Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong

Religious fervor drives elephant slaughter (09/14/2012) The legal ivory trade is failing to protect elephants which are being slaughtered en mass across the African continent to meet demand for religious trinkets, argues a new investigative report published in National Geographic by Bryan Christy. Conflict and perseverance: rehabilitating a forgotten park in the Congo (09/19/2012) Zebra racing across the yellow-green savannah is an iconic image for Africa, but imagine you're seeing this not in Kenya or South Africa, but in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Welcome to Upemba National Park: once a jewel in the African wildlife crown, this protected area has been decimated by civil war. Now, a new bold initiative by the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), dubbed Forgotten Parks, is working to rehabilitate Upemba after not only decades of conflict but also poaching, negl...

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@CaroleSikora » 18 Nov '12, 2am
RT @ecoforestry: Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]
@vchoa » 24 Oct '12, 8pm
#Shark fin bans worldwide obviously not enuf to set example, authorities confiscate 600 elephants' ivory tusks in #hkg [link]
@RebeccaDVx » 24 Oct '12, 7pm
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RT @real_earth: Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]
@Lightning813 » 23 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @PdxPacky: MT "@KelliMalcolm: shocking...authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong - [link]" // SO SO WRONG
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MT "@KelliMalcolm: shocking...authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong - [link]" // SO SO WRONG
@IllinoisAudubon » 23 Oct '12, 5pm
This elephanticide will make you sick Via @nature_org: 1,209 elephant tusks confiscated from poachers. [link]
@MagamboArt » 23 Oct '12, 4pm
A whopping 1,209 elephant tusks confiscated from poachers. [link] #SMF
@nadiyah_marsela » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
Ada manusia yang memang hanya mementingkan ekonomi daripada ekologi. [link]
@itqtpie » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @nature_org: A whopping 1,209 elephant tusks confiscated from poachers. [link] (via @mongabay) #greennews
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A whopping 1,209 elephant tusks confiscated from poachers. [link] (via @mongabay) #greennews
@RossCulloch » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
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RT @KelliMalcolm: Absolutely shocking...authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong - [link]
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RT @JohnKabubu: "RT @kwskenya @WWF_CEA_GI @WWF Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]" REALLY SAD!
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"RT @kwskenya @wwf_mada @WWF_ESA Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]" Sadly Painful!
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"RT @kwskenya @WWF_CEA_GI @WWF Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]" REALLY SAD!
@kimmiefield » 23 Oct '12, 1am
Authoritie confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong: Mongabay [link] Hong Ppl will u NOW stop buying ivory?
@EI_EcoIndia » 23 Oct '12, 12am
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@CarolMNowak » 22 Oct '12, 10pm
“@EarthBlog: Authorities confiscate 600 Dead Elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]”This madness has to stop!
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@nartured » 22 Oct '12, 10pm
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@mongabay » 22 Oct '12, 6pm
Authorities confiscate 600 dead elephants' worth of ivory in Hong Kong [link]