Live From the Congo: Will A ‘Notoriously Violent’ Poacher and Rapist Hamper Elephant Ivory Project’s Efforts to Stop Poaching?

It’s been a fortunate few days. We arrived in Kinshasa on Monday, exhausted from 36 hours of transit, and found the Congo just as hot as we left it two years ago. On Tuesday morning, we met with Dr. Teresa Continue Reading

Live From the Congo: Elephant Ivory Project’s Journey to Stop Elephant Poaching Begins

Today, I’m packing. After two years in the works, we’re kicking off the Elephant Ivory Project in earnest on Sunday morning, when Andy Maser and I fly to Kinshasa–the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)–with a case of Continue Reading

Tattoo of the Day

Tattoo by Andrew Sussman.

Video of the Day: The Many Uses of the Chainsaw

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWoqz4OJqjM&feature=BF&list=PL2AA6AAB484E65B0E&index=9]   “It is very discouraging having to fight the battle to save elephants once again. The 1989 ban helped elephants to recover in most parts of Africa. Now even in Amboseli we’re losing elephants to ivory poachers for Continue Reading

Video of the Day: Olympic Long Jumper Dwight Phillips Clears An Entire Herd of Elephants

  In 2009, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) reported that despite a 20 year ban on the sale of ivory, an estimated 100 elephants are being killed for their tusks every day.