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New CITES Secretary-General ditches impartiality to endorse trade in live elephants from Africa to foreign zoos

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...
EU set to overturn ban on baby African elephants being caught and sent to foreign zoos

EU set to overturn ban on baby African elephants being caught and sent to foreign zoos

by Adam Cruise | Aug 23, 2019 | News

By Jane Dalton, The Independent The European Union (EU) is poised to vote in favour of exporting wild baby elephants from Africa to zoos worldwide – a trade condemned as “barbaric”.  Officials say they will allow the practice to continue, thereby overturning a...
Chinese, U.S. Zoos Face Ban on Buying Wild African Elephants

Chinese, U.S. Zoos Face Ban on Buying Wild African Elephants

by Adam Cruise | Aug 20, 2019 | News

By Pauline Bax – Bloomberg Preliminary vote at CITES meeting changes elephant trade rules Zimbabwe shipped dozens of elephants to China in recent years A young elephant in Chobe National Park, Botswana. Photographer: Chris Jek/AFP via Getty Images Zoos...
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