*Dear Recipients: Please find Resources for October 2022 below *
CONFERENCES
What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?
Aaron White, The Third Pole
October 28, 2022
https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/nature/what-is-cites-why-is-it-important-for-south-asia-cop19/
GENERAL
CIA invests in woolly mammoth resurrection tech
Nick Koutsobinas, News Max
October 2, 2022
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cia-woollymammoth-crispr/2022/10/02/id/1090113/
Cruel gang torments baby elephant, Tehseen Poonawalla reaches out (Assam,
India)
Rita F. Kurian, Hams Live
October 14, 2022
https://hamslivenews.com/2022/10/14/cruel-gang-torments-baby-elephant-tehseen-poonawalla-reaches-out/
Dhaka elephants that now exist only in place names (Bangladesh)
Mahbub Chokder, TBS News
October 28, 2022
https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/dhaka-elephants-now-exist-only-place-names-521606
DRC receives limited support to combat poaching, trafficking: Cassinga
EnviroNews Nigeria
October 5, 2022
https://www.environewsnigeria.com/drc-receives-limited-support-to-combat-poaching-trafficking-cassinga/
Element Africa: Mines take their toll on nature and communities (Africa)
Mongabay.com
October 20, 2022
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/element-africa-mines-take-their-toll-on-nature-and-communities/
Elephant surprises herd and caretakers by giving birth in Kenya forest
reserve
The New Indian Express
October 31, 2022
https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/elephant-surprises-herd-and-caretakers-by-giving-birth-in-kenya-forest-reserve-8240281/
Environmental crime is world’s third most lucrative crime
Homeland Security Today
October 10, 2022
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/environmental-crime-is-worlds-third-most-lucrative-crime/
Eritrea: “We Need to Protect Our Flora and Fauna”
Mussie Gerezgiher, All Africa
October 26, 2022
https://allafrica.com/stories/202210270066.html
Follow the money: An intelligence agent’s methods for busting wildlife
traffickers
Manoush Zomorodi, Fiona Geiran, Sanaz Meshkinpour, Ted Radio Hour / NPR
October 21, 2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1130268312/follow-the-money-an-intelligence-agents-methods-for-busting-wildlife-traffickers
How does an elephant make a sound?
Maria D Ramsey, Whistler News
October 3, 2022
https://thewhistlernews.com/how-does-an-elephant-make-a-sound/
Laos’ criminal casino empire: Chinese gangsters suspected of running
brothels and online scams, and trafficking humans, animal parts and drugs
Nathan Paul Southern & Lindsey Kennedy, South China Morning Post
October 15, 2022
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3195932/laos-criminal-casino-empire-chinese-gangsters
‘Let’s fight money laundering through illegal wildlife trade’
Business Ghana
October 20, 2022
http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/business/272785/%E2%80%98Let%E2%80%99s-fight-money-laundering-through-illegal-wildlife-trade%E2%80%99
Mammoth de-extinction firm turns sights on saving elephants from same fate
Aristos Georgiou, Newsweek
October 7, 2022
https://www.newsweek.com/mammoth-de-extinction-firm-turns-sights-saving-elephants-same-fate-1749986
Meet the man who trains dogs in North Cork to hunt poachers and protect
endangered wildlife in the African desert
Sara Rountree, CorkBeo
October 2, 2022
https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/meet-man-who-trains-dogs-25159699
Mozambique: Gin traps and snares removed by rangers in Zambeze Delta
Conservation
The Club of Mozambique
October 31, 2022
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-gin-traps-and-snares-removed-by-rangers-in-zambeze-delta-conservation-227686/
Park ranger deaths: More than 100 wardens killed in South Africa
Kearney Hub
October 11, 2022
https://kearneyhub.com/news/world/park-ranger-deaths-more-than-100-wardens-killed-in-south-africa/video_0809cebe-ad42-5ce0-9ad0-8966e04d8a4f.html
