A cause for celebration among Humane Society International’s marine experts as parties voted to give greater protection to thresher sharks, silky sharks and devil rays by listing...
A resolution has been adopted recommending the closure of domestic elephant ivory markets by parties at the 17th Conference of Parties at the Convention on International...
Today’s news that Botswana’s Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Tsekedi Khama appealed for countries to support CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Proposal 4...
A new report from he University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and World Animal Protection has revealed that the fate of over 64,000 live wild...
Twenty-eight leading wildlife organisations have sent a desperate appeal to the King of Swaziland, His Majesty Mswati III, imploring him to withdraw his country’s proposal to legalise the...
A recent study published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Marine Science reports marine fisheries catches have been drastically under-reported in the Turks and Caicos Islands in...
Five threatened species of sharks have gained new protection with the introduction of historic regulations on Sunday, as part of an effort to end unsustainable fishing...
Up to two thirds of cheetah cubs are being smuggled through Africa to be sold as luxury pets in the Middle East, putting the species at...
Over 20,000 elephants were illegally killed in Africa last year, according to a new report that warns the very survival of the species is at risk....
A proposal by Russia and the US to protect polar bears in Canada was rejected at an international conference on endangered species held this week in...
An international conference in Thailand is attempting to implement an overarching ivory ban, in order to cut back on the poaching of rhinos and elephants known...