The Board and Leadership Council of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Foundation are delighted to announce that John Scanlon AO will be joining the Foundation as Special Adviser to the Board and the Council and acting CEO from Monday 8 June 2020. John will work...
Press Release: Washington, DC, Passes Law to Ban the Sale of Ivory and Rhino Horn
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...
Press Release: Foundation Franz Weber calls out the CITES Secretariat on its position on COVID-19
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...
Press Release: Shenzhen becomes mainland China’s first city to ban eating of dogs, cats and wildlife in consumption and trade crackdown
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...
Press Release: Positive steps between NSPCA and Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)
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...
Pittsburgh Zoo Caught in Secret Bid to Import Elephants
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...
Press Release: Botswana’s First Elephant Hunt to be Auctioned in Canada
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...
Press Release: Lizette Withers Appears in Court for Elephant Abuse
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...
Press Release: It’s back to the Chinese Embassy in London for the Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation
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...
Press Release: African Parks to manage Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe
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...