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 18, 2019 | News
By John R. Platt – Nation of Change New wildlife trade rules being discussed at CITES could affect 550 species, including elephants, rhinos and giraffes. Dozens of important and potentially controversial decisions for the world’s most imperiled wildlife...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 17, 2019 | News
By Africa Science News The fate of African wildlife hangs in balance as the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) begins tomorrow (Saturday) in Geneva. Government...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 17, 2019 | News
By Matt McGrath – BBC Different approaches to protecting elephants are set to dominate the debate at a key conservation conference starting in Geneva today. Delegates from more than 180 countries are gathering for the meeting of the Convention on...