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Vietnam confiscates 1 ton of elephant tusks
Vietnamese authorities say they have uncovered more than a ton of elephant tusks that smugglers were attempting to illegally take to China.Customs official Ly Tran Tuan says the 221 pieces of tusks were discovered Sunday hidden in rolls of fabric that were being transported on a boat on the Ka Long river bordering the two countries.Tuan said Monday that a Chinese man who was escorting the boat and
Vietnamese authorities say they have uncovered more than a ton of elephant tusks that smugglers were attempting to illegally take to China.Customs official Ly Tran Tuan says the 221 pieces of tusks were discovered Sunday hidden in rolls of fabric that were being transported on a boat on the Ka Long river bordering the two countries.Tuan said Monday that a Chinese man who was escorting the boat and
Gaddafi's death to hasten return of Libyan oil
Libya's oil chief said the death of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi and an end to NATO'S bombing campaign would hasten the return of the OPEC country's oil to world markets by improving road links
Circus elephant tramples Vietnamese girl to death
Police in Vietnam say a circus elephant has trampled to death a girl who sneaked into a yard to feed it.
Police in Vietnam say a circus elephant has trampled to death a girl who sneaked into a yard to feed it.
Former England cricketer Gower bats for Asian elephants
Mumbai: Former England cricketer David Gower has lent his support to the cause of saving Asian elephants.Gower is the 'patron' of the 'Emeralds for Elephants', a project initiated by the World Land
Mumbai: Former England cricketer David Gower has lent his support to the cause of saving Asian elephants.Gower is the 'patron' of the 'Emeralds for Elephants', a project initiated by the World Land
Saving the tiger, lion, rhino?
A sub-committee of the Planning Commission has suggested merging the three centrally-sponsored schemes relating to wildlife – Project Tiger, Project Elephant and the Integrated Development
The pachydermist
Wildlife is important, but humans need to be considered too, Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar tells Indulekha Aravind.
Wildlife is important, but humans need to be considered too, Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar tells Indulekha Aravind.
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