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On selling rhino horn

7 March 2013

Categories: CITES News

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the self-professed world’s largest professional global conservation network and a forum for governments, NGOs, scientists, business and local communities to meet...

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Happy Days

6 March 2013

Categories: Elephants Campaign News, Homepage News

Wonderful news – Emily Kate, the Born Free Foundation’s young adopted elephant, has just given birth to her very first calf.  Twelve-year old Emily Kate, named by our Patron Martin Clunes after his own daughter, lives with...

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Governments Strike a Blow Against Transparency

6 March 2013

Categories: CITES News

Wildlife leaders decry decision to facilitate secret ballot voting

In a decision that flies in the face of United Nations commitments to openness, transparency and accountability, a protracted, highly technical and sometimes...

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Elephant rehomed from South African zoo to a free-roaming life

5 March 2013

Categories: Elephants Campaign News

Amazing news from our friends at the National Council of SPCAs in South Africa: Thandora, a lone female African elephant, is leaving Bloemfontein Zoo after 24 years in captivity and will be starting a new life in a Game Reserve,...

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Stolen Apes

5 March 2013

Categories: Primates Campaign News, CITES News, Homepage News

Ian Redmond presents the first report on the scale of the illegal trade in great apes to CITES delegates gathered in Bangkok yesterday

This report, produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) through GRASP and coedited and...

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