Animal protection
In mid-December 2022, the cylindrical "AquaDom" at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin burst. Fondation Franz Weber consequently wrote an open letter to draw attention to the Coral World project in Rummelsburger Bay in Lichtberg,…
Homeland protection
On 7 March 2021, the citizens of Bern will vote on the implementation loan for the construction and traffic measures in connection with the expansion of the train station Bern. More than two dozen healthy…
Nature protection
In early 2021, seasonal tropical storms hit the Caribbean with unprecedented force, significantly devastating the region. However, this climate-related natural tragedy represents an opportunity for the "Gran Seaflower" campaign initiated by Fondation Franz Weber -…
31 experts in elephant biology, conservation and management, including Dr. Hedia Baccar, Dr. Keith Lindsay and Dr. Rosalind Reeve, with whom FFW works regularly, sent a letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service as…
On Monday, January 16, 2023, the Zoo Zürich published a press release announcing that the 17-year-old elephant Farha had given birth to a baby elephant on Sunday night. However, this one, qualified as "too weak…
The 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES coP19) ended on 25th November in Panama City. Over the course of 15 days…
PANAMA CITY - At the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), currently taking place in Panama, the 170 nations present…
On 21 September 2011, the last bull was tortured to death in a Catalan bullring. The parliament's previous decision to abolish bullfighting was cheered throughout the world and also led to a new debate: What…
With a coalition of 137 non-governmental organizations, FFW is calling for a ban on the cruel practice of trophy hunting.
Our campaign to save elephants from Argentinian zoos is making good progress: Two Asian elephant cows, mother and daughter, have been relocated from the Mendoza Ecopark to our partner sanctuary in Brazil.
Our campaign to save elephants from Argentinian zoos is making good progress: Two Asian elephant cows, mother and daughter, have been relocated from the Mendoza Ecopark to our partner sanctuary in Brazil.
In June 2022, Fondation Franz Weber's campaign "Basta de TaS" (Stop The Use of Rubbish-collection Horses) will be eleven years old. Thanks to this campaign, horses used in Latin America to haul away tons of…
