Author: Claire Bolles

Author: Claire Bolles

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Elephant Poaching Results in Tourism Loss

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An interesting article was recently published estimating the economic losses to tourism in African from the illegal killing of elephants. Read Entire Article Here The researchers figured out the overall cost for reducing poaching to a level that rendered elephant populations stable (that is, no growth but no decline) in areas with large elephant populations was estimated at $26.5 million annually across the 58 protected areas studied taking into account almost two-thirds of this cost ($16.9 … Continue reading.
President Kenyatta at the Ivory Burn

Illegal Ivory Almost Always From Recently Killed Elephants

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A recent study that appears in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that most ivory seized comes from elephants that were killed less than 3 years prior thus debunking the idea that most ivory in circulation is recycled from built up stockpiles. “It shows that ivory is moving through the system fast. Some of the elephants were killed just before their tusks were thrown in the shipping container. That has huge implications for our estimates of the number of… Continue reading.
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Avgas Drums Helping the Community to Control Predators

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Avgas Drums Helping the Community to Control Predators By Wilson Sairowua, MEP Field Administrator The Avgas (aviation gasoline) fuel drums used by the Mara Elephant Project’s Karen Blixen Camp Ree Park Safari Robinson R44 helicopter are now helping the communities around the Maasai Mara to prevent predators breaking into bomas (livestock enclosures) at night and attacking livestock. According to a report from the Mara North Conservancy compensation scheme, 55% of the livestock kille… Continue reading.

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