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Poaching

World

WWF's Secret War

How anti-poaching funds end up in the hands of vicious paramilitaries.

  1. WWF Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People

  2. Internal Report Shows WWF Was Warned Years Ago Of “Frightening” Abuses

  3. WWF Says Indigenous People Want This Park. An Internal Report Says Some Fear Forest Ranger “Repression.”

Tom Warren, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Mar 2019 Permalink

World

WWF's Secret War

The World Wide Fund for Nature funds vicious paramilitary forces to fight poaching.

Tom Warren, Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed News Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Best Article Science World

An Elephant Crackup?

African Elephants have been killing people, raping rhinos, and exhibiting uncharacteristically aggressive behavior. An investigation reveals deep similarities between elephants’ and humans’ reaction to childhood trauma.

Charles Siebert New York Times Magazine Oct 2006 15min Permalink

Crime Science

Busting the Tree Ring

A hunt for maple poachers in Western Washington.

Ben Goldfarb High Country News May 2017 20min Permalink

Crime

China’s Gold Rush in the Hills of Appalachia

With prices spiralling, poachers are digging for ginseng in the North Carolina hills.

Suzy Khimm Foreign Policy Sep 2016 20min Permalink

World

Agony and Ivory

As China’s growing upper class has pushed the price of ivory above $700/pound, a look at both the supply and demand side of the global trade in (mostly) illicitly acquired elephant tusks.

Alex Shoumatoff Vanity Fair Aug 2011 40min Permalink

Crime World

The Hunted

The inside story of how an ABC nature shoot in Africa end up producing  a snuff film.

Jeffrey Goldberg New Yorker Apr 2010 1h5min Permalink