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Huge Ivory Seizure in Malaysia

Critter News

December 2011. Possibly the largest ever. full story here in Wildlife Extra News. Malaysian authorities have seized a staggering 15 tonnes of elephant ivory in Port Klang, just west of Kuala Lumpur; the sixth and by far the largest major seizure involving Malaysia in recent months, quite possibly the largest ever.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

Press, 2011). The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American. She says in her Introduction that she was inspired to compile this collection by a much earlier essay, an article by E.B.