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For Elephants in Congo the War Goes On

13 March, 2010 - 20:35

joli butin in Virunga National Park
D.R. Congo’s internal wars officially ended in 2005, but for Congo’s elephants war goes on.

An international appetite has ivory prices soaring. Other appetites are whetted: National governments who want to sell legal ivory stocks, smugglers who want to move illegal ivory across borders, poachers who want to avoid risk, but still supply smugglers. For well-armed military, poaching risk is low. In Congo, battalions of military surround national parks, the last arenas of the war and the last remaining homes for Congo’s elephants. The military are the main poachers of Congolese elephants and the slaughter is keeping pace with the rising ivory price.

At the CITES meetings this week in Dohar, Quatar, the international status of the elephant will be decided. Should Ivory trade be allowed? Is it the responsibility of countries like Zambia and[...]

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