All Press Releases for Elephants
“The people have spoken, and they are clearly saying they do not want the
gruesome slaughter of elephants to continue unnecessarily,” says Cindy Milburn,
IFAW’s US Regional Acting Director. “An estimated 20,000 elephants are Read more »
At the 54th meeting of the SC in October 2006, delegates
and conservation organizations were caught off-guard by a last-minute decision
recommending Japan as a trading partner for the stockpiles. This decision
was made without the knowledge o Read more »
A majority of citizens in several European countries support a 20-year total ban
on international ivory trade. A series of polls just completed in key EU Member
States, together representing some 320 million European citizens, show
overwhelming le Read more »
News of these fatal attacks on those charged with protecting endangered wildlife
is prescient given the upcoming 14th meeting of parties to the Convention on the
International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). Overstretched and
under-resourced Read more »
The snapshot survey conducted in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, the
Netherlands, France, Canada and the USA* tracked over 2,200 elephant ivory items
listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached
even eBay Read more »
As thousands of travel industry heavyweights from across the globe gather at the
annual tourism Indaba in Durban this weekend, a new report released by IFAW
(International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) shows a marked upswing in the Read more »