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Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis Ronald Orenstein
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited

Conservationists say rising demand for ivory and rhino horn in Asia has caused a poaching crisis in recent years across Kenya in particular and Africa as a whole . JOHANNESBURG – South African officials say 33 poached rhino horns and hundreds of chopsticks and bracelets made from elephant ivory that were seized in Hong Kong have been returned to South Africa. Jan 13, 2014 - The Chinese government has been lauded for crushing six tonnes of ivory last week in a move that was hailed as a first step to addressing rampant elephant poaching in Africa. That the Chinese public is fertile ground for sensitisation to the issue when it found that 99.2% of respondents agreed that “we should ensure elephants exist on earth” - a fact corroborated by the 'going-viral' of a story on blood ivory in the private newspaper Southern Weekly recently. Compared to 278 in 2011 and 177 in 2010. Feb 14, 2014 - President Jakaya Kikwete has appealed to the international community to extend a helping hand in stopping the trade of ivory and rhino horn in the world in order to protect the wild animals from extinction. Speaking Complimented by the global ban on ivory trade imposed by CITES at that time, poaching of elephants in 1989 was no longer a problem as it used to be and as a result their population started increasing and peaked 110,000 animals in 2009.” ~ Kikwete. Apr 4, 2013 - To blame are poachers, who in many cases, especially in the DRC, are militant groups looking to cash in on the lucrative trade. Feb 12, 2014 - At the heart of this conflict is money, particularly the vast sums that can be made from trading in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn. Molewa, South Africa's Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, mentioned in a speech signifying her department's move toward a possible trade in rhino horn, that “we do think that it could (win the war on rhino poaching)… just taking it from the lessons we have learnt from ivory. May 6, 2014 - Blogger: Colin Bell Two African neighbors, Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa, signed a historic anti-poaching agreement at the well-suited Kruger National Park last month. Aug 21, 2013 - Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. Oct 29, 2013 - An extension of the “Say No to Ivory and Rhino Horn” campaigns launched earlier this year with partners African Wildlife Foundation and Save the Elephants, Jay's works ask China's residents to imagine Africa's treasured rhinos and elephants as pandas, the national symbol of China's own A second set of PSAs asks consumers if they really want to own “blood rhino horn” or “blood ivory.” “Africa's elephants are in a crisis that only a global coalition can solve.