AFTER FAILURE OF LEGAL IVORY, TRADE IN RHINO HORN WOULD BE A DISASTER

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is an international agreement signed by 175 governments, including one of the world’s major markets for illegal wildlife products – China. The international trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn is Continue Reading

Flying Rhinos….Protecting the last of their kind….

South Africa has been hit the hardest by the Rhino poaching epidemic. Just last year over 628 rhinos have been poached for their horn. Its an average of 1.72 rhinos killed everyday….. The trend is going up and its estimated Continue Reading

Nowhere in Africa are elephants safe…Poverty and Greed are killing the last Africa’s elephants…

Article by Jeffrey Gettleman. Published in the NY Times In the past several years, 10,000 elephants in Gabon have been wiped out, some picked off by impoverished hunters creeping around the jungle with rusty shotguns and willing to be paid Continue Reading