by Johnny Rodrigues 12th January 2015 Acting Zimbabwe environment minister Walter Mzembi has stated that Zimbabwe will not be deterred from exporting 62 baby elephants to China, France, and the United Arab Emirates. Mzembi said that Zimbabwe has in excess of 80 000 elephants, but only has the capacity for 42,000. We don’t believe this […]
Oakland bans elephant hooks
Wednesday, December 10, 2:30 a.m. TO ELEPHANT ADVOCATES EVERYWHERE Some good news on the circus elephant front! Just got home from the Oakland City Council meeting (5:30pm – 2:30 a.m.) –an overflow crowd. The Council last night passed an ordinance banning the use of bullhooks and similar devices on circus elephants, following the lead of […]
Update re: Baby elephants captured for export to China
8th December 2014 UPDATE ON ELEPHANTS CAPTURED FOR EXPORT Further to our last report, http://wp.me/p4pKmM-WQ, we have now been informed that 36 elephants have been captured for export to China. Of the 36, one has already died and the meat was shared out between the people at the boma. We are extremely distressed that the […]
Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?
Winter move planned SEATTLE––The most difficult winter campaign involving elephants since Hannibal Barca tried to march 38 elephants through the Alps in 218 B.C. to attack Rome may be ahead for the Northwest Animal Rights Network subsidiary Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants and the allied Community Coalition for Elephant Retirement, ironically because of an […]
Nairobi terrorist strike alerts the world to new threat to elephants
Four days of shooting at the Westgate Mall NAIROBI, Kenya––Four days of shooting at the Westgate Mall in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya introduced the world to yet another poaching threat to elephants. Claiming credit for the September 21, 2013 mall invasion, which brought the deaths of at least 61 civilians, six Kenyan soldiers, and five terrorists, […]
Gunfire no aphrodisiac for African elephants
Stress believed to suppress fertility HARARE, Zimbabwe (August 2006)––Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force founder Johnny Rodrigues and Presidential Elephant Conservation Project researcher Sharon Pincott contend that the stress associated with gunfire has actually suppressed elephant fecundity. This finding, if verified, would contradict other studies showing that wildlife populations tend to increase their fecundity under hunting pressure. Both coyotes […]