Born Free USA Blog:
8 Days Until CITES
12 tusks recovered from poachers
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Ivory poached in Zimbabwe finds a ready market in Botswana, according to the police.
Gorillas and gibbons love The Great Ape Conservation Act!
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a legislative hearing on the reauthorization of H.R. 4416, the Great Ape Conservation Act, a bill that has already been instrumental in protecting great ape species through funding granted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to NGOs and other groups committed to their survival.
SeaWorld. Lesson learned or ignored?
I am a naysayer. A wet blanket. Chicken Little screaming that the sky is falling. A mean, Grinch-like scrooge of a man out to ruin every family’s good time out.
14 days until CITES
I Thought Ivory Was Taboo
I could have sworn that the consciousness of the world had evolved in the past twenty years so that exploitative items such as fur and ivory were taboo, shunned, and no longer sought after or seen.
Three feet of snow here in Washington, DC has reminded me that fur is still out there, and amazingly, worn with pride (or is it a smirk?). Surely there is a moment when it is donned where the unglamorous ignorant sees her reflection and thinks “I can’t wear this!” Apparently not.
Koko Is Free
Tuesday, Feb. 13th, 2007: As I sat in my office going through my usual morning routine of sipping coffee and skimming my favorite online news outlets, I came upon the San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGATE.com. They have a section called “Day in Pictures” which hosts a few random photos of people, animals, and places around the globe.
Little did I know the picture I would come across would forever change the life of one courageous animal — and my own.
Misfit Management
Some of you may remember The Misfits, a 1961 movie starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. Gable portrayed an aging cowboy who caught wild mustangs that he sold for slaughter. As a child I found it very upsetting to watch those wild horses fight nearly to exhaustion for their freedom.
20 days until CITES
Will the future of imperiled species be decided by politics and greed?
On March 13, 2010, delegates from as many as 175 countries, hundreds of observers from nongovernmental organizations such as Born Free USA, members of the press, and others will gather in Doha, Qatar for the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The fight is on!
Help African Grey Parrots Fly Free Again
Recently authorities in Cameroon Africa intercepted more than 1,000 endangered African Grey parrots captured in the wild and destined for the international pet trade.
