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    Tusk bust

    This ivory article mentions WildAid, our WildAid Tiger Claw Champion benefactors.

    Officials Just Made The Largest Ivory Bust In History
    It meant the death of 1,000 elephants.
    BY ELIZABETH CLAIRE ALBERTS
    JULY 7, 2017

    For anyone who reads the news about the illegal wildlife trade, it’s easy to become desensitized to the frequent seizures of animal parts — rhino horns, pangolin scales, elephant tusks, or even live animals like slow lorises or turtles.

    But yesterday was one for the record books. Authorities in Hong Kong discovered 7.2 tons of illegal elephant ivory in cargo containers marked as frozen fish. This seizure is said to the biggest in recorded history, with the value of the tusks thought to be about $72 million HK (about $9.2 million USD).


    Facebook/Elephant Asia Rescue and Survival Foundation

    To obtain so much ivory, an unbelievable number of elephants had to die. This particular seizure contains ivory from 700 to 1,000 elephants, including many baby elephants, according to Alex Hofford, a campaigner for WildAid, an organization that works to fight the illegal wildlife trade.


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    Across Africa, elephant populations are plummeting, and poaching is the main culprit. If poaching isn't stopped, conservationists are warning that elephants could be extinct within 20 years.


    Facebook/Anti-Fur Society

    Rob Brandford, executive director of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT), which runs an orphanage for baby elephants whose parents were killed for their ivory, explains that poaching is having a devastating effect on wild elephants.


    Wildaid/Alex Hofford

    “The effect on elephant populations is evident, though not only in numbers, with only 400,000 elephants alive today, but also behavior and lost knowledge,” Brandford told The Dodo. “Their deaths will impact their herds, not only in mourning for those killed, as elephants mourn their dead like humans, but also in the knowledge and wisdom that has been lost [for the surviving individuals].”


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    Kung Fu Pangolin

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    GM Live 2017: WildAID Champions

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Tiger Cub Pt 1

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Tiger Cub Pt 2

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Tiger Cub Pt 3

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Teen Tiger Pt 1

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Teen Tiger Pt 2

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Teen Tiger Pt 3

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    KFTC Day 2017: WildAID Champion

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    WildAid, Yao Ming & Ivory

    WildAid, the benefactors of our WildAid Tiger Claw Champion, Yao Ming & ivory.

    Yao Ming and WildAid inform Chinese consumers that buying ivory is now illegal
    December 27, 2017



    The greatest single step toward reducing elephant poaching will come into effect on Sunday when it will be illegal to buy or sell ivory in China. The country was once the world's largest market for illicit ivory, and a major driver of rampant elephant poaching in Africa.

    "We can start 2018 hopeful that elephants will be safer now that China has banned commercial ivory sales. Prices are down and law enforcement efforts in many parts of Africa and Asia are much improved," said WildAid CEO Peter Knights.

    "The UN has unanimously called for domestic ivory sales bans, and many other countries are responding with action. Japan alone remains unwilling to join the global community on this issue," Knights said.

    WildAid is now shifting its demand reduction campaign to educating Chinese consumers that ivory can no longer be bought or sold legally. Long-time WildAid ambassador and former NBA star Yao Ming is featured in a new video and billboard campaign releasing today across the country.



    In 2012, Yao Ming and WildAid produced the first documentary on ivory poaching to air nationally on China Central Television, China's state broadcast network also known as CCTV.

    Additionally, with WildAid, African Wildlife Foundation and Save the Elephants, Yao Ming launched one of the largest ever public awareness campaigns. Chinese public and private media donated more than US$180 million in media space during 2013-2016. As a result, a 2017 WildAid survey showed a 70% increase in knowledge that ivory comes from poached elephants over the past five years.

    In 2014, Yao Ming proposed to the National People's Congress that ivory sales be banned in China. That same year, China carried out its first ever destruction of seized ivory, indicating a sea change in attitude from the government. After strong collaboration with the Obama Administration, President Xi announced the ban on December 30, 2016.

    Many Chinese celebrities joined Yao Ming in the "Ivory Free" campaign, including Li Bingbing, Jay Chou, Lang Lang and Jiang Wen. International icons Prince William, David Beckham, Lupita Nyong'o, Maggie Q, Sir Richard Branson, Edward Norton, Ian Somerhalder, the cast of The Walking Dead and many others also participated in the campaign.

    Dozens of messages featuring WildAid ambassadors were broadcast on more than 25 TV networks, outdoor video screens and movie theaters in China. Also, thousands of billboards were placed in over 20 Chinese cities.

    IUCN estimates that the population of African elephants declined by 111,000 over the past ten years. The overall trends in the poaching of African elephants show a decline from the 2011 peak, but are still at levels too high when viewed continent-wide. The overall population of African elephants is likely to have declined in 2016.

