads in areas from where the Special Task Force has been withdrawn at the killing of smuggler-poacher Veerappan, "basically in Kollegal and Chamarajnagar region", said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) A K...
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7. AFRICA: Poaching threatens elephants in DRC           Rank: 74%

of elephants in the unique habitat on the edge of the Congo basin where rainforest blends into open savannah. It is a home for a combination of forest and savannah wildlife, possibly including a type of large chimpanzee still unknown to science. If poaching continues and elephants are soon eliminated, the next targets would be other large animal species like bongos and chimpanzees until all the wildlife there is also destroyed, leaving local people in an impoverished environment without...
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