Elephant Action League#WildLeaks Project
The Elephant Action League (EAL) is an environmental non-governmental organization founded in 2013 in the United States by Andrea Crosta, Gilda Moratti, and Francesco Rocca.{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.it/news/2016/06/21/the-majestic-le-foto-degli-elefanti-di-wolf-ademeit-in-mostra-a-milano-per-elephant-action-league/ |title=The Majestic: le foto di Wolf Ademeit in mostra per Elephant Action League |last=Bara |first=Elena |date=June 21, 2016 |website=Vogue |access-date=July 16, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/the-security-analyst-taking-on-big-ivory-20160306 |title=The Security Analyst Taking on Big Ivory |last=Streep |first=Abraham |website=Men’s Journal |date=6 March 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2017}} EAL is based in Los Angeles, California.
WildLeaks project
The EAL, along with other organizations including the Environmental Investigation Agency (UK), the Oxpeckers Center (South Africa), EcoJust (the Netherlands), Global Eye (Africa and Southeast Asia), 100Reporters, and others, maintain WildLeaks, an online environmental whistleblower platform.{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140210-wildleaks-wildlife-crime-trafficking-whistleblower/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302052855/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140210-wildleaks-wildlife-crime-trafficking-whistleblower/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |title=New WildLeaks Website Invites Whistle-Blowers on Wildlife Crime |last=Neme |first=Laurel |date=February 10, 2014 |website=National Geographic |access-date=July 16, 2017}} The site facilitates the collection of confidential information through a Tor-based online platform, where users can securely share anonymous tips about wildlife crime, which are then reviewed by experts.{{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-wikileaks-style-website-seeks-anonymous-information-help-nab-illegal-wildlife-trade-kingpins-180951747/?no-ist |title= WildLeaks' Is Like WikiLeaks for Poaching—And It's Working to Stop Wildlife Crime |last=Nuwer | first=Rachel |author-link=Rachel Nuwer |date=June 16, 2014 |website=Smithsonian.com |access-date=October 26, 2016}}
China investigation
EAL performed a 10-month undercover investigation documenting the areas where illegal ivory opportunistically enters the legal ivory market in Hong Kong and mainland China. EAL published a report of the investigation in December 2015, called China’s Old Loopholes, New Hopes.{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160108-illegal-ivory-trade-china-hong-kong-elephant-action-league-rhino-horn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110164938/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160108-illegal-ivory-trade-china-hong-kong-elephant-action-league-rhino-horn/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |title=Why Shutting Down China's Ivory Trade Won't Be Easy |last=Neme |first=Laurel |date=January 8, 2016 |website=National Geographic |access-date=July 16, 2017}}
References
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External links
{{official|https://elephantleague.org}}
- https://www.cites.org/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170708224255/http://theivorygame.org/
- https://wildlifejustice.org/
- https://biglife.org/
Category:Nature conservation organizations based in the United States