GPS Trackers in Fake Elephant Tusks Reveal Ivory Smuggling Route
If you live in Washington state and would like to do something about preventing further poaching, please vote Yes on Initiative-1401 which will be on the state ballot in this fall [0].<p>Furthermore, anyone can donate for example to the International Anti-Poaching Foundation[1][2] which fights these poachers. The founder, Damien Mander[3], is an Australian ex spec-ops sniper who is using his military experience to train the park rangers since they, unlike the poachers, tend to be poorly equipped and trained as well as understaffed.<p>There is also the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust[4][5] which takes care of elephant and rhino orphans (most of them are orphans due to poaching). For $50 a year, you can become a sponsor of a particular orphan and they'll send you photos and updates about how your sponsored orphan is doing. I've been giving these out as gifts with good successes. You can for example sponsor this little fella [6].<p>[0] <a href="http://saveanimalsfacingextinction.org/" rel="nofollow">http://saveanimalsfacingextinction.org/</a><p>[1] <a href="http://www.iapf.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.iapf.org/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Anti-Poaching_Foundation" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Anti-Poaching_Fo...</a><p>[3] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Mander" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Mander</a><p>[4] <a href="http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org</a><p>[5] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheldrick_Wildlife_Trust" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheldrick_Wildlife_Trust</a><p>[6] <a href="https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.asp?N=337" rel="nofollow">https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.as...</a>