Elephant Hunting Is Not Tourism!
Elephant hunting is a “blood sport” – even if Botswana’s recently elected President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave it his blessing—by okaying the auctioning off of permits that will allow 70 elephants […]
Category Archives: Elephants
Overtourism: It’s Not Sustainable Part I
The world’s modern and ancient cities, tropical islands, coveted beaches, mountain retreats, national parks and famed museums – are all tourism magnets. But fair warning to travelers and sustainability advocates […]
Elephants: Do they have souls?
Don’t miss the opportunity to read Caitrin Nicol’s Do Elephants Have Souls? in The New Atlantis. It’s a lengthy but beautiful read about elephant life and behavior. Nicol says, “One […]
Ban All Ivory Sales Worldwide: End It Now!
BAN ALL IVORY SALES WORLDWIDE! A complete worldwide ban on ALL ivory sales –including so-called “legal” ivory –is what former Secretary of State James A. Baker III calls for in […]
Coming up: Week of March 14
Here’s what we are following this week for Green News Update. Come back and get the whole story. The Environmental Film Festival continues in Washington DC through March 26 Buy, eat, […]
World Elephant Day: Take the Pledge!
Where Elephants Stand Today We are reproducing World Elephant Day’s message here to ask you to take the pledge to protect elephants and stop poaching! See below for the easy […]
Crush Ivory! Watch live June 19 10:30 am
Stand with the elephants today! — June 19, 10:30 am eastern time web streaming –against poaching, trafficking and the production of trinkets sold in China, Japan and elsewhere! Join the […]
“Last Days” PSA: Stop elephant poaching
Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (remember Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty ?) is tackling a different kind of war – the annihilation of African elephants by organized bands of poachers […]
Elephant Genocide 100,000 Dead in 2 years!
Associated Press reports: “A new study released Monday Aug. 18, 2014, by lead author George Wittemyer of Colorado State University, found that the proportion of illegally killed elephants has climbed […]
Today Is World Elephant Day Take the Pledge
Celebrate the life of earth’s largest land mammal –and pledge your support – to stop the poaching of elephants for their tusks and loss of their habitat. Take the pledge: […]
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