Bryan Christy

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US Ivory Crush: Call to the World

November 17, 2013 Bryan Christy

Earlier this week the United States government destroyed its national ivory stockpile, nearly six tons of elephant ivory, representing the majority of ivory seized from American tourists and traffickers since the late 1980s. My take, pre- and post-event for National … [Read more...]

CITES, Ivory elephant, Gabon, ivory, ivory crush, Kenya, Philippines, poaching, trafficking, United States, USFWS, wildlife

Philippines Ivory Crush: Call to the United States

June 26, 2013 Bryan Christy

Friday, June 21, the Philippines became the first country outside of Africa to destroy ivory seized by its law enforcement.  I wrote about it for National Geographic here: In Global First, Philippines to Destroy its Ivory Stock and here: Pulling Teeth. The United States … [Read more...]

CITES, Ivory Africa, CITES, crush, elephant, ivory, LATF, Philippines, United States

‘Persona Non Grata’ Can Be Gratifying

October 3, 2012 Bryan Christy

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...]

Blog Post, Ivory Cardinal, ivory, National Geographic, Palma, persona non grata, Philippines, Ricardo Vidal, Vatican

Philippines Continues Pressure on ‘Blood Ivory’

September 26, 2012 Bryan Christy

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Blog Post, Ivory elephant, illegal, ivory, Philippines, smuggling

Bryan Christy Called the Devil

September 26, 2012 Bryan Christy

Multiple stories running today out of the Philippines on the country's ivory trade, the role of certain priests in the trade, ivory dealers in Manila's religious district, Tayuman, and commitments to prosecute "Blood Ivory" traders. Amazingly, one priest is saying that … [Read more...]

Blog Post, Ivory cebu, Cristobal Garcia, elephant, ivory, Philippines, soquino

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