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How Protecting Wildlife Changed One Man’s Life December 10, 2018Meet game ranger, Peter Tembo and his dog, Lego. Peter is the head of the successful ECF-funded Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) and Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ) Detection and Tracking Dog Unit in Zambia, while Lego is his trusted four-legged partner. Peter's life changed after a chance encounter in 2010.
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Professionalized Anti-poaching Operations Lead To Arrest and Conviction of Four Elephant Poachers in the Republic of Congo December 4, 2018Four poachers responsible for killing elephants in the periphery of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the local district court on Thursday the 22nd of November.
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Sudanese Militias Moonlight as Poachers in the Central African Republic October 10, 2018Less than 100 elephants remain in the Chinko Protected Area of the Central Africa Republic (CAR). Thanks to effective protection by African Parks and additional support from the Elephant Crisis Fund towards anti-poaching efforts, there is a chance the last elephants of south-east CAR might survive. However a recent unsettling discovery that Sudanese militias could be working as poachers in the area is cause for concern and action is urgently needed.
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The Battle to Protect an Elusive Population of Forest Elephants in the Congo September 11, 2018In Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo, managed by conservation group African Parks in partnership with the Congolese Government, one group of dedicated eco-guards is helping turn the park’s fortunes around despite facing very tough odds.
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Loewe Launches Limited Edition Bags With Knot On My Planet To Save Elephants July 16, 2018LOEWE and Knot On My Planet joins forces today to launch a limited edition collection of their iconic Elephant Mini Bag in tan, in support of the Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF)—a joint initiative between Save The Elephants (STE) and WCN, in partnership with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
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Who Will Save the Elephants? June 21, 2018On June 20, the AP reported that nearly 100 countries had taken part in an Interpol-led “globe-spanning crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade” called Operation Thunderstorm, in which they recovered contraband that included 43 tons of meat (including elephant) and 1.3 tons of ivory.
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