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Tag Archives: ivory

tiger wine and white gold’s popularity in China’s uber-elete

March 25, 2015 Alex ShoumatoffBlogLeave a comment0

http://www.takepart.com/feature/2015/03/24/china-endangered-species-banking-extinction-poaching-elephants-tigers-rhinos

the latest grim news about the ongoing slaughter of africa’s elephants

September 4, 2012 Alex ShoumatoffBlogLeave a comment0

and Andrew Revkin’s blog about it, with a kind appreciation of my 2010 Vanity Fair piece, “Agony and Ivory”

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/a-searing-look-at-ties-between-africas-wars-and-the-ivory-trade/

morningraga20 : a song for the elephants

October 25, 2011 Alex ShoumatoffBlogLeave a comment0

mornin’ musiclovas, tidebuckas, soldiers of love. Here’s a song I wrote for the elephants, a musical version of the message in “Agony and Ivory,” my piece in the August Vanity Fair. Any way we can get the word out. We got to pull out all the stops.

This is just a raw cut to get it …Read More

another ranger killed by poachers in Kenya

June 22, 2011 Alex ShoumatoffBlogLeave a comment0

this from my friend “Hannibal,” a passionate lover of elephants and one of the great behind the scenes heroes in the battle to keep them with us :

Dear Friends of KWS   I regret to report the death of Kenya Wildlife Service ranger Seneu Ole Narakake (KWS/5590) who was killed on 19th June, 2011 during a gun battle with a poaching …Read More

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