Animal protection
On 12 August, Zurich Zoo announced that it had ‘had to euthanise’ the Asian elephant Ceyla-Himali because of her numerous health problems, including serious kidney problems, which the zoo attributed to her supposedly ‘elderly’ age.…
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…
In October 2023, Viktoria Kirchhoff, Project Manager Horse Sanctuaries, and Sam Forwood, Bonrook Station Manager, conducted an aerial count over Bonrook in the Northern Territory, Australia. The results revealed robust numbers, a well-managed ecosystem, and…
The July rains not only brought a refreshing change to the township Pine Creek but also introduced three aged, untamed geldings. Formerly belonging to neighbouring stations, these horses have roamed the bush around Pine Creek…
Residents of Pine Creek informed us that an emaciated Brumby stallion was wandering around the village. We decided to take him into our Wild Horse Sanctuary Bonrook.
Last year, two old acquaintances returned to the Bonrook rangelands after a twenty-year hiatus. Both are reptile species native to North Australia, and both were decimated almost to extinction by the cane toad that arrived…
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.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
