Press releases

African Task Force Shakes Up Wildlife Trafficking Syndicates

Press Release Enforcement Drive Snares 10 Major Criminals including Corrupt Officials and Business ExecutivesThe recent arrests in Africa (right) were connected to the seizure of 1.5 tons of elephant tusks by Vietnamese Customs officers in 2014...

VIETNAM’S ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE THREATENS AFRICA’S ELEPHANTS

Vietnam is now one of the world’s biggest illegal ivory markets. The number of items seen for sale had risen by over six times from 2008 to 2015, according to a survey report released today by Save the Elephants.No other country is known to be as...

Sharp fall in the prices of elephant tusks in China

The price of illegal raw ivory in China has almost halved over the past 18 months, according to new research to be published by Save the Elephants. The news gives cautious hope that the unsustainable killing of Africa’s elephants – driven by...

THE WIRED WILDERNESS: GOOGLE BRINGS SAMBURU TO THE WORLD

PRESS RELEASE Tuesday 15th September 11.00 GMT People living anywhere in the world are now able to explore the East African savannah without leaving home. Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve has just opened to online visitors using Street View in...

China’s Illegal Ivory Trade Escalating Out of Control

The illegal ivory trade is exploding in China, overwhelming efforts to enforce the law, according to the results of the first detailed research on the markets of Beijing and Shanghai since 2002, published today by Save the Elephants and The Aspinall...

HONG KONG LAWMAKER TAKES HER FIGHT AGAINST BLOOD IVORY TO AFRICA

Press Release Isiolo, Kenya (September 9, 2014) – Hong Kong lawmaker Dr. Hon Elizabeth Quat JP has come to Kenya to help build bridges between China and Africa as part of her campaign to stop the buying of ivory and end the killing of...

OVER 100,000 AFRICAN ELEPHANTS KILLED IN THREE YEARS

Press Release New research has revealed that an estimated 100,000 elephants were killed for their ivory between 2010 and 2012. An average of 33,630 elephants per annum are calculated to have been lost over those three years, with preliminary...