Care for the Wild International (CWI) is an animal welfare and conservation charity that funds practical projects around the world. We make areas safe from poachers, rehabilitate sick or injured animals and provide sanctuary for those who can not return to the wild. We also act as a global voice for wildlife through research, education and advocacy and expose animal cruelty and wildlife crime. |
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| How would you feel if there were only 111 elephants
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New Zealand likes to tell the world it is an unspoiled paradise where there is an abiding respect for nature.
It’s a message that draws tourists and fills New Zealand hearts with pride.
But it’s at odds with a blood-stained truth - New Zealand is doing little to prevent its own marine mammals, the Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins, from being slaughtered to extinction.
Lethal gill nets are the chief killers. They have driven the population of Maui’s dolphins down to just 111.
The world recently watched as the Chinese did nothing and the Yangtze River dolphin became extinct. Unless strong action is taken by the New Zealand Government now, the Hector’s and Maui’s dolphin will also soon be lost to the global community.
The fishing industry says that banning gill nets will be costly, but gill net fishing contributes less than 0.5% of New Zealand’s total fishing revenue. Look at the cost of not banning them - a species of dolphin will vanish forever while hypocrisy and shame will be New Zealand’s new international brand.
SAVE OUR DOLPHINS - AND NEW ZEALAND PRIDE.
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Care for the Wild International shows the U.S. as one of the leading ivory markets that fails to comply with both CITES regulations and its own domestic laws.
There is more worked ivory for sale in the United States than anywhere else in the world, except for China. Large quantities of worked ivory from China are illegally imported to the U.S. by individuals and through the Internet. The U.S. also maintains a largely unregulated ivory crafting industry.
Between 1979 and 1989 man's hunt for 'white gold' has caused the death of 600,000 African elephants -half the population of an entire continent. In some parts of Africa and Asia elephant poaching appears to be on the rise yet again.
Sponsored by Care for the Wild with contributions from the Humane Society of the United States, Save the Elephants and the John Aspinall Foundation this latest investigation reveals the United States of America as one of the world's leading ivory markets.
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