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Compassionate conservation in focus Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week (1 to 3 September) we're attending the international symposium Compassionate Conservation, Animal Welfare in Conservation Practice, held at the University of Oxford. The symposium is arranged by The Wildlife Conservation ... Read more Conservation | Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
An ill-fitting new home for National Zoo's elephants On 3rd September Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC is opening Elephant Trails (see video below). The zoo calls the elephants' new home "innovative" and "groundbreaking". From our perspective it shows very little understanding of ... Read more Zoos | Sunday, 22 August 2010 |
Elephant polo: Conservation activity or animal abuse? As tourists we often don't consider what goes on behind the scenes when entertainment and "local culture" involve animals. One can easily be charmed by the experience of elephant-back safaris and rides, elephant football or elephant ... Read more Welfare | Wednesday, 18 August 2010 |
"The Performance" - a disturbing video many should see The video below - "The Performance" - is one of the most powerful ones about performing animals we have seen - and even though it is sad and disturbing it should be spread far ... Read more Circuses | Friday, 13 August 2010 |
Toledo Zoo: Finally protected contact for Louie The review team assessing the attack by Toledo Zoo's (Ohio, US) seven year old African elephant, Louie, on his keeper July 1 does not even try to explain why this might have happened, other than to ... Read more Zoos | Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
Toledo Zoo: Louie and Mr. RedFox On July 1st 2010 at the Toledo Zoo a seven-year-old juvenile male elephant, named Louie, attacked his keeper, Mr. Don RedFox. ElephantVoices´ Dr. Joyce Poole has written an open letter (106 kB) to Toledo Zoo CEO, ... Read more Zoos | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Echo an Unforgettable Elephant - new documentary We're certain that those of you who know about world-famous Echo, the late matriarch of the EB family, will enjoy some more time with her. As many of you are aware of, the EBs w... Read more Media | Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
Will Tanzania really build road of mass destruction? Media and people around the world are taking part in the heated discussion about a possible and extremely controversial new road through the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The road would in reality cut off v... Read more General News | Friday, 23 July 2010 |
Zimbabwe animal release - elephant update! Today we received an important and uplifting update from Tikki Hywood Trust, the organization that has dealt with the release of captured animals following Zimbabwe's decision to cancel the highly controversial deal with North K... Read more Welfare | Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
Zimbabwe update: Cancellation of North Korea deal and release of animals Many of you will have already heard the excellent news that the shipment of animals, including two elephant calves, from Zimbabwe to a North Korean zoo has been called off - thanks to concerted effort by ... Read more Appeals | Wednesday, 30 June 2010 |
Winds of change for animal welfare in Brazil? Meeting Teresita in São Paulo Zoo By banning all animals from circuses Bolivia has shown the way forward. There are other positive things happening in regard to animal welfare in other countries in Latin America, too. ElephantVoices intends to try to follow ... Read more General News | Tuesday, 29 June 2010 |
Letters published in Science debate impact of the ivory trade on elephants On the day before the CITES (CoP15) meeting opened in Doha in March, we published an opinion piece against the ivory trade together with 25 other scientists. The piece, published in the Policy Forum section of ... Read more Ivory trade | Tuesday, 29 June 2010 |
Sad elephants in Barcelona Zoo - sanctuary in Europe needed Joyce Poole and Petter Granli of ElephantVoices' visited Barcelona from 9-11 June to assess the situation for elephants, Susi and Yoyo, in Barcelona Zoo. The visit was based on an initative by the ... Read more Welfare | Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
Zimbabwe's sad role in global elephant business Zimbabwe is probably responsible for more African elephants suffering in zoos and circuses around the world than any other single country. The American Zoological Association elephant “studbook” shows that fully 25% of the living elephants in ... Read more Welfare | Monday, 14 June 2010 |
Junia in Brazil joins ElephantVoices efforts In late January this year, Junia Machado, a Brazilian from Sao Paulo, wrote to us to ask for some help in assessing the situation for Teresita, an African elephant is living alone in the Sao P... Read more General News | Monday, 31 May 2010 |
Will Dallas Zoo really let elephants be elephants? On May 28th we were asked to talk to WFAA TV in Texas about the stereotypic behavior of Jenny, an elephant at the Dallas Zoo and, since we have written about her before (159.39 kB), ... Read more Welfare | Saturday, 29 May 2010 |
Radio interview Zimbabwe wildlife deal A week ago we posted Zimbabwe captures elephants and creates an angry storm - and along with many others we keep hoping that Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority will cancel its ... Read more Media | Friday, 28 May 2010 |
Joyce Poole on Talking Animals On 12th May Joyce Poole was interviewed on Talking Animals. She discusses elephant behavior and communication, and our responsibility for their well being. She also touches on the fate of Boo (alias Queenie) and Lucky in the San ... Read more Media | Wednesday, 26 May 2010 |
Why live elephants should not be used in TV and film - new EV page and letter to We just uploaded a new page under section Elephant Interests that you might like to read - Elephants in TV and film. Many leading authorities on elephants, including scientists, conservationists, welfare experts and veterinarians, ... Read more Welfare | Monday, 24 May 2010 |
Zimbabwe captures elephants and creates an angry stormDuring the last week the international media has published a number of negative reports about the "ghoulish" capture and imminent shipment from Zimbabwe to North Korea of wild species of animals captured in Hwange National Park. ... Read more Welfare | Friday, 21 May 2010 |
