• 非法狩猎威胁非洲大象的生存

    14-06-16 The survival of Africa's elephants is under threat, with estimates suggesting more than 20,000 were killed in 2013, a report says. 一份报告称,非洲大象的生存面临威胁,据估计2013年有超过20000头大象被杀。 Elephant conservationists say demand for ivory...

  • 非法狩猎威胁热带草原的生态系统

    14-02-13 White rhinoceros(犀牛) may be extinct in twenty years with the current poaching rates. The loss of this megaherbivore is in itself a tragedy, but it may also have tremendous effects on the ecosystems they now live in. The white rhino (Ceratotheriu...

  • 放射性碳14测试用于打击偷猎者

    13-07-03 University of Utah researchers developed a new weapon to fight poachers who kill elephants, hippos(河马) , rhinos and other wildlife. By measuring radioactive carbon-14 deposited in tusks(獠牙) and teeth by open-air nuclear bomb tests, the metho...

  • 民主刚果国内大象数量逐年减少

    13-03-01 The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) largest remaining forest elephant population, located in the Okapi Faunal Reserve (OFR), has declined by 37 percent in the last five years, with only 1,700 elephants now remaining, according to wildlife surve...

  • 南非犀牛偷猎情况日趋严重

    12-10-17 Poachers have already killed a record number of rhinos in South Africa this year, with 455 slaughtered so far, the government has said. 南非政府称,偷猎者今年已经猎杀了超历史记录数量的犀牛,到目前为止已猎杀455头。 South Africa has the largest popula...

  • 加蓬开始严厉打击非法狩猎

    12-06-28 Gabonese President Ali Bongo has set on fire nearly five tonnes of illegal ivory worth $9.3m as part of attempts to deter poaching. 加蓬总统阿里邦戈下令销毁近五吨价值930万美元的非法象牙,以抵制非法狩猎。 Mr Bongo said the burning was meant to send a...

  • 肯尼亚击毙5名非法狩猎疑犯

    12-04-23 Wildlife rangers have shot dead five suspected ivory poachers during a gun battle in western Kenya. 野生动物保护巡逻人员在肯尼亚西部与象牙偷猎嫌疑犯发生枪战,五名疑犯被击毙。 Kenya says there has been an increase in poaching in recent years Two rang...

  • 南非犀牛非法狩猎数量达新高

    11-11-04 The demand for rhino horns has led to record poaching this year in South Africa, wildlife charity WWF has said. 世界野生动物基金称,人们对犀牛角的需求导致今年南非的非法狩猎达到新高。 Figures from South Africa National Parks show 341 rhinos have been...

  • 禁止象牙交易 有效防止非法狩猎

    10-03-23 The UN's wildlife trade organisation has turned down Tanzania's and Zambia's requests to sell ivory, amid concern about elephant poaching. 考虑到非法狩猎大象的问题,联合国野生动物贸易公约组织拒绝了坦桑尼亚和赞比亚出售象牙的请求。 Seizures of ivory h...

  • 犀牛非法狩猎“全球上涨”

    09-12-02 Rhino poaching around the world is on the rise despite efforts to protect the animals, a report warns. 一项报道警告道,全球范围的非法偷猎犀牛趋势正在上涨,尽管为保护犀牛付出很多努力。 It's not all bad news for the world's rhino population The global...