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January 03, 2017

China Announcement of Domestic Ivory Ban in 2017 - English Translation

New York (Jan. 3, 2016) – Today WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) is releasing an English language version of China’s historic announcement on ivory made on Dec. 30, 2016. The text was translated by WCS.

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December 30, 2016

China Announces It Will Shut Down Its Domestic Commercial Elephant Ivory Trade in 2017

December 30, 2016 -- China has announced today that it will close its domestic commercial elephant ivory trade in 2017.

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December 26, 2016

Spring Toward Extinction? Cheetah Numbers Crash Globally

December 26, 2016 - The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), is sprinting towards the edge of extinction and could soon be lost forever unless urgent, landscape-wide conservation action is taken, according to a study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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December 22, 2016

Paraguay Unveils New Management Plan For Jaguars

Asunción, Paraguay (December 22, 2016) – The Government of Paraguay took a major step forward today to ensuring a future for the Western Hemisphere’s largest cat species by completing a country-wide management plan for jaguars, the culmination of two years of cooperation between government agencies, the public and private sectors, and researchers from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other NGOs.

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December 22, 2016

MEDIA NOTE: Confiscated Birds Released to Wild in Indonesia

(New York - December 22, 2016) North Maluku Nature Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA), Indonesian Cockatoo Conservation (KKI) and WCS-IP (Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program) released 117 confiscated birds in North Maluku, Indonesia on Thursday, December 15, 2016. Released birds included 49 chattering lorries, 40 white cockatoos and 28 eclectus parrots.

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December 21, 2016

CHRISTMAS IN THE CONGO: New Protected Area to Conserve Unique Species Created in the Democratic Republic of Congo

December 21, 2016 – The Kabobo Natural Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one of Africa’s most biodiverse sites, had its boundaries formally approved today by the Provincial Governor of Tanganyika Province – a critical step in establishing and ensuring the effective protection of this important site.

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December 21, 2016

WCS Applauds President Obama’s Protection of Offshore Areas from Oil and Gas Drilling

WASHINGTON (December 21, 2016) – WCS applauded President Obama’s decision to withdraw offshore areas in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from future oil and gas development, including the Hudson Canyon off the coast of New York.

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December 20, 2016

New Strategy Dismantles Ivory Trafficking Networks in Northern Republic of Congo

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo-December 20, 2016-An integrated approach with on-the-ground patrols coupled with intelligence-driven operations are effectively taking down the patrons of elephant poaching and dismantling the criminal syndicates.

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December 19, 2016

WCS Spearheads Conservation Science For U.S. Jaguar Recovery Plan

December 19, 2016 – A recovery plan for the Western Hemisphere’s largest cat species along the U.S.-Mexico border was released today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).

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December 17, 2016

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Distributes Toys to Bronx Veterans’ Families At WCS’s Bronx Zoo

Bronx, NY – Dec. 17, 2016 – Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined Santa and Mrs. Claus at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Bronx Zoo to distribute toys to 200 local, Bronx military families in need of support this holiday season.

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