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Cameroon: Four traffickers arrested with four elephant tusks and other wildlife species

Cameroon: Four traffickers arrested with four elephant tusks and other wildlife species

By CamerBe Four traffickers have been arrested for trafficking in ivory tusk, pangolin, and chimpanzee. They were arrested during a crackdown operation carried out by wildlife officials of the Dja & Lobo Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife, in collaboration with the Police and with the technical assistance of The Last Great Ape Organisation also known as LAGA. One of the traffickers, a tire technician, was arrested with five elephant tusks including tusks from juvenile elephants. He was apprehended trying to sell the ivory which he hid in a plastic paper concealed in a...

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South Africa: Animal protection NGO stops trophy hunt quotas – for now

South Africa: Animal protection NGO stops trophy hunt quotas – for now

By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick The Western Cape High Court has blocked the issuing of quotas to hunt 10 leopards, 10 black rhinos and 150 elephants following an application by the Humane Society International/Africa, provisionally agreeing that they were invalid and unlawful. Final judgment will be determined in a second part of the case, which is to follow. But for now, no quotas may be issued by Environment Minister Barbara Creecy. The court concurred with HSI/Africa that Creecy’s department was not permitted to defer the 2021 quotas to 2022, as it had attempted to, because this was not...

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Ricky Gervais Calls For Urgent Release Of All Elephants From Zoos

Ricky Gervais Calls For Urgent Release Of All Elephants From Zoos

By Riya Lakhani-Kanji - Plant Based News Ricky Gervais speaks out after a new report highlighted the effects of captivity on elephants In Defense of Animals has released its annual list of the 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants in North America, exposing zoos that are considered the “best” by industry standards. The review draws attention to neuroscientific research, delivering a damning conclusion: elephants living in unnatural captive environments suffer from captivity-caused brain damage. Ricky Gervais, vegan animal rights advocate and celebrity comedian, is calling for all elephants...

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UK: More than £60,000 seized from man who traded in illegal ivory

UK: More than £60,000 seized from man who traded in illegal ivory

By Megan Baynes, Sky News More than £60,000 has been seized from a man who traded in illegal ivory. Ngie Law, of Derby, was convicted in August 2021 of 18 different counts of buying, selling, and possessing the ivory goods without a permit. Now, following a hearing at Derby Crown Court last week, he is subject to a confiscation order that will see him lose £61,266.97 in cash or assets. The seized ivory will be distributed to other forces, the National Wildlife Crime unit trainer, Border Force CITES Team, and the Museum of Scotland for training purposes. Any left over will be destroyed to...

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