Africa’s Elephants Under Threat
Conservationists have warned that widespread ivory poaching is wiping out Africa’s elephant herds and that unless governments and international organizations enact harsher penalties the continent could lose an icon.
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Battle for the Elephants
- Publisher:
- National Geographic
- Publication Date:
- 20 February 2013
Battle for the Elephants is a new National Geographic film that explores the brutal slaughter of African elephants for theirs tusks, fueled ... see more »
InFocus
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The parliamentary committee on natural resources is mulling whether to engage the National Assembly in forming a select committee that will investigate increased cases of poaching. Read more »
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The government has moved to amend the 1996 Wildlife Act policy putting in place more punitive measures for those who will be caught poaching and trading in wildlife products. Read more »
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Tour operators are appealing to government to act fast and contain poaching which they say could negatively impact their business, as the country is widely sold as a wildlife ... Read more »
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Unless poaching is reduced immediately, species vital to the economy of the country and to the ecosystem will be gone forever. Our two young founders started their Rhino Letter Writing Campaign in an effort to raise awareness to the issue and to spark the voices of the world to act. Their goal was to collect at least 1,000 letters from all over the world asking President Zuma to help.
So far these kids have collected over 1,800 letters from all over the world and more are coming in. They now are trying to set up a meeting with President Zuma in South Africa so they can hand deliver the letters to show him that the whole world cares about saving Rhinos.
If anyone has any connections with the South African government who could help these kids get an audience with President Zuma, please let us know. We alos invite everyone to send us their letters for our campaign. You can learn more about the campaign here:
http://onemoregeneration.org/2012/07/20/dear-president-zuma/
Thanks in advance for your help and consideration from all of us at OMG ;-)
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