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100 people arrested in wildlife poaching- By: Generalissimo of all Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads) 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- More than two tons of illegal ivory from elephant tusks has been seized and 100 people have been arrested in an international operation targeting wildlife crime in E.Africa, says Interpol. Interpol is an international police organization. They say that this is the "biggest ever transnational wildlife crime operation in Africa." (CNN) Operation Costa is an operation by six different African Countries working together to stop illegal trade in ivory, horns, skins and animals. These six countries are: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, Interpol said. Illegal ivory trade can be summarizied like this: "The illegal ivory trade is not just about smugglers and poachers; there are far-reaching consequences to this and all wildlife crime," Younger said. "Law enforcement officers have been killed, people are threatened with violence, corruption and the wider economic impact on a country are all linked to this type of crime." Peter Younger, the person who reported this quote is a manager at Interpol for its operation OASIS (Operational Assistance, Services and Infrastructure Support) Africa wildlife crime program. The initiative is funded by the German government with support from the Humane Society of Canada. (CNN) Younger also predicts for more arrests of these illegal poachers, traders, and smugglers. An earlier operation similar to Costa, Baba has arrested 60 people. The recent operation has been able to seize one-ton of ivory in Kenya. International trades of ivory that is illegal has been banned since 1989. Poaching has been on the rise because of the 2007 decision by countries that are signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to allow southern African nations a one-time chance to sell off ivory stocks. (Irish Times) Kenya has also reported that in '07 they lost 47 elephants and in '09 so far they have lost 216 elephants, some due to drought. The elephant population has grown to 35000 from the level of 16000 in the late 1980's. Elephant population is growing at about 4 percent/year but it would be growing at 10 percent/year without poaching. Elephant killing and illegal ivory trade has shot through the ROOF! Sources- CNN- [] Irish Times- [] Similar- The articles have pictures of poached animals skins and tusks. The articles agree on the six countries mentioned in each article. They also agree on the operation that is mention as a success. Both articles agree that a last year operation by Interpol netted 60 arrests. Different-The CNN article is lengthier than the Irish Times one. The CNN article's sentence structure is more complex than that of the Irish Times. Though the Irish Times tells more facts than CNN which tells more on the situation. Opinion- Why would they do such horrible acts to animals. Animals are living creatures as well. Poaching is downright harmful,especially when the populations are low. They are just putting the animals at a risk of going completely non-existant on the face of the earth. This must stop at all cost, for the animals...