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Tusks found in 500-year-old shipwreck reveal origins of ancient elephants and impact of the ivory trade

Tusks found in 500-year-old shipwreck reveal origins of ancient elephants and impact of the ivory trade

by ACF | Dec 17, 2020 | Elephants, Ivory

Oxford University study leads cutting-edge scientific and historic analysis of elephant tusks found in shipwrecked cargo. OXFORD, 17 December 2020 – An international team has discovered the origin of the largest cargo of African ivory found from the oldest shipwreck...
Silent Forests: A rare glimpse inside the forest elephant poaching crisis

Silent Forests: A rare glimpse inside the forest elephant poaching crisis

by ACF | Feb 23, 2020 | Elephants, Ivory, Wildlife News

We are in the midst of an elephant poaching epidemic across the African continent. Fueled by a growing middle class in Asia that is hungry for ivory status symbols, these iconic and intelligent mammals are being slaughtered for their tusks at an alarming rate. While...
Can Japanese Say No to Ivory Products?

Can Japanese Say No to Ivory Products?

by ACF | Dec 13, 2016 | Conservation Threats, Elephants, Ivory, Wildlife News

I’m a Japanese woman married to a British diplomat.  We keep moving places every 3 to 4 years and currently live in Malawi after staying four years in Kenya.  Since our Kenya days, we’ve visited a number of national parks and game reserves in Kenya, Zambia and South...
Great Elephant Census Reveals Massive Population Decline in African Savanna Elephants

Great Elephant Census Reveals Massive Population Decline in African Savanna Elephants

by ACF | Aug 31, 2016 | Elephants, Ivory, Wildlife News

HONOLULU, Aug. 31, 2016 – The alarming results of the Great Elephant Census (GEC), the first-ever Africa-wide survey of savanna elephants, were announced on Wednesday at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress by...
Demise of Elephants and Honeyguide Foundation’s Conservation Efforts in Northern Tanzania

Demise of Elephants and Honeyguide Foundation’s Conservation Efforts in Northern Tanzania

by ACF | Dec 7, 2015 | Elephants, Ivory, Wildlife News

I’ll never forget the first time I saw an elephant in the wild. It was in Kruger National Park, north east of Johannesburg, in 2006. On a tour bus of 14, I was by far the loudest as we trundled round a corner, on sandy terrain and almost ran into it. A magnificent...
Malawi: Another Ivory Burn Postponed

Malawi: Another Ivory Burn Postponed

by ACF | Sep 19, 2015 | Conservation Threats, Elephants, Ivory, Wildlife News

The planned destruction of 2.6 tonnes of ivory was blocked yesterday by Tanzanian authorities who argued that the tusks were needed as evidence for prosecution of suspected poachers.    The ivory in question had been seized by Malawi Revenue Authority in 2013 from two...
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