Earth Report - Ivory Poaching Wars

More than 60 per cent of the world's elephants were killed by poachers in the 1970s and 80s. Since then an international ban on the ivory trade has helped herds recover. But new evidence is emerging that poaching is again on the rise. Now investigators are using a new DNA technique to identify the killing fields. Earth Report follows the trail from Africa to the US and Japan.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Ivory
• elephants
• IFAW
• Africa
• US
• Japan
• poaching
• DNA
• CITES
• UNEP
• IGSD

[fuelban]

we must remove the international and local monetary value of Ivory, you will never stop on the other hand the local indigenous populations need of bush meat, but the devastator in these cases is the international trade in Ivory's, & not the local trade in meats.

Thom in Scotland

[fuelban]

I grew Up In Northern Rhodesia In the 50s / 60s before I came to Scotland In the mid 60s, Surrounded by the white hunters, crocs to gorillas were common quarry, a different world you would not & I never did “comprehend”, to save & stop the ivory trade, (Dye the ivory on the living animal) and you stop the trade in it’s tracks, been saying this for 30 years. (Dye replaces die).

Thom in Scotland

[fuelban]

Modern dye is atomically register able vis nano particles, and hence traceable to an individual case of application, further is the fact that it is visible to the hunter & buyer, rendering the value to NIL… Think about it guys and tell everyone who is anyone… save it, dye it…

Thom in Scotland.

[gibenj]

@frobrofityfoe You should too stupid F*%$K...E should be upper case when you say "English"....Probably you are some idiot who gets harassed everyday..Picking arguments with people on the net is not going t solve that...I have commented on this video expressing my anger over killing these beautiful animals...I don's see how thats your problem...

[frobrofityfoe]

@gibenj learn proper english grammar

[gibenj]

Had USA dropped a few more neucs..we would n have this problem..

[rajnicat]

@mrweberandi don't be so fucking stupid. Carving them into objects to sell will only encourage the poachers more. Moron

[williestratton]

@krrrruptidsoless That's an excellent point

[fuelban]

I grew up in old Rhodesia, I witnessed the killings of the hunters, & don’t agree with it, over many years of thought, I know that the destruction of the ivory in commercial terms is the only way to save the animal, dye the ivory, DYE IT & it becomes commercially un usable DYE IT / Don’t buy IT.

Thom in Scotland.

[aviomaster]

-- You can not do anything untill you start killing poachers ,,,

CHINA has death sentence for PAnda bear poaching ....