The welfare of elephants like Lucky and Queenie Every day we receive messages about how captive elephants are being mistreated, often accompanied by disturbing photographs or video footage. It can be tough spending hours, weeks and months looking at the brutality and ... Read more Welfare | Wednesday, 5 May 2010 |
See and hear Echo of the Elephants One year ago, Sunday 3 May 2009, Echo, the matriarch of the EB family, died in Amboseli. In her memory we compiled some images of and vocalizations by this extraordinary and world renown ... Read more General News | Monday, 3 May 2010 |
Recommended reading: Elephants: Facts & Fables The issue of space is at the core of most elephant discussions we are involved in - both when it comes to wild or captive situations. Without proper space for mind and movement elephants ... Read more Publications | Sunday, 25 April 2010 |
New paper explores if elephants demonstrate courtship A new scientific paper on which Joyce is an author is made available through PloS One. The paper whose lead author is Lucy Bates examines a phenomenon that Joyce and her colleagues have observed for d... Read more Publications | Wednesday, 21 April 2010 |
The death of an elephant trainer - an accident? On April 9th 2010 an elephant named, Dumbo, killed her trainer, Andrew Anderson, at Irem Shrine Circus in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County. After the incident, the coroner, John P. Corcoran, announced that the killing was "positively ... Read more Welfare | Monday, 12 April 2010 |
Elephants in the classroom: Meet ElephantVoices One of our objectives is education - to share our knowledge about the behavior, abilities and interests of elephants and their conservation in the wild with you the public. We accomplish this in a number o... Read more Education | Wednesday, 7 April 2010 |
Elephants did well in Doha - but continue to need your help We are extremely happy to report that elephants did well at CITES' CoP15 in Doha, Qatar. But, we are well aware that while the battle was won, the war against the ivory trade and ... Read more CITES | Wednesday, 24 March 2010 |
Will horse-trading at CITES threaten elephants' survival? Our objectives for being here at CITES do not allow much time for giving comprehensive updates, nor for relaxation, for that matter. This is partly why we have given some links to other sources for C... Read more CITES | Friday, 19 March 2010 |
Information and updates CITES - CoP15 We have uploaded a page with a few links to sources of information and updates from the ongoing CITES - CoP15 - in Doha, Qatar, 13 to 25 March. We will from Wednesday give you some ... Read more CITES | Monday, 15 March 2010 |
Science Opinion Piece: Elephants, Ivory, and TradeTogether with 25 other scientists we have authored an opinion piece on the ivory trade for Science, which you can access on this page. You'll also find a press release from Drs. Sam Wasser, Andy Dobson, ... Read more General News | Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
The unfolding story about Kibo from the wellBelow you will find links and video related to the unfolding story of Kibo, a baby elephant who got stuck in a well and was rescued to be taken to Sheldrick's orphanage in Nairobi. Meeting a ... Read more General News | Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
STOP BLOODY IVORY - SIGN ON AVAAZ PETITION We wrote to AVAAZ months ago to encourage them to run a campaign against the ivory trade. Many others have obviously done the same, and we were yesterday thrilled to see their online campaign. AVAAZ has ... Read more Ivory trade | Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
STE Research Camp in Samburu, Kenya, hit by floods On Wednesday 3rd we had a productive meeting with Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder and director of Save the Elephants, and others in preparation for CITES. During transfer in Amsterdam on Thursday 4th, we received the ... Read more General News | Thursday, 4 March 2010 |
Close to CITES - new links about the ivory trade & poaching Ivory poaching is heavily impacting many elephant populations, killing off older individuals with larger tusks and fragmenting families and leaving youngsters orphaned. We must act before it is too late. The increasing demand for ivory i... Read more CITES | Tuesday, 2 March 2010 |
Lucy in Edmonton needs a warmer future Many of you may have read about the lawsuit PETA and Zoocheck Canada recently have filed against the Valley Zoo in Edmonton, Canada. Living alone in such a cold climate, Lucy has spent much of h... Read more Welfare | Thursday, 4 February 2010 |
The "Stop the ivory trade" message In this day and age the best way to do this is through the web, posting on Facebook and YouTube, sharing and cross-posting.The ivory trade is unsustainable. Elephants are in jeopardy because people covet their tusks. ... Read more General News | Friday, 29 January 2010 |
Big Mammal - small mammal; Ivory trade music video To show the wonders of elephants and the brutality and devastation caused by the ivory trade we have made the little music video linked from YouTube below, composed with ElephantVoices' images and footage. Please cross-post, embed ... Read more Appeals | Friday, 29 January 2010 |
Kenya wins further backing for ban on trade in ivory Kenya is among countries working hard to convince the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to reject proposals from Tanzania and Zambia that would downlist their elephant populations and allow them ... Read more General News | Thursday, 28 January 2010 |
Ringling's treatment of baby elephants On the final days of December, in the case against Ringling Brothers Circus for their abuse of elephants, Judge Sullivan ruled against animal welfare advocates on technical grounds. He did not address the merits of the case, ... Read more Welfare | Wednesday, 6 January 2010 |
What YOU can do; A lot! People often ask us what THEY can do for elephants. There is actually a lot you CAN do - whether its helping to stop the killing of elephants for ivory, strengthening conservation efforts, b... Read more General News | Tuesday, 5 January 2010 |
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