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Canadian Sentenced for Ivory Smuggling

Critter News

Attorney's Office in Cleveland, Ohio. Tania Siyam originally operated art import and export businesses in Montreal, Canada, and Cameroon that were fronts for smuggling products from endangered and protected wildlife species, including raw elephant ivory. Siyam plead guilty in a U.S. District Court to four federal felony charges.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. There are elephants down there!” The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators.