Known for elephant & rhino rescue, but contributions were much bigger than that NAIROBI, Kenya––The facts of the life of the late Daphne Sheldrick, who died at age 83 on April 12, 2018 after a long battle with breast cancer, are much more easily summarized than her legacy to wildlife, elephants in particular, and […]
South Sudan bans hunting; follows Kenya, with Chinese support
Kenya banned hunting in 1977 JUBA, South Sudan––Emulating one of the longtime keys to economic success in neighboring Kenya, the seven-year-old nation of South Sudan on March 6, 2018 “banned all forms of wildlife hunting, including commercial trade in wildlife trophies,” the Xinhua news agency reported. The specific mention of “wildlife trophies” by the […]
Trump words had no teeth: elephant & lion trophy imports resume
Under current rules, Walter Palmer might have imported Cecil’s head with little fuss WASHINGTON D.C.–– In 20-20 hindsight, the November 19, 2017 Twitter message by U.S. President Donald Trump hinting that he might protect African elephants and lions from trophy hunting by executive order looks more like camouflage than a decision. Twittering that trophy […]
South African lion breeders hear whispers of doom
Death at game reserve overshadows Parliamentary resolution that could kill the wildlife breeding, viewing, & hunting industries JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––The fatal mauling of a 22-year-old female visitor to “lion whisperer” Kevin Richardson’s tented camp in the Dinoken Big 5 Game Reserve stole headlines on February 27, 2018 from Parliamentary action promising to turn the South […]
Who killed ivory trade investigator Esmond Martin, why?
Survived more than 30 years of work in some of the world’s most dangerous places, only to be stabbed in his bed NAIROBI, Kenya––Nairobi police homicide detectives appear to believe that renowned elephant ivory and rhino horn trafficking investigator Esmond Bradley Martin Jr., 75, was murdered on February 5, 2018 in connection with a […]
China halts ivory sales, but leads the world in live elephant imports
No more “state-approved ivory dealers” BEIJING, China; HARARE, Zimbabwe––All trade in elephant ivory is now illegal in China, effective January 1, 2018, except in Hong Kong, which is reportedly soon to enact a similar prohibition, to take effect in 2022. “From now on, if a merchant tells you ‘this is a state-approved ivory dealer’… […]
Cryptozoologist & taxonomist Colin Groves, “The Ultimate Classifier,” 75
Member of International Primate Protection League advisory board since 1975 CANBERRA, Australia––Colin Groves, 75, called “The Ultimate Classifier” by the Society of Conservation Biology, a member of the International Primate Protection League advisory board since 1975, and a cofounder of the anti-pseudoscience organization Canberra Skeptics, died in Canberra, Australia, on November 30, 2017. Born in […]
Tweeting hunting is “horror show,” Trump pledges elephant verdict “next week”
Allies urged Trump to spare the emblem of the Republican Party WASHINGTON D.C.–– “Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week,” announced U.S. President Donald Trump via Twitter on November 19, 2017, meaning the week after Thanksgiving, “but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way […]
Trump stalls elephant & lion trophy imports after meal of shark fin soup
Appointees had put elephants & lions back on trophy hit list WASHINGTON D.C.––Tweeting “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,” U.S. President Donald Trump on November 17, 2017 unexpectedly suspended U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services decisions –– trumpeted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and praised by both […]
Rhinos worldwide put at risk in South African crap game
Can rhinos survive a real-life test of libertarian economic theory? JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA—The South African Constitutional Court on April 5, 2017 opened the way to legal trade in rhino horn––and probably more illegal rhino horn trafficking worldwide––by dismissing an appeal from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to keep a moratorium on domestic sales of […]
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