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December 2009

Chili to ward off marauding elephants (Botswana)
Fines for duo bust in ivory theft sting (South Africa)
US$4m worth of ivory lies idle (Zimbabwe)
Elephants destroy crops in Wa east District (Ghana)
Bioacoustics Research Program’s Elephant Listening Project searches for sound solutions
Ethiopian police seizes ivory, other wildlife items
Chief nabbed in ivory scam (Zimbabwe)
Bushmeat Sold on Open Market in U.S.; Conservationists Call to Stop Illegal Trade of Bushmeat, Protect Animals From Poachers (Central African Republic)
Two elephants electrocuted in Zambia
Three arrested for possession of ivory (South Africa)
Africa: Illegal Ivory Trade Detrimental to Developing World
Assam Villagers Terrorised By Wild Elephants (India)
Escaping flood, elephant herds approach villages in Riau (Indonesia)
Wild elephant kills old woman (Nepal)
Father, child killed by elephants in Bandarban (Bangladesh)
Wild Elephants Disturb Villagers in Eastern India
Elephant eaters see no shame in jumbo meal (Thailand)
China, Laos agree on nature reserve
US mulls jumbo action plan - Agency suggests use of technology to reduce conflict (India)
Nearly 2 tons of ivory seized in eastern Africa
Captured with forensics
Kenya: Behold, What an Elephant Task
Mammoth dung clue to extinction
Sierra Leone elephants 'wiped out' by poachers: official
70 arrested in the special anti-poaching operation for Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)
Parks suspends hunting licences (Zimbabwe)
Ivory Stocks Disposal Under Threat (Zimbabwe)
Cameroon: A white-collar poachers’ haven
Oregon kayaker turns his extreme skills to conservation
South Dayi develops 'Ivory" from Fan Palm (Ghana)
Elephant-size bust: Officers seize a big tusk (China)
Along the leaf litter spoor
Tanzania engaging CITES for permission to sell ivory
IFAW asks Chinese travelers en route Africa to reject wildlife products
Botswana tries spicy solution to keep elephants at bay
Kenya orphanage takes in elephant babies
Police verify reports of animals being massacred in the Selous (Tanzania)
Elephant herd guards pregnant pachyderm (India)
Indonesia uses love and war to rein in wild elephants
Elephant tusks seized in Kochi (India)
Wild elephant number plummets to 80 (Vietnam)
Female wild elephant found dead in Harohalli (India)
Wild elephant was shot dead near BNP (India)
Elephants Paths In Kerala To Be Restored In Forests (India)
Elephant depredations may force shutdown of Assam tea plantations (India)
Poachers kill tusker for ivory in Orissa (India)
Elephant herd strays into tea garden (India)
Carcass of elephant found without tusks in TN (India)
Ministry’s ‘no’ to Neutrino Observatory project in Nilgiris (India)