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WildAid is the only organization that focuses on reducing demand for endangered species products. We reach up to 1 billion people a week through donated media space with hard-hitting messages produced to Hollywood standards and featuring top icons from movies, sports and business. Our "when the buying stops, the killing can too" campaign secured $100 million of donated media space. 55% of surveyed Beijing residents remembered the campaign with 82% saying they would act by stopping or reducing their consumption of shark fin soup. In addition, WildAid assists governments in providing comprehensive protection for marine reserves.
Hawaii Pete Hawai'i bans shark fins
Honolulu, July 1 2010 - Hawaii has become the first government in the world to ban the possession, distribution and sale of shark fins and it's already sending ripples to the rest of the world.
"Today is a good day for sharks and with up to 73 million sharks ending up in soup, sharks don't get much good news these days"  - Peter Knights, WildAid
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tiger wine cropDemand for tiger wine has led to lion poaching
Johannesburg, July 2 - To most of us the mere thought of sipping a concoction in which animal bones soaked for a lengthy period is revolting. The clamor for so-called tiger-bone wine in China is such that brewers are importing lion bones from South Africa as a legally obtainable and cheaper substitute.
International endangered species stamps Endangered Species Stamp
Montreal, July 12 2010 - Twelve countries worldwide have issued commemorative stamps in honor of the United Nation's International Year of Biodiversity. Proceeds from these stamps will aid endangered species conservation. Purchase yours now!
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pangolin baby sqaure China seizes thousands of dead pangolins from smugglers
July 13 2010 - Ten tons of frozen pangolin carcasses and pangolin scales were seized from a fishing vessel after it was stopped for inspection by Chinese customs officers at Zhuhai's Gaolan Island, the wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC, said today.
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Mali elephant Local Malians defend elephants from poachers
Bazena, July 4 2010 - Locals in Mali fight back against poachers to save the world's last nomadic desert elephants.
"Whoever comes here to take the tusks of elephants will find instead our own tusks -- our rifles"- Amadou Bore
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tiger head sqaure Milestone tiger meeting set to create recovery agenda
Bali, July 10 2010 - Members of the thirteen tiger range countries met in Indonesia to produce a draft Global Tiger Recovery Programme and a "Leaders Declaration," which will be discussed at the upcoming Tiger Summit in Russia.
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Elle Macpherson Elle Macpherson regrets rhino remedy 'banter'
July 2 2010 - Elle Macpherson says she regrets any distress she may have caused by jokingly advocating the use of powdered rhino horn, a traditional Chinese medicine that is banned worldwide. The Australian model said that she had tasted rhino horn and that it had "done the job".
Coral reef daram Coral reef economics
July 10 2010 - By protecting commercial fish species, sheltering coasts from storm surges and attracting tourists, coral reefs are worth nearly $30bn a year to assorted governments and businesses - and this is a modest estimate.
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