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Latest Standing Strong for Love to Prevent Wars
13.07.2023 Virginia Portilla
Animal protection

Standing Strong for Love to Prevent Wars

For over a year, we have been following the events of war as if it were a live broadcast. If we look closer, we see the result of violence among beings that has become normalized.

Latest New Equidad Team Tackles Climate Consequences
10.07.2023 Tomas Sciolla
Animal protection

New Equidad Team Tackles Climate Consequences

The increasingly frequent drought periods in the dry plains of Córdoba present enormous challenges for our employees of the Sanctuary Equidad. With the aim of achieving greater autonomy, sustainability and professionalism, the operation has been…

Latest Significant Achievements and Progress, Yet More Work To Be Done
19.04.2023 Viktoria Kirchhoff
Animal protection

Significant Achievements and Progress, Yet More Work To Be Done

Since 2021, the Sanctuary Equidad has been located on the new, spacious property nestled among the stunning hills of San Marcos Sierras in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. While we have made significant progress with…

Latest The Tragedy Proves: Further Large Aquarium Projects Must Be Prevented!
03.04.2023 Dr. Monica V. Biondo
Animal protection

The Tragedy Proves: Further Large Aquarium Projects Must Be Prevented!

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,…

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…

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