Five Years in the Making, Ban Takes Steps to Address International Wildlife Trafficking Washington, DC—The District of Columbia has passed a law to address the surging local market for goods that contribute to declines in endangered wildlife. The Elephant Ivory...
FONDATION FRANZ WEBER CALLS OUT THE CITES SECRETARIAT ON ITS POSITION ON COVID-19As global governments and institutions scramble to contain the current pandemic, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), seems to have...
By Humane Society International BEIJING (April 1, 2020) — China’s city of Shenzhen has just passed a ground-breaking law to ban the consumption and production of dog and cat meat, the first city in mainland China to do so. The ban has been welcomed by long-time...
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) had a fruitful meeting with the Honourable Minister of the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), Ms Barbara Creecy, and the Deputy Director General of DEFF, Mr Shonisani Munzhedz, to discuss concerns relating...
By PETA Pittsburgh – Through a Freedom of Information Act request, PETA has uncovered records showing that the Pittsburgh Zoo applied to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) last year for permission to import 13 wild-caught juvenile elephants from Zimbabwe...
By Elephanatics Botswana’s First Elephant Hunt to be Auctioned in Canada Canada shockingly still allows elephant ivory trade VANCOUVER January 22, 2020 – Amid global recognition of the threatened survival of elephants, a hunting club in Calgary is poised to auction...
By The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) reports that the criminal case against the directors and management of Elephants of Eden, including Lizette Withers, for cruelty to elephants has been remanded to February...
Please come and Join us from 12.30 till 2.30pm. Chinese Embassy 49-51 Portland Place London W1B 1JL Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation is campaigning for the 32 young elephants that where bundled up in the middle of the night, early hours of October 24 onto an awaiting...
Matusadonha National Park gets its name from the rolling Matusadonha hills that form part of its water rich landscape. Flanked by Lake Kariba in the north, and two perennial rivers, the Ume and the Sanyati, this remote and rugged park is the first in Zimbabwe to fall...
We are saddened to learn of the exportation this afternoon of an unknown number of young elephant to an undetermined destination by Zimparks. Over the last week ZNSPCA Inspectors have made repeated attempts at gaining access to the Zimparks Game Capture Unit located...