Similar Stories to Elephant Poaching 'out Of Control' on Bing News

More than 11,000 elephants have been killed by ivory poachers in Gabon since 2004 according to new research

Sections:  world   living   
RELATED ARTICLES
  • Why is Ringling removing elephants from the circus?
    The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Thursday it will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018. More
  • Expert: Rhinos extinct in Mozambique
    Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, it has again been driven to extinction, or to the brink of extinction, by poachers seeking their horns for sale in Asia.... More
  • South Africa: Elephant overturns vehicle
    South African officials say an elephant has overturned a vehicle carrying two tourists, injuring one of them. A statement from Kruger National Park says the tourists are of "Chinese origin." The statement says an elephant in the park attacked the vehicle on a road at 6:30 a.m. More
  • Man tries to take photo of beaver; it kills him
    A fisherman in Belarus was bitten to death by a beaver, and all he was doing was trying to take its picture, Sky News reports. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends at Lake Shestakov, but as he approached to take a photograph, the beaver bit him on the thigh. More
  • Flood of dead pigs, trickle of answers in China
    Pig carcasses — about 14,000 of them — have been floating down rivers that feed into Shanghai for nearly two weeks. The city’s residents have been told not to worry, and not much else. Where the pigs came from, how they died and why they suddenly showed up in the river system that supplies drinking water to a city of 23 million has not been explained. More
BING NEWS:
  • Suspects charged in Broadwater Co. for 2023 poaching
    Three people are charged after an almost year-long investigation by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens into several animal killings in 2023.
    11/22/2024 - 11:22 am | View Link
  • Vietnam rushes to preserve elephants as wild population drops below 200
    The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced a conservation plan to protect Vietnam's rapidly declining elephant population, now estimated to have fallen below 200 in the wild.
    11/22/2024 - 10:44 am | View Link
  • Department of Conservation investigates poaching in Macon County
    The Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating a poaching case in Macon County that happened over the weekend. Macon County officials received a report of a cow and a calf, as well as ...
    11/21/2024 - 10:09 am | View Link
  • ZooMiami is asking for your ivory products as part of 'toss the tusk!' event
    "Toss the Tusk" events are where people can bring their unwanted ivory items to be properly disposed of. The illegal international ivory trade uses Miami-Dade County as a transit hub.
    11/21/2024 - 7:19 am | View Link
  • Informants who tip off wildlife officials on illegal wolf poaching in Colorado could earn $50,000 from new reward fund
    Providing Colorado Parks and Wildlife with information on illegal wolf killings could now earn individuals $50,000 — a significant increase over the typical $500 reward in Colorado for reporting the ...
    11/20/2024 - 12:13 pm | View Link
  • More
BING SEARCH:
  • The state of the world's elephant populations
    By far the biggest threat to both African and Asian elephants is poaching. Elephants are killed for their trunks and their tusks. Ivory is a lucrative business. It’s not just elephants that are under pressure. Poaching is the leading threat to all large mammals.
    11/18/2024 - 1:23 pm | View Website
  • Elephant poaching: Why it’s a big problem | IFAW
    A core part of our work involves anti-poaching initiatives to protect elephants in Africa and Asia. In this article, we’ll explore elephant poaching, its causes, impacts, and ongoing efforts to combat this devastating practice.
    11/17/2024 - 8:12 pm | View Website
  • What drives elephant poaching? It’s not greed
    Poaching is a major cause of decline for both endangered savanna elephants and critically endangered forest elephants, whose combined numbers have fallen to about 415,000, according to the...
    11/17/2024 - 1:46 pm | View Website
  • State-space models reveal a continuing elephant poaching ...
    Beginning around 2007, a wave of poaching for ivory affected populations of savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) and forest elephants (L. cyclotis) across Africa 1. The total population of ...
    11/16/2024 - 4:22 am | View Website
  • Elephants have evolved to be tuskless because of ivory ...
    Now researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks.
    11/14/2024 - 5:28 am | View Website
  • More

Comment On This Story

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More News