Bush Warriors Founder, Dori Gurwitz, Remembers the First Burning of Kenya’s Ivory Stockpiles 22 Years Ago

  Bush Warriors Founder, Dori Gurwitz, was only a teenager when he personally witnessed Kenya’s first burning of ivory stockpiles 22 years ago–an experience he will never forget. Photo credit: Tony Karumba In 1989, African wildlife conservation saw a historical Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Asian Elephant

  Photo credit: Goldy Rajiv Santhoji   The Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is found in isolated populations in 13 tropical Asian countries. The Asian Elephant is smaller Continue Reading

Environmental Investigation Agency Calls for Destruction of All Black Market Ivory

  MEDIA RELEASE: MASS IVORY BURNING SHOWS THE WAY AHEAD Campaign group calls for the destruction of all black market ivory. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency KENYA: As several tonnes of contraband ivory went up in smoke, the London-based Environmental Continue Reading

Live from the Congo: Poachers, Smoked Monkey Head, and Trapped Parrots, But No Elephants in Sight

There was a shootout.  Andy and I weren’t there, but we learned through satellite text messages that Colonel Gui and his soldiers from the Congolese army ran into the bandits somewhere between Kisangani and Obenge—likely the brothers of Colonel Toms, a convicted war Continue Reading

Live From The Congo: Despite Poacher’s Cross-Burning Death Threats, Elephant Ivory Project Team Courageously Presses On

‘Moses’, a suspected poacher in the Congo jungle, is burning crosses as death threats to National Park supporters, but it’s not enough to derail the Elephant Ivory Project team on to their mission to stop elephant poaching. We just arrived Continue Reading