by Adam Cruise | Aug 25, 2019 | Commentary
By MEGAN CARR “It’s just a genuine, feel-good conservation story” – Dallas Zoo, USA Seventeen elephants were exported from Swaziland to the USA in 2016. These elephants were moved into the Dallas Zoo, the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas and the Henry Doorly...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 25, 2019 | News
By Tracy Keeling, The Canary 46 countries have given people a reason to be proud of the global community. They voted to end the cruel capture of wild (usually young) African elephants for exportation to foreign zoos and circuses. The EU, however, didn’t vote on the...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 24, 2019 | News
By Jevans Nyabiage, The South China Morning Post China, one of the leading buyers of African elephants, could face difficulty in acquiring the mammals if a widening of a ban on their sale to zoos is ratified next week by the global regulator of wildlife trade. A...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 15, 2019 | News
By SUE REID FOR THE DAILY MAIL Zimbabwe is known to have made £2.2million from the sale of 97 baby elephantsThe sales have generated controversial debate across most of the western worldBotswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi has called criticism of the sales...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 13, 2019 | Press Releases
By FONDATION FRANZ WEBER Unfortunately, the export of African elephant calves to zoos and circuses throughout the world is extensive – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) allows for such transactions. Young...
