The slaughter of African elephants is a wildlife story. But it's also a crime story. --Terry Gross I've gotten huge response to my NPR interview with Terry Gross this week. Terry got straight to the heart of the matter, bringing an important, fresh perspective to this issue. … [Read more...]
IVORY: A Crime Story
My latest piece for National Geographic, Tracking Ivory, is the cover of the magazine's September issue and the subject of WARLORDS OF IVORY, the premiere episode of National Geographic's Explorer series, airing August 30, 2015 on the National Geographic Channel. Here's a … [Read more...]
CITES’ Ivory Trade Policy is on Drugs
By far the most dangerous threat now facing the African elephant is not poachers or Chinese ivory carvers, it is CITES' rulemaking. CITES is indispensible to the protection of wildife around the world, but for elephants the high dollar values, insignicant enforcement, and … [Read more...]
Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship on PBS NewsHour
My interview tonight on PBS NewsHour with Hari Sreenivasan: … [Read more...]
‘Persona Non Grata’ Can Be Gratifying
After two weeks of my being savaged by the Archdiocese of Cebu for Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship, culminating (so far) in a suggestion by the country's Cardinal Ricardo Vidal that I be deemed "persona non grata" and permanently expelled from the Philippines (a designation normally … [Read more...]