Wildlife Trade Campaign News Archive

Understanding the mechanics and motivation behind the demand for animal products in Asia

WWF photographer James Morgan spent time in Thailand to try and understand the mechanics and ...

11 February 2013
Poachers kill over 11,000 elephants in Gabon

Poachers have killed an estimated 11,100 elephants – between 44 to 77 per cent of the population – ...

06 February 2013
Kony's LRA engaged in poaching and ivory trade

Joseph Kony has commanded his Lord’s Resistance Army soldiers to kill elephants in Central African ...

04 February 2013
Further action in Singapore vital in combating global ivory trade

WWF-Singapore and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia commend authorities on intercepting 1.8 tonnes of raw ...

01 February 2013
On India visit, US official offers support to wildlife law enforcement

US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment Robert D. Hormats today ...

29 January 2013
Despite successes, Congo Basin forests being ‘emptied’ of their elephants

Authorities protecting the Gabonese segment of Central Africa’s biggest forest elephant stronghold ...

28 January 2013
In the field with an anti-poaching patrol in Gabon

WWF photographer James Morgan spent time with an anti-poaching patrol in Gabon. He ...

28 January 2013
Forest elephants, scientists and chance

I spent the afternoon on the elevated observation platform at Dzanga-Baï, a vast forest clearing ...

21 January 2013
Thai ivory ban needed to save elephants

Massive quantities of African ivory are being laundered through shops in Thailand and fuelling the ...

15 January 2013
A safe haven for elephants and gorillas in Central Africa

I had learned last week that despite the devastating poaching wave across the Congo Basin, not a ...

13 January 2013

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