The great, unstoppable and lovely Jane Goodall gave yesterday the Future For Nature Award to Dr. Lucy King for her work on human-elephant conflict. The Elephant Advocacy League supports Dr. King’s work in Mozambique and Asia. We’re very proud to be one of her concrete supporters! www.elephantsandbees.com/research_project/Welcome.html Photo credits: Elephant Advocacy League In the picture: […]
ElephantVoices has launched a campaign against the ivory trade based on the creation of two powerful pieces of graphic art by New York artist, Asher Jay. The artwork with the slogans, EVERY TUSK COSTS A LIFE; DON’T BUY IVORY and EVERY TUSK COSTS A LIFE; STOP THE TRADE target the both potential buyers, and decision-makers, […]
African elephant fares better in countries with good education than in countries with newly created nature reserves. A new study by Dr Fred de Boer. Elephants are rare in African countries where poor schooling, a failing economy and widespread corruption are rife. Countries where these factors are well-organised have larger populations of elephants. It would […]
A better life for domesticated elephants in Asia, almost always in chains. A new project in Nepal, the first in Asia. The first chainfree hattisar (elephant stable) in Nepal became a reality. This facility encompasses open land and forest and is the first of its kind in Asia. Five interconnected solar powered electric fence corrals […]
Our Conservation Partner LAGA Wildlife Law Enforcement managed yesterday to get 3 ivory dealers arrested in Cameroon with 24 tusks, mostly of very young elephants. PLEASE re-post and support their very important activities in Central Africa: www.LAGA-Enforcement.org The LAGA model is currently operating in 6 countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Central African […]
Drones will soon monitor elephants and other wild animals in Africa. Scientists recently completed one of the first unmanned aerial surveys of wildlife in Africa, which could one day lead to endangered animal protection and poacher prevention. The survey was completed in Burkina Faso’s Nazinga Game Ranch. Among other things, drones also offer a security […]
New study on early life care in African elephants. An African elephants mother’s ability to feed and care for her calf has “long-lasting consequences” into adulthood, the study suggests. Like in humans, we add. Researchers identified a link between the quality of maternal care in the first two years of a calf’s life and reduced […]
Elephants are not Diamonds. Katarzyna Nowak, Joyce Poole, Cynthia Moss and their colleagues reignite the debate on whether a regulated legal trade in ivory can ever be a mechanism advantageous to elephant conservation. “…We also urge CITES to be more widely inclusive of a variety of stakeholders, including those who are anti-trade or middle-of-the-road (and […]
$13,000 reward for info leading to arrest offered if confirmed that the 14 Malaysian pygmy elephants were poisoned. Also PETA is offering a reward of about $6,600 and the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents in Sabah a $3,200 reward. Lab results are expected within about two weeks. In the meantime Baby Joe, the […]
New alarming news: poachers killed over 11,000 forest elephants in Gabon, in less than ten years. Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon’s Minkebe National Park rainforest since 2004, Gabon’s government said on Wednesday, with the massacre fuelled by increasing demand for ivory in Asia. The densely-forested central African country is home to […]
