[wanabidii] Poachers Have a New Worst Enemy

AWF Monthly Newsletter         May 2015 view online             A Poacher's New Worst Enemy Africa's elephants and rhinos are being targeted by increasingly well-funded, sophisticated poachers who will stop at nothing to profit from the deaths of these vanishing species. To combat poaching and keep traffickers from transporting wildlife contraband, AWF launched the Canine Conservation Program. The program's highly trained detection dogs and their handlers can locate even the smallest amounts of ivory and rhino horn dust; they boast a 90 percent accuracy rate. AWF is working to deploy additional canine detection units to key trafficking hubs, cuting off the flow of illegal wildlife products from the African continent. > Learn how the program stops traffickers in their tracks           China Stands Up for Elephants On Thursday, the Chinese government held a conference at Beijing Capital International Airport to launch an initiative educating Chinese citizens traveling abroad on the perils of purchasing ivory to bring back to the mainland. In conjunction with the event, AWF and its conservation partners announced our newest Ivory Free ambassador, world-famous concert pianist Lang Lang. > Watch Lang Lang's video               With a small monthly gift, you can help us deploy more Canine Detection Units to stop traffickers from profiting from their bloody contraband.               In a momentous move for Africa's wildlife, Republic of Congo sets fire to 5 tons of confiscated illegal ivory > Find out what this means for conservation           Uniting education, community and conservation, AWF's newest conservation school in rural DRC is protecting the critically endangered bonobo > Hear from our schools' director           AWF is optimizing community-based tourism to help local people generate revenue and protect Ethiopia's Simien Mountains National Park > Learn how tourism is protecting the park           AWF's scientists conduct the first-ever south to north trek through Cameroon's Dja Faunal Reserve to find unexpected results > Watch the video                 Give As You Shop Download the free iGive button today, and iGive will donate an extra $5 to AWF     SPREAD THE WORD                             Fun Fact Bonobos are humans' closest relatives, sharing more than 98 percent of our genetic makeup.

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