by Adam Cruise | Oct 11, 2019 | Commentary
By Dr. Ross Harvey– University of Cape Town A Chinese ground crew has just arrived to prepare 33 baby elephants for imminent shipment to China, according to sources near Hwange National Park. These elephants have been held in captivity for nearly a year after being...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 30, 2019 | Commentary
By Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation calls for a global response as video footage shows clear evidence of CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero, endorsing the barbaric capture and sale of young wild elephants from Zimbabwe to foreign...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 31, 2019 | News
By Teresa Gubbins – Culture Map Animal advocates around the world are celebrating a victory in the protection of wild elephants — one that could have prevented the Dallas Zoo from importing elephants from Swaziland in 2016. Nearly 200 delegates from around the...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 28, 2019 | News
By NOMAHLUBI JORDAAN – TimesLIVE Live elephants will no longer be exported from Africa, except “in exceptional circumstances”. This is a resolution taken by parties at the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP 18) of the Convention on International Trade in...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 26, 2019 | News
BY JOHANNA HAMBURGER – The Hill Baby African elephants won a historic reprieve at the world’s largest wildlife trade conference this week when delegates voted in committee to end the barbaric practice of capturing live elephants from the wild and shipping them...
