A DAMNING report on South Africa’s lion bone trade has called for the end of the trade, a forensic investigation into the affairs of lion breeders and a restriction on the...
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Dodgy skeleton traders and lion slaughterhouses exposed in damning report
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has increased South Africa’s lion bone export quota from 800 to 1,500 a year, despite being aware that some skeletons are being...
The Ivory Trade of Laos: Now the Fastest Growing in the World
Key findings from the report: The majority of the ivory items seen for sale were machine-made from ivory mostly obtained via Vietnam and Thailand from recently poached African...
Vietnam’s illegal Ivory trade threatens Africa’s elephants – Save The Elephants – Lucy Vigne and Esmond Martin
Executive summary The Vietnamese illegal ivory trade is now one of the largest in the world. Of all the ivory industries in Asia, Vietnamese carvers have multiplied in number and...
Let’s get real about the trade in rhino horn
A couple of weeks ago a report came out announcing that in 2014 the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam had dropped significantly when compared to 2013 - by 38% to be exact. The...