“How shockingly destructive and historically shameful it would be if we did nothing while a great species was criminally slaughtered into extinction. And yet, here we are in the midst of one of the most tragic and outrageous assaults on our shared inheritance that I’ve seen in my lifetime—where an elephant’s dead ivory is prized over its living condition, where corruption feeds on its body and soul, and where money only makes matters worse.” John Kerry
Articles
Elephant behaviour – intelligence, emotions, social bonds …
It’s Time to Accept That Elephants, Like Us, Are Empathetic Beings
By Virginia Morell
Surprise! Elephants Have Been Listening to and Judging Us By Our Voices
by Alicia Graef
The Secret Lives of Elephants Revealed with Infrared Cameras
Six facts about elephant families
Helena Williams
Five unbelievable habits of elephants
By Jo Barrow
What elephants can teach us about the importance of female leadership
By Lesley Evans Ogden and New Scientist
Elephants do console each other
The crisis …
The future of Africa’s elephants: out with arguments old, in with choices bold
By Katarzyna Nowak and Trevor Jones
Elephant Appeal: China – the front line of a hideous slaughter
By Michael McCarthy
The Ivory Trade Is Out of Control, and China Needs to Do More to Stop It
By Per Liljas
The Chinese government can stop the ivory market
By Hongxiang Huang
China invokes spirit of the panda in fight illegal ivory trade
By Malcolm Moore
Blood Ivory
By Bryan Christy
A Voice for Elephants (National Geographic)
Elephant Foster Mom: A Conversation with Daphne Sheldrick
Elephant killings surge as tusks fund terror
By Mark Quarterman
The Heavy Cost of Elephant Poaching in Central Africa
By Andrea Turkalo
Wildlife Crime – debate in House of Parliament 10 Oct 2013
Speakers include: Joan Walley, Zac Goldsmith, Justin Tomlinson.
The Situation for Elephants Is Desperate – Please Help
By Yevgeny Lebedev (The Independent)
Elephants could be being slaughtered far quicker than previous figures suggest
Jo Barrow
Elephant Declines Vastly Underestimated
By Trevor Jones and Katarzyna Nowak
At this rate, elephants will be wiped out within 10 years
Zac Goldsmith