By EMS Foundation [Tshwane, Pretoria: 20 August 2024]: Thirty years after democracy, the last elephant in South Africa's only national zoo has been freed. After a nail-biting 4 hour trip towards freedom, the EMS Foundation is thrilled to announce that...
By IFAW (Nairobi, Kenya – 26 April 2024) IFAW is deeply concerned about the recent killing of two ‘Super Tusker’ elephants in the transboundary landscape of Northern Tanzania, bordering Kenya. At a time when elephants are facing increasing threats from climate...
By Big Life Foundation, Elephant Voices and Amboseli Trust for Elephants In 1994 there was international outcry when four individually known elephants, subjects of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, were shot by trophy hunters on the Tanzanian side of the border....
NGOs tackle misinformation about trophy hunting spread by the hunting lobby Munich, 18th January 2024. – Although the global biodiversity crisis is accelerating, it is still legal to hunt endangered and internationally protected species, including elephants,...
By Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International and Humane Society Legislative Fund. Please Halt Elephant Trophy Imports Until the Revised African Elephant4(d) Rule is Final and Deny Elephant Trophy Imports from...
Humane Society International / United Kingdom ‘Conservation can never be achieved down the barrel of a gun’, experts state ahead of House of Lords debate on a hunting trophy import ban. LONDON—A group of 103 wildlife conservation experts, scientists, government...
By Humane Society of the United States WASHINGTON—Today the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International released a disturbing undercover investigation revealing the potentially deceptive sale of products made from elephant ivory by...
By ProWildlife The species conservation organization Pro Wildlife welcomes the fact that the German government’s Agricultural ministry (led by the Greens) has terminated the Country’s membership in the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC),...
By Center for Biological Diversity Reptiles, Amphibians Win Protections, Large Mammals Hit Stalemates. PANAMA CITY— Countries at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting confirmed votes Thursday rejecting resumption of the ivory and...
By Center for Biological Diversity Center Staff to Attend to Advocate for Elephants, Sea Cucumbers, Hippos, TurtlesPANAMA CITY, Panama— Officials from around the globe will convene in Panama City Nov. 14 for the triennial conference of the parties to...