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Zambian Police Officers Caught in Ivory Trafficking

Critter News

ZAMBIA Wildlife Authority (Zawa) yesterday arrested four people, including two police officers, in Kafue for trafficking in ivory and rhino horns worth more than K1 billion. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa zambia trafficking elephants. 36 elephants? 36 elephants? That's a huge slaughter in my opinion.

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Internet Exploits Cameroon's Primates

Critter News

Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. And let's not even talk about all the internet sales of trophies and animal parts. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking africa primates endangered species cameroon.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

Animal Person

The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course. But each time Oprah or a guest mentioned a statistic, and the audience was appropriately surprised and disgusted by that statistic, a statistic about animals quickly popped into my mind. Our job, it seems to me, is to help them see it.

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