Paula Kahumbu wins legacy award in Austria
Paul Kurgat, Kenyans
October 3, 2022
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/80194-paula-kahumbu-wins-legacy-award-austria
Protected farming to fight human-wildlife-conflict (Bhutan)
Choki Wangmo, Kuensel
October 22, 2022
https://kuenselonline.com/protected-farming-to-fight-human-wildlife-conflict/
Second draft revision of China’s Wildlife Protection Law ‘a big step
backwards’
Jiang Yifan & Aron White, China Dialogue
October 17, 2022
https://www.eco-business.com/news/second-draft-revision-of-chinas-wildlife-protection-law-a-big-step-backwards/
Tamil Nadu: Father’s death by tiger failed to dent his love for wildlife
Komal Gautham, The Times of India
October 9, 2022
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-fathers-death-by-tiger-failed-to-dent-his-love-for-wildlife/articleshow/94732584.cms
Threats to water and biodiversity are linked. A new U.S. envoy role
tackles them both
Joe Hernandez, NPR
October 3, 2022
https://www.tpr.org/environment/2022-10-03/threats-to-water-and-biodiversity-are-linked-a-new-u-s-envoy-role-tackles-them-both
Tourists are in favour of wild animal protection over trophy hunting in
South Africa
Alma Simon, Travelwires
October 8, 2022
https://www.travelwires.com/tourists-are-in-favour-of-wild-animal-protection-over-trophy-hunting-in-south-africa
Tsavo elephants still rule despite drought (Kenya)
Peter Muiruri, Standard Media
October 1, 2022
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2001457101/tsavo-elephants-still-rule-despite-drought
FILM & VIDEO / DOCUMENTARIES / AUDIO / PHOTO RELATED Combatting India’s
illegal wildlife trade
The Herald
October 13, 2022
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Combatting-India%E2%80%99s-Illegal-Wildlife-Trade/195075
Deadly elephant attacks on the rise in Zimbabwe (4-minute video)
France 24
October 25, 2022
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20221025-deadly-elephant-attacks-on-the-rise-in-zimbabwe
‘Gonarezhou the Movie’ set to premiere in Kenya
Elizabeth Ngigi, The Star
October 26, 2022
https://www.the-star.co.ke/sasa/word-is/2022-10-26-gonarezhou-the-movie-set-to-premiere-in-kenya/
Here’s proof: Baby elephants can’t control their trunks (videos)
BOL News
October 22, 2022
https://www.bolnews.com/latest/2022/10/heres-proof-baby-elephants-cant-control-their-trunks/
Should animals have personhood rights? (podcast)
Meghna Chakrabarti & Jonathan Chang, WBUR
October 27, 2022
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/10/27/should-animals-have-personhood-rights
Watch: Baby elephant has a blast at water’s edge in Mpumalanga (South
Africa)
Jehran Naidoo, IOL
October 4, 2022
https://www.iol.co.za/travel/south-africa/mpumalanga/watch-baby-elephant-has-a-blast-at-waters-edge-in-mpumalanga-614f1cd2-b9ab-4aa0-ae5d-762c46b93eeb
ART / MUSEUM / BOOKS A centuries-old stucco elephant sculpture restored to
original glory (India)
S. Ganesan, The Hindu
October 14, 2022
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-centuries-old-stucco-elephant-sculpture-restored-to-original-glory/article66007337.ece
Fighting the elephants’ corner (book review)
The Morning Star
October 25, 2022
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/fighting-elephants-corner
How tech is helping us talk to animals (interview with book author Karen
Bakker)
Neel Dhanesha, Vox
October 30, 2022
https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/10/30/23426406/ai-animals-google-translate-karen-bakker-sounds-of-life
Politics rather than science drives conservation today: Noted forester
(interview with book author Manoj Mishra)
Rashme Sehgal, News Click
October 21, 2022
https://www.newsclick.in/politics-rather-science-drives-conservation-today-noted-forester
Review of Wildlife India@50: Wild Encounters (book review)
Sudhirendar Sharma, The Hindu
October 21, 2022
https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/wildlife-protection-india-animal-welfare-legislation/article66030042.ece?homepage=true