U.K., Germany, & Switzerland also concerned about World Wildlife Fund-backed paramilitary operations WASHINGTON D.C.–– The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and other federal agencies are investigating allegations repeatedly raised for more than a dozen years by media––chiefly by the online periodical BuzzFeed News, but also including ANIMALS 24-7––that funds granted by the U.S. government […]
Who killed ivory trade investigator Esmond Martin, why?
Survived more than 30 years of work in some of the world’s most dangerous places, only to be stabbed in his bed NAIROBI, Kenya––Nairobi police homicide detectives appear to believe that renowned elephant ivory and rhino horn trafficking investigator Esmond Bradley Martin Jr., 75, was murdered on February 5, 2018 in connection with a […]
World Wildlife Fund accused of beating up the little guys
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development investigates complaint from Survival International PARIS, France––Acting at request of Switzerland, the 35-nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed to investigate a complaint from the London-based charity Survival International that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has repeatedly, systematically, and severely violated the human rights of […]
Hunters can’t just kill elephants to claim to save them, says judge
Just funding “conservation” is not enough, absent evidence that elephants benefit WASHINGTON D.C.––The claim that shooting elephants in Zimbabwe helps to save them no longer stands up in U.S. federal court, even if the money hunters pay to kill the elephants is nominally spent for “conservation,” U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled on September […]
The myth of sport hunting as a solution to conservation
An open letter to Mozambique by Josphat Ngonyo, founder, Africa Network for Animal Welfare: Date: 12/08/2015 Mr. Daniel Antonio High Commissioner Mozambique High Commission Dear Sir, Your Excellency, it our hope that this letter finds you well in the service of your great country, Mozambique. On behalf of Africa Network forAanimal Welfare (ANAW), […]