    While efforts in Eastern Africa have helped reduce poaching to pre-2008 levels, unfortunately illegal killing of Central Africa's forest elephants remains very high. This compounds the dramatic losses experienced in the region over the past decade. Between 2008 and 2016, elephant populations declined by 66% in parts of Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Gabon, according to a WWF survey.

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    The 9th WildAid Tiger Claw Championship

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    WildAid update

    Jackie Chan, Yao Ming back ad campaign against ivory, shark fin and rhino horn trade
    David Beckham, Lupita Nyong’o, Britain’s Prince William are among the celebrities to have joined charity WildAid’s drive to change attitudes towards the selling of endangered animal parts
    PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 14 March, 2018, 11:44am
    UPDATED : Wednesday, 14 March, 2018, 12:44pm
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    Chinese basketball great Yao Ming and Hong Kong martial arts star Jackie Chan are among the celebrities taking part in global conservation organisation WildAid’s latest campaign to end the illegal trade in wildlife.

    Called “Partnership for the Wild”, the campaign – launched on March 14 in Africa, the US and Asia – aims to raise awareness and cut consumer demand for illicit products such as elephant ivory, rhino horn and shark fin soup.

    Shark fin still on most Hong Kong restaurant menus for Lunar New Year banquets, study finds
    Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang and actresses Li Bingbing and Angelababy are also campaign ambassadors, as is singer Jay Chou. Britain’s Prince William, former soccer player David Beckham, actresses Lupita Nyong’o and Maggie Q, and businessman Richard Branson are also supporters.

    The campaign, created in partnership with outdoor advertising company JCDecaux, will help spread WildAid’s message that “when the buying stops, the killing can too”. It has been translated into six languages and will be launched in more than 10 countries by the end of this year.


    Jackie Chan appears on a billboard as part of the WildAid campaign. Photo: WildAid

    More than 600 billboards featuring Yao are on display at the Beijing Capital International Airport and in other major cities in China. The campaign will be rolled out in Tanzania, East Africa, this month, and shark protection messages will be promoted in Hong Kong and Thailand.

    The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says the huge demand for shark fin, regarded as a delicacy at Chinese banquets, is a major reason for the drop in shark numbers. Shark fin is still on the menu in Hong Kong restaurants.

    WildAid chief executive Peter Knights said: “Thanks to JCDecaux’s generosity, we will be able to reach more people in more places with messages that will help protect imperilled wildlife.”

    WildAid estimates up to 30,000 elephants are killed illegally every year.


    Yao, Britain’s Prince William and David Beckham appear in a WildAid campaign ad. Photo: WildAid

    In January, Hong Kong lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to ban the trade in ivory, a move environmentalists described as “a lifeline for elephants”. Ivory sales in the city will be phased out gradually, stopping completely in 2021.
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    Banned in Taiwan & UK

    Another reason why we support WildAid with our WildAid Tiger Claw Champion - Ivory

    Taiwan and U.K. to Ban Ivory Trade
    April 4, 2018



    Taiwan has introduced a bill that will ban all domestic ivory trade effective January 1, 2020. Amendments to the Wildlife Conservation Act will make it illegal to sell or purchase ivory in the jurisdiction.

    Violators will face prison sentences ranging from six months to five years, and fines up to NT$1 million (US$34,222). Before coming into effect, the bill is in a 60-day public consultation period.

    Also this week, the UK announced tighter restrictions on ivory limiting trade to very few exceptions, such as museum antiquities. A public consultation there received 70,000 responses, 88% of which were in favor of a comprehensive ivory ban.

    The actions by the U.K. and Taiwan follow domestic ivory bans in mainland China and the US. Hong Kong also recently announced plans to phase out the ivory trade.

    “The UK and other jurisdictions are following mainland China’s lead in banning the ivory trade, which will provide much-needed relief to Africa’s elephants,” said WildAid CEO Peter Knights.

    “Now all attention should be on Japan, which continues to have a weakly-regulated ivory trade, as the last step to consigning this destructive trade to history,” Knights said.

    In recent years, up to 33,000 African elephants have been killed annually for their ivory tusks. WildAid’s campaigns with high-profile ambassadors raise awareness about the poaching crisis in order to reduce consumer demand for ivory.

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    About WildAid

    WildAid is a non-profit organization with a mission to end the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes. While most wildlife conservation groups focus on protecting animals from poaching, WildAid primarily works to reduce global consumption of wildlife products such as elephant ivory, rhino horn and shark fin soup. With an unrivaled portfolio of celebrity ambassadors and global network of media partners, WildAid leverages nearly $230 million in annual pro-bono media support with a simple message: When the Buying Stops, the Killing Can Too.
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