S2 E2 - The Weekly News 10-27-2021 with Simon Borchert & Shannon Elizabeth

Will COP 26 bring the urgency we desperately need? The UK has a plan, but how will we hold leaders accountable?Rhino Oz doing well after the world’s first CT scan on a rhino. Care For Wild leading the charge yet again in rhino conservation - please support them if you can!A new study suggests that due to poaching, female elephants are evolving to no longer grow tusks. How is this possible?Najin, the world’s oldest northern white rhino, is retired from the desperate breeding program to save the species. Stunning images from photographer Justin Mott tell the sad tale.More poachers are arrested and 3 are sentenced to hefty 85 year sentences behind bars.Is consumer demand in elephant ivory declining in China? A new WWF study suggests we may have reason to celebrate, but we’re not popping corks just yet… Meanwhile an elephant tramples a suspected poacher to death in South Africa.Botswana begins to move rhinos after a spike in poaching activity in that country. But will they be safe? The world begins to rally behind the call to stop oil drilling in the Okavango Delta, but can we stop it in time?CITES meets to discuss the continued plight of the vaquita - we call for everyone to support Earth League International in their fight to save the world’s smallest porpoise.