Hi Everyone,
Will be next posting some more great write-ups and Q & A from Bungoma site from Friday's dynamite international session!!
But here is a fairly recent article which covers one of the questions from Bungoma to NYC students about what the USA is doing about poaching - all our countries are on it. It's just how effective is it in slowing down or stopping the slaughter and trade:
Operation Crash in USA - by US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
These people were sentenced really fast -
http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2013/05/15/operation-crash-update-us-sentences-rhino-horn-traffickers-to-prison/
Earlier Articles on Operation Crash -
http://annamiticus.com/2013/02/13/u-s-operation-crash-nets-three-more-rhino-horn-traffickers/
http://annamiticus.com/2012/12/19/update-on-u-s-rhino-horn-trafficking-case-operation-crash/
These are great sites we should link to on the topic of stopping illegal rhino and endangered species trade. Very informative and great resources for our research and final draft report.
TBC
G
Saving The Black Rhino Project: The time will come when conservation efforts will be galvanized by children all over the world. The "Saving the Black Rhino" movement will become a reference standard toward this effort to conserve, protect and respect all living things on this blue rock-Earth.
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