# Ivory Poaching

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Ivory poaching - Investigation

Elephants are among the endangered species in India. Over the years, with demand for ivory, tuskers have been particularly targeted and killed. Despite laws, and bans in place, ivory poaching still continues. When male tuskers are poached for the ivory trade, it also threatens the future population…

Ivory poaching - Tech to rescue

After the ivory kingpin, Umesh Aggarwal was nabbed in 2015, there were various discussions within the Kerala forest department officials on what could be the next steps to detect and prevent such crimes. The officials, after intense brainstorming, brought in a robust system by the name Hostile Acti…

Using Elephant DNA to Reveal Ivory Poaching Hot Spots | with Misa Winters - DNA scientist at Conservation X Labs

In this conservation podcast Misa Winters and I explore a range of topics including: What is the illegal ivory trade and why is it a problem? What are the underlying drivers of the illegal ivory trade? What is it important to conserve elephants? Where are the major elephant poaching hotspots? How …

Poacher Web Series Review by Suchin Mehrotra | Richie Mehta | Nimisha Sajayan | Roshan Mathew

Poacher, an Amazon Prime Video Web Series directed by Richie Mehta, and starring Nimisha Sajayan, Roshan Mathew, and Dibyendu Bhattacharya unveils the gripping saga of the largest ivory poaching ring takedown in Indian history. Mehta's storytelling prowess weaves a high-pressure investigative narra…

Red blood cells’ surprising immune function

We’ve talked a huge amount the past 18 months, for obvious reasons, about the way that white blood cells protect us from infection. But red blood cells – it’s probably among the earliest things I learned in human biology that they’re simple bags for carrying oxygen around the body. But over recent …

India, Ivory Poaching, and Technology | The Index Podcast

Ivory poaching is a problem wherever we find elephants, and that is no different in India. The ivory taken from the Asian elephants has long been prized in both traditional Chinese medicine and also ivory artefacts. According to the Global Organized Crime Index, India has low score for Criminal Act…

Episode 15: COP26, a new shark species, hog badgers, potoos, rhino breeding programmes and tuskless elephants

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! For the news section the dynamic duo talk about COP26, and whether it is going far enough to tackle the climate crisis and highlight a new species of shark. For the animals of the week, Emma discusses the bizarre and wonderful hog …

Ivory Poaching

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Red blood cells’ surprising immune function

We’ve talked a huge amount the past 18 months, for obvious reasons, about the way that white blood cells protect us from infection. But red blood cells – it’s probably among the earliest things I learned in human biology that they’re simple bags for carrying oxygen around the body. But over recent …