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Toto the baby gorilla, international wildlife law and me
The smuggling of apes and other endangered wildlife has happened for decades and authorities can never seem to control the illicit trade despite international laws. Recently there was publicity in the media about the smuggling of baby chimpanzees and it took me back forty years to my days at Heathrow Airport where I was confronted…
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The saga of the ivory trade and the elephant’s future
In our age of high-tech capabilities it beggars belief that we are unable to stop poaching once and for all Yet again the illegal ivory trade and the killing of elephants is in the news with the UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove at the forefront of the publicity announcing new measures to end the slaughter.…