Tuesday, July 10, 2007

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Black Market is Patrick Brown's in-depth look into the wildlife trade, the third largest illegal trade in the world. A driving force behind the trade is the ancient belief that animal parts contain "magical" properties. Although science has largely disproved these superstitions, these illegal practices continue.




In Ivory Wars J. Michael Fay and Michael Nichols take us to Zakouma National Park in Chad, one of the last places on earth where thousands of elephants roam together. As perennial rains arrive to replenish the desert landscape, some 3,500 elephants seek better forage outside the park perimeter where poachers await them.
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