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Trophy hunting incentivises killing of endangered animals, warns Zambian environmentalist
Germany has become the latest European country to announce a potential ban on the import...
Report on captive lions raises huge welfare, health red flags, and a zoonosis warning
Zoonosis, where disease jumps from animals to humans, caused the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from...
Inside how Botswana’s trophy hunting is making the rich richer and the poor poorer
Botswana’s trophy hunting which was supposed to benefit local communities is instead shifting...
Uproar over plan to litter Botswana’s Chobe National Park with lodges
Chobe National Park’s goose that lays the golden egg of Botswana tourism is under threat of being...
CHARLIE THE ELEPHANT HELD IN CAPTIVITY IN THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
EMS FOUNDATION PUBLIC STATEMENT OF CONCERN THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT FAILS CHARLIE, THE...
Desperate land invasions condemn South Africa’s wild lands to ‘death by a thousand cuts’
Expanding croplands, human settlement, plantation forestry and mining are speeding up habitat loss...
Media release: Namibia exports 22 Wild elephants in blatant disregard of international law
On the 6th March 2022, the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) finally...
Wildlife trade body branded ‘toothless paper tiger’ amid ongoing elephant-related scandals
Elephants are going to be the talk of France in the coming days. The international wildlife...
NAMIBIAN WILD ELEPHANTS SENT INTO CAPTIVITY IN THE UAE: THE CITES TREATY – A PAPER TIGER AND AN ACTIVE ENABLER OF CRUELTY
PUBLIC STATEMENT SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2022 The EMS Foundation has been informed that rare wild...
In Nigeria, a decade of payoffs boosted global wildlife trafficking hub
An investigation by Nigeria’s Premium Times and Mongabay has found evidence of systematic failure...
To hell in a gift basket: The deceptions and dangers of corporate conservation and philanthrocapitalism
In July 2021, the Born Free Foundation (BFF) published another in a series of reports...
Namibia’s wild elephants are being rounded up for international sale
Namibia is in the process of capturing 57 wild elephants sold last year at auction, according to...
Great sadness for Botswana
Today, the last two introduced white rhinos at Mombo are being captured and moved to a sanctuary....
Latest rhino poaching statistics are beyond alarming: We are facing annihilation of the species
The reality is that rhino numbers in SANParks reserves have decreased by 75% over the past 10...
Polar bear auctions and declining elephant numbers: the trophy hunting industry’s latest scandals
The trophy hunting lobby group Safari Club International (SCI) attracted media...
Creecy under fire over proposed law change – Is there a sinister plan to strip civil society of legal recourse in environmental disputes?
On 31 December, when much of the country was on holiday or gearing up for the New Year’s Eve...
Hunting trophy ban must be backed by a global fund to support communities living with wildlife
The issue of trophy hunting is highly emotive, and the UK government plans to ban the import of...
Psychology of trophy hunting: why some people kill animals for sport
Do you have any desire to stalk and kill an elephant? Probably not, but some relish the idea....