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Over 1,000 Rhinos Poached in South Africa Last Year
Number of rhinos killed illegally has more than doubled since 2011
Poachers, Not Big Game Hunters, Are the Real Threat to Endangered Rhinos [UPDATED]
Many conservationists were outraged when the Dallas Safari Club auctioned off the right to kill a critically endangered black rhino. But a legal hunt might just help the species—and won’t hurt the bigger fight against poaching
At CGI, a Commitment to Stop the Bloody Slaughter of African Elephants
Nearly a hundred African elephants are killed every day to feed the illegal wildlife trade. Now conservation groups and African nations are coming together to combat trafficking
After Syria, Hillary Clinton Talks Wildlife Trafficking at the White House
The press was mostly interested in her position on Syria, but Hillary Clinton had something to say about poaching too. Why the White House is taking on the wildlife trade
Obama Moves to Fight Wildlife Trafficking in Africa. But the Real Work Is in Asia
A new White House plan will create an inter-agency task force to fight poaching, which is on the rise thanks to a growing market in developing Asia
Traffic: Why It’s Time to Get Serious About the Bloody Illegal Wildlife Trade
Wildlife trafficking and poaching are on the rise, thanks to growing incomes in Asia and the involvement of major international crime syndicates. Is there hope for ending the war on wildlife?
One Baby Gorilla Is Rescued From Poachers—But Others Aren’t So Lucky
It’s easy enough to get the public interested in the great apes when you plaster James Franco’s handsome face on a movie poster and promise visual effects on the level of Lord of the Rings and King Kong. But these animals get other types of attention too – the wrong kind. On Sunday a baby mountain gorilla named Ihirwe was …
GoDaddy CEO on Shooting an Elephant: I’m Not Sorry
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons ignited an Internet firestorm when he uploaded a video of himself hunting and killing an elephant in Zimbabwe. What video? That would be this one:
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So is Parsons sorry for the elephant hunt—or at the very least, sorry that he put it up on the Internet? Absolutely …
Shooting an Elephant: Why GoDaddy’s CEO Was Wrong
UPDATE, 3 p.m. Thursday: GoDaddy competitor Namecheap has launched a campaign to woo away offended GoDaddy customers. Our colleagues at Techland have the full story: Switch business now, and Namecheap is offering to make elephant donations on your behalf.
We all shoot vacation videos, but most of us choose to keep them to ourselves …