Forestry Department officials in Italy have just raided ivory shops in Vatican City and Abruzzo, seizing ivory religious sculptures. Here is a google translate of the press release: These are artifacts representing religious subjects made of elephant ivory. The cost of … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Ivory Seizure: Where’s the Boss?
Last week, Hong Kong customs made a record ivory seizure. Not to take away from the work, but ivory seizures are deceptive. Unlike seizures of trafficked drugs, humans, or live wildife, ivory seizures do not protect the victim (the elephant is already dead). Seizures stop an … [Read more...]
Hunter Exposes Elephant Poaching in Tanzania
I received this letter and asked its writer Paul Lavender whether I might print it along with his name and photographs. It is not often one gets this window on elephant poaching from a hunter's perspective, and it is heartbreaking. Keep in mind that Tanzania, which led the … [Read more...]
Pope Petition Proffered
"Ari P." from Canada in response to Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship has launched this online petition to Pope Benedict XVI calling upon Vatican City to sign the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and end the use of ivory in religious carvings. Now would … [Read more...]
Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship on PBS NewsHour
My interview tonight on PBS NewsHour with Hari Sreenivasan: … [Read more...]
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