The UK Government has published its Bill on the ivory trade today, only seven weeks after announcing the results of its consultation on the issue. The Bill will now start its progress through Parliament and we will be encouraging MPs to give it their full support so it can become law as soon as possible
Daphne was, first and foremost, a rare and remarkable human being. Pioneering efforts to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned elephant calves, she was perhaps the greatest matriarch of them all and succeeded in reintroducing many of these babies back into the wild
The major Japanese retailer Ito-Yokado has stopped selling ivory products in its own stores and is asking tenants in its shopping malls to follow suit – throwing into sharp contrast the Government of Japan’s failure to act on the issue
We strongly welcome today’s announcement by the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for the Environment, of a comprehensive ban on the ivory trade in the UK. The huge response to the Government’s consultation on its proposals demonstrated how important it is to the British public
The US Government has acted against the Chinese-run criminal empire responsible for tiger and other wildlife trade at the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos by putting Zhao Wei, the director of the Kings Romans Casino and affiliated companies, and members of his network on a Treasury blacklist
We and 30 other organisations have today sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister of Vietnam, congratulating enforcement agencies on the landmark arrest of suspected tiger trade kingpin Nguyen Mau Chien. The trial of Mau Chien is due to begin next week