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Photographers against wildlife crime - it’s the name of a recent project by an international group of award-winning photographers who decided to unite and use their powerful pictures to help bring an end to the illegal wildlife trade.

Wildlife crime is one of the world’s top criminal activities, ranked alongside drugs, arms, and human trafficking. These photographers aim to spread this important message in order to inform as many people as possible since some still aren’t aware of how big of a problem this actually is. “Most of the world doesn’t’ even know what’s going on with its own planet. It’s still solvable,” claims Brent Stirton, one of the photographers taking part in this project.

Initiators have three main goals during this project. First, the photos will be put together into one book and released in May 2018. Second, it will also be released in Mandarin for a distribution in China which could make a valuable contribution towards a constructive dialogue with consumers. And finally, with those books they hope to raise funds for charities whose mission is to end the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes.

More info: kickstarter.com | photographersagainstwildlifecrime.com

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Photographers Against Wildlife Crime

A member of an all female anti-poaching unit, set up in Zimbabwe. Every day, these women face the harsh reality of conservation at the front line, whilst being mothers.

Adrian Steirn Report

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A volunteer with the NGO, Care for Wild Africa, comforts a baby rhino after undergoing treatment for injuries caused by hyenas. The rhino was orphaned after its mother was killed by poachers. She was luckier than most as many calves who see their mothers killed are also attacked by the poachers, using machetes to break their spines so they cannot run away.

Brent Stirton Report

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Mama Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That poor baby! It sickens me when I hear about poachers and their methods of slaying an animal. I am just happy that precious lil baby has someone to finally show it some love and give it hugs.

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A gorilla in the hands of her carer as they drive to a new and larger sanctuary run for the care of orphaned or captive apes rescued by Ape Action Africa in Cameroon.

Jo-Anne McArthur Report

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DopethronePunkUK
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad but i am so thankful for the people out there who are helping these beautiful animals, i hope she has a happy life now.

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On April 30, 2016, Kenya staged its biggest ever ivory burn. Rangers burnt 105 tons at Nairobi National Park to stop poachers from selling it.

Charlie Hamilton James Report

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Brian Kemboi
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a Kenyan, this was a good move. Our politicians are corrupt. If the government had decided to keep the Ivory, Within a year all ob display would have been fake. Still, we sus[ect that a few were Ivory and the rest were fake. You know politicians will always be politicians. Ivory trade has reduced since then. #savetheplanet.....ooh and you should all visit Kenya for its wildlife. You are missing out.

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African Elephant Loxodonta, photographed at Abu Camp in Botswana. The mahout who has raised the orphan from SA has a trusted bond. The Elephants are raised to maturity and released as part of a long term study of rehabilitated animals.

Chris Packham Report

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DopethronePunkUK
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a tattoo of a human hand holding a dog paw, i may follow it up with this one to represent all wild animals.

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This orphaned baby gorilla on sale in a Cameroon bush meat market was traded by the photographer for a worthless ring and taken to a sanctuary at the other end of the country. It died a few months later.

Karl Ammann Report

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DopethronePunkUK
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wrong on so many levels, look at the little thing dwarfed by the humans around it, so out of place, i'm glad it was rescued and spent its last few months being looked after, so sad the little one died though, RIP beautiful baby.

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Thandi, the female white rhino who lost her horn to poachers, has become a symbol of survival in the fight against rhino poaching.

Neil Aldridge Report

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Gina Bean
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A coworker of mine just went to Africa and she said that almost all of the Rhinos are under 24 hour guarded watch. It's so sad and so scary that these amazing animals cannot live freely in the wild because of greedy, evil human beings.

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Tony Fitzjohn, conservationist, and protege of George Adamson, with Jipe, a lion he raised from orphaned cub to full adult in three years and then released back into the wild. Jipe successfully bred and raised cubs in Tsavo, Kenya, but was murdered by poachers soon after this photo was taken.

Olly & Suzi Report

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Fennec foxes are captured for the illegal pet trade. This three-month-old pup was for sale in a market in southern Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis Report

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Catlady6000
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without the poverty, there would be less trade. I would do what I had to to feed my kids, and learn to live with a guilty conscience

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The smouldering remains of an area of Amazon rainforest cleared for cattle ranching in Acre, Brazil.

Charlie Hamilton James Report

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A captive-bred Philippine eagle hand fed at The Philippine Eagle Center. Loss of habitat due to deforestation means these eagles are critically endangered. Some captive-bred birds have been released back into the wild.

Klaus Nigge Report

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A pair of young Bengal tigers in India's Ranthambhore National Park. Less than 4,000 tigers are left in the wild, a consequence of poaching to supply consumer demand for their body parts, mostly in China and Southeast Asia.

Sudhir Shivaram Report

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A large bull elephant in Nepal's Chitwan National Park sits with its leg chained. The 50 year old beast is restrained as it has killed five mahouts (handlers) in its lifetime.

Patrick Brown Report

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It isn't just melting sea ice caused by climate change that threatens the future of the polar bear. This iconic species is threatened also by hunting. Every year hundreds of polar bear skins are shipped, both legally and illegally, out of Canada, most of them to the growing market in China. Earlier this month a court in Quebec found a local company guilty of illegally exporting three polar bear skins to China.

Ole J Liodden Report

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An aerial view of indigenous land in the region of Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon, cleared for illegal logging.

Daniel Beltra Report

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Approximately 4000 pangolins defrosting after their seizure, hidden inside a shipping container at a port in Sumatra. Pangolin scales are used in traditional Chinese medicine and their flesh is regarded as a delicacy.

Paul Hilton Report

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Kjorn
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chinese médicine are responsable for so many killing. don't blame only the poacher, blame the chinese médicine and those who believe that Rhino Horn give you eternal life

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A thresher shark caught in a gillnet in Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Tens of millions of sharks die each year as victims of fishing by-catch or to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup.

Brian Skerry Report

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DopethronePunkUK
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F****n disgusting, poor things slowly suffocate when this happens, something needs to be done sooner rather than later, this really is upsetting.

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Like generations before her, the leatherback turtle moves steadily back to the ocean. Leatherbacks are the largest, deepest-diving and widest-ranging sea turtles. Much of their lives are spent at sea, shrouded in mystery. When mature, females return to the shores where they themselves hatched to lay their own eggs. Sandy Point national wildlife refuge on St Croix, in the US Virgin Islands, provides critical nesting habitat.

Brian Skerry Report

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Wildlife or Commodity? Photographer is revealing the extent of the illegal wildlife trade through her moving photos of wildlife products confiscated by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Britta's photos include this image of a polar bear rug, one of approximately 1.5 million illegal items held in a repository in Colorado. This image was also a finalist in the recent MontPhoto International Photography Contest in Spain.

www.brittaphotography.com Report

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At the Chimelong International Circus in China, this orangutan performs in costume three times a day, accompanied by a clown. Orangutans are critically endangered and babies traded for the pet trade or entertainment industry.

Britta Jaschinsk Report

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DopethronePunkUK
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An absolute f****n disgrace, animals have no place in the f****n circus.

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Endangered Ring-tailed lemurs at Whenzou Zoo, in Zhejiang, China. Today, conservationist believe this species numbers as few as 2000 individuals in the wild due to habitat loss, poaching and hunting.

Zheng Xiaoqun Report

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Paul Hilton Report

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Confiscated Rhino Hooves of two adults (male and female) and one calf.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stores 1.3 million seized items at a warehouse in Colorado.

Britta Jaschinski Report

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