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Latest Experts Call on U.S. to ban imports of live elephants
21.03.2023 Fondation Franz Weber
Animal protection

Experts Call on U.S. to ban imports of live elephants

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…

Media release Media Release: Zurich Zoo loses its 6th young elephant in 3 years – a reappraisal is necessary
17.01.2023 Fondation Franz Weber
Animal protection

Media Release: Zurich Zoo loses its 6th young elephant in 3 years – a reappraisal is necessary

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…

Latest CITES CoP19: A positive outcome for the conservation of endangered species
13.12.2022 Anna Zangger
Animal protection

CITES CoP19: A positive outcome for the conservation of endangered species

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…

Media release Media Release: CITES Places a Moratorium on Live Elephant Exports from Africa
22.11.2022 FONDATION FRANZ WEBER
Animal protection

Media Release: CITES Places a Moratorium on Live Elephant Exports from Africa

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…

Latest Ban Correbous in Catalonia!
08.11.2022 Fondation Franz Weber
Animal protection

Ban Correbous in Catalonia!

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…

Latest 137 NGOs, one demand: ban trophy hunting
07.07.2022 Fondation Franz Weber
Animal protection

137 NGOs, one demand: ban trophy hunting

With a coalition of 137 non-governmental organizations, FFW is calling for a ban on the cruel practice of trophy hunting.

Latest Argentina: Elephants in captivity will soon be the past
05.07.2022 Alejandra Garcia
Animal protection

Argentina: Elephants in captivity will soon be the past

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.

Media release Argentina: Elephants in captivity will soon be the past
05.07.2022 Alejandra Garcia
Animal protection

Argentina: Elephants in captivity will soon be the past

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.

Latest Eleven Years of Campaigning For a Better Life For Humans and Horses
28.06.2022 Leonadro Anselmi
Animal protection

Eleven Years of Campaigning For a Better Life For Humans and Horses

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…

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