World Elephant Day is on Sunday 12th August and is essentially a day designed to not only raise awareness about the plight of elephants, but to celebrate them for the magnificent and vitally important animals they are. My favourite animal […]
According to campaigners, the UK and in particular, the Conservative government is putting elephants at risk by breaking promises on the ivory trade. Apparently, no action has been taken by the Conservative party who promised to stamp out the UK’s […]
The Giants Club Summit has just closed in Kenya as work begins on new Presidential actions in support of the elephant protection initiative. Elton John, Richard Branson and Bear Grylls sent personal messages of support to the gathering of African […]
CITES calls for urgent action to maintain pressure on illegal ivory and rhino horn trade. With thousands of elephants and rhinos poached each year, the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and […]
Hong Kong government signals end to domestic ivory trade GREAT NEWS that following a major anti-ivory campaign by WWF-Hong Kong, the city’s Chief Executive, C Y Leung, announced today that the government is actively exploring phasing out the domestic ivory […]
In London a few week’s ago 46 countries – including China – pledged to save the elephants by adopting a “zero tolerance” attitude to illegal wildlife trading in order to “secure the future of these iconic species”. The US government […]
You might guess from my header that I am a passionate lover of elephants. More about that later as I’ve managed to secure myself lunch with somebody very interesting to discuss their plight…. But in the meantime, here is a […]
