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...
Zimbabwe has a long history of exporting live animals around the world. Under ordinary circumstances, the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) would want to ensure that welfare standards for all captive animals are upheld in...
By EMS Foundation The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) has been denied access to the country’s captive elephants, reportedly about to be sent to captive facilities in China. This suggests that welfare concerns are being...
Donalea Patman OAM, Founder of For the Love of Wildlife has been invited to the world-first launch of the eCITES BaseSolutions system, an electronic trade permit system that could be a game changer in tackling the illegal wildlife trade and poaching...
Geneva, 20 September 2019: At the 73rd session United Nations General Assembly, the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted its fourth resolution on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife. With 13 references to the Convention on International Trade in...
Center for Biological Diversity WASHINGTON— The House Natural Resources Committee advanced several bills today that would increase protection for imperiled wildlife, including legislation that would restrict imports of hunting trophies from dead African lions and...
By FONDATION FRANZ WEBER On August 27th, the 18th Conference of the Parties to CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) agreed to restrict exports of wild-caught African elephants to conservation programmes within their natural habitats,...
Geneva, 28 August 2019 – The triennial World Wildlife Conference, known formally as CoP18 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), concludes here today after adopting an impressive list of decisions advancing the...
GENEVA. The export of live wild-caught elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana to zoos and circuses beyond the African elephant range has, until now, been legal under international law. The Parties at the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP 18) of CITES (Convention on...
By ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE Geneva, Switzerland (August 21, 2019)—Wildlife law enforcement champions from 10 countries were recognized Tuesday with the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the...