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Bringing our cause to Water for Elephants on Broadway
I traveled to New York to briefly share a Broadway stage (something I never thought I’d be able to say!) with some of the cast members of Water for Elephants, a musical based on the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, for a “talkback” panel discussion that followed the show. Animals are central characters to the Water for Elephants story, which is set in a traveling circus during the Great Depression. The story clearly resonates widely with audiences.
Wild elephants relocated – and contracepted
CAPE TOWN— A wild herd of elephants that roamed in Limpopo’s Atherstone Game Reserve has been translocated by Global Supplies - Conservation Initiatives to a safe haven through the collaborative efforts of the Elephant Reintegration Trust, global animal welfare organisation Humane Society Interna
New documentary short on Africa’s big tusker elephants exposes the cruelty killing them
This week, our team in Africa released a new documentary that highlights the threat to East Africa’s super tusker elephants from renewed trophy hunting in the region. It is estimated that fewer than 10 super tusker elephants remain in the Greater Amboseli ecosystem, with fewer than 50 left across the entire African continent. Their magnificent appearance puts them particularly in danger.
Elephant’s brief escape from circus in Montana underscores the urgency to end animal acts
Earlier this week, an elderly captive elephant named Viola escaped from a circus in Butte, Montana. Viola belongs to Carson & Barnes Circus and was in Butte performing with Jordan World Circus. According to news reports, she wandered through traffic, in front of a casino, and paused on a residential lawn. Videos show handlers with bullhooks—a tool used to hit and inflict pain on captive elephants to intimidate them—chasing and then corralling Viola in the busy downtown, capturing her and bringing her back to the circus. Whatever taste of freedom Viola experienced was quickly put to an end.
In win for elephants and rhinos, federal court upholds New York's ivory and horn ban
On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York’s landmark ban on the sale of elephant ivory and rhino horn. This is a heartening win for these animals because this ruling affirms the right of states such as New York to create laws that protect wildlife and end their own participation in markets for cruel products.
Reducing human–elephant conflict: innovative solutions ensure peaceful coexistence and safety
BRUSSELS—Habitat loss, competition for natural resources, human-wildlife conflict, the climate crisis, poaching, and trophy hunting all threaten the survival of elephants worldwide.
BREAKING: Elephant is shot eight times during unlawful hunt in Limpopo Province, South Africa
CAPE TOWN—Humane Society International has learned about a male elephant who was killed in a deeply distressing and tragic trophy hunt at a local game reserve on September 3, 2023, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
Illinois stands up for African elephants and rhinos
African elephants and rhinos are under the gun; literally. More than 30,000 elephants and 1,000 rhinos are slaughtered by poachers every year for their tusks and horns, respectively.
Endangered Species Act proposal would be a win for elephants
There’s a golden opportunity to help protect African elephants now that the U.S.
Concerns were raised through intense Party deliberations as trade in endangered African elephant parts and live animals is revised by CITES conference
Humane World for Animals warns that proposal 14 will undermine decades of conservation progress and potentially incentivize lethal elephant population control or “culls”.
Ingenious idea aims to decrease human conflict with endangered elephants
A new way of seeing elephants could help save their lives.
Inside a unique program that prevents cruelty to elephants in South Africa
As human development and activity increasingly encroach on wild habitats, one of the most challenging parts of protecting wild animals from suffering is figuring out solutions for coexistence.
Another beloved elephant in Tanzania has been killed by a trophy hunter
News has come out that another bull elephant was shot and killed in Tanzania, reportedly by an American trophy hunter from Texas. This is the third bull, believed to likely be another “super tusker,” beloved by locals, gunned down near the Tanzanian-Kenyan border, part of the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, within the past six months.