The Council of Elders of the African Elephant Coalition (AEC) comprising 32 African countries and the majority of African elephant range states is calling on the government of Japan to close its ivory market, among the world’s largest, and support stronger protection...
Le Botswana, jusqu’ici un havre de paix pour l’éléphant d’Afrique, vient d’annoncer la réouverture de la chasse à l’éléphant sur son territoire. Le Président a ainsi révoqué une interdiction généralisée de cinq ans, qui avait pourtant permis à la population...
By The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) is devastated that the Johannesburg Zoo have brought in another two elephants into a captive environment that is detrimental to any elephant’s well-being. The NSPCA are currently consulting...
Following my messages and the updates of the Secretariat dated 21 April, 26 April, 3 May, 10 May and 17 May, where we expressed our compassion for the people of Sri Lanka for the impacts of the heinous acts committed in their country on 21 April 2019, announced the...
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG Elephants are essential to savannah and forest ecosystems and play an important role in ecotourism in Africa - yet poaching has contributed to a rapid decline in elephant populations in recent decades. An international research team has now...
108 baby elephants sold by Zimbabwe to zoos overseas since 2012 LONDON (22 May 2019) – The Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation will be joined on Friday 24th May by international NGOs, as well as actor and conservationist, Dan Richardson, in a silent protest outside the...
The Humane Society of the United States Letter from Mayor de Blasio reflects increasing concern about illegal elephant ivory entering the U.S. from the 2020 Summer Games As athletes and organizers prepare for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, New York City Mayor Bill de...
Geneva, 10 May 2019 – An updated assessment by the CITES programme Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) has confirmed that poaching continues to threaten the long-term survival of the African elephant. MIKE evaluates relative levels of illegal...
We the Heads of State for the countries comprising the Kavango –Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA – TFCA) convened at the Kasane Elephant Summit on the 07th May 2019. The Summit whose theme was “towards a common vision for management of our...
The Secretariat regrets to announce that the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18), originally scheduled to take place from 23 May to 3 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as well as the associated 71st and 72nd meetings of the Standing Committee, are being...