EMS FOUNDATION PRESS Release, 3 September 2019 ELEPHANTS IN CAPTIVITY TO COME UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT ln Hermanus on 6 September, at the Municipal Auditorium, elephant specialists...
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Joburg Zoo Threatens To Sue Animal Rights Group Over ”Distressed” Elephants Video
The Johannesburg Zoo finds itself embroiled in another legal controversy after three elephants were caught on video in seeming distress on Elephant Day, according to animal...
Zoos need a radical rethink — a plea for Joburg’s Lammie the elephant
Image supplied. We need to talk about the future of zoos. There are about 1,500 formal and many more informal ones in the world, holding between three and four million...
The Sad Story of Lammie the Solitary Elephant at Johannesburg Zoo: Factsheet
Lammie’s mother, Dolly, was captured from the wild in Botswana aged about 3 and arrived at the zoo in 1966. She was euthanised in 2000, aged about 37, when during what should...
Free captive-born Lammie the Elephant now: Experts’ plea to Joburg Zoo
While Lammie the elephant languishes alone since the recent death of her partner, Kinkel, elephant experts are calling for her release from Johannesburg Zoo to a sanctuary,...
Zimbabwe ships live elephants to wildlife parks in China
Wildlife advocates said the animals, which were being readied for shipment on Friday night, were unsuitable for live export Elephants in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park....
Swaziland Elephant Export Ignores Alternatives
Controversial plans are progressing to export 18 elephants from Swaziland to US zoos, apparently without proper consideration of relocating them to other reserves in...