Kenya has released details that implicate the separatist group thought to be responsible for terrorist attacks on the Indian Ocean coast with the 3 tonnes of ivory seized in Thailand last month. Intelligence by the police shows that proceeds from poaching are being used to finance to terrorism and activities of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC). “Intelligence […]
Please support our new awareness campaign to save elephants! Elephant Action League (EAL) Releases the Second Poster for the Launch of the 2015 Global Campaign to Address Human Toll of Ivory Trafficking (#YouBuyIvoryYouKillPeople) The EAL’s campaign is the most effective approach we have to engage ivory consumers and pressure China to close down the domestic […]
If You Buy Ivory, You Kill People Elephant Action League Launches 2015 Global Campaign to Address the Human Toll of the Ivory Trafficking #YouBuyIvoryYouKillPeople #HumanTollIvoryTrade English, Chinese and French versions below here. Photo credits: Kate Brooks @katebrooksphoto
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE If You Buy Ivory, You Kill People. Elephant Action League Launches 2015 Global Campaign to Address Human Toll of Ivory Trafficking Los Angeles, January […]
By Andrea Crosta, Founder of Elephant Action League and WildLeaks, and Aaron Hall, advisor to Elephant Action League/WildLeaks Al Jazeera If you buy ivory, you kill people. Twitter: #YouBuyIvoryYouKillPeople This is the new reality in an illicit trade responsible for large-scale human exploitation, government corruption, and the funding of rebel movements, terrorists, and criminal […]
BREAK THE LINK BETWEEN TERRORIST FUNDING AND POACHING The Washington Post, 1st February By Johan Bergenas and Monica Medina Johan Bergenas is deputy director of the Managing Across Boundaries Initiative at the Stimson Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank that studies peace and security challenges around the world. Monica Medina is a former special assistant […]
Out Of Garamba, intO uGanda. Poaching and trade of ivory in Garamba National Park and LRA-affected areas in Congo. By Kristof Titeca Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp ABSTRACT Ivory poaching and trading in central and eastern Africa has recently received a lot of attention. On the one hand, there have […]
EAL’s director Andrea Crosta to AFP, France24 News and Fox News: “The ivory trade, legal or illegal, supplies funds to criminals and terrorists who kill people. We’re asking the international community to start considering all the ivory and rhino horn trade’s stakeholders, ivory consumers, ivory shops and even governments, de-facto accessories to manslaughter, human exploitation […]
London, 9th of July 2013 TRH Prince Charles met on Tuesday Elephant Action League’s Founders Mr. Andrea Crosta, Mrs. Gilda Moratti and Mr. Massimo Redaelli. The venue was the Animal Ball organized by EAL’s partner Elephant Family, to support conservation projects in Asia on the endangered Asian elephant. Prince Charles and Mr. Andrea Crosta, EAL’s […]
Please share this EAL’s campaign, the first of this kind! Poor villagers are pushed into elephant poaching and crime by greedy businessmen, traders and Chinese/Arab traffickers. Yes, powerful criminal groups are involved, but locally in Africa this “Ivory Addiction” is often killing people, destroying families and leaving orphans behind. At the link below an example from […]
