World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Pressemappe

Intelligence from our Investigative Affairs team leads to successful ivory prosecutionOur global goal to protect animals from illegal wildlife trade results in the very first prosecution of an auctioneer in the UK for illegally selling ivory This landmark case saw Chiswick Auctions plead guilty for selling an ivory tusk that was carved as a train of elephants. The auction house was fined £3,205. As part of our partnership with the Metropolitan ...

Protecting dogs and people in Kenya: launch of national plan to eliminate rabiesKenya has become the first country in Africa to launch a national strategy for controlling and eliminating rabies.Late last month, on World Rabies Day, we supported the vaccination of more than 3,000 dogs in Makueni County and helped launch a national strategy to eliminate human rabies from Kenya.The strategy is simple: vaccinate at least 70% of the dog population ...

Sustainable Agriculture Network bans caged civets on their Indonesian farmsWe're celebrating another major victory in our campaign for cage-free coffee.The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) has banned coffee production from caged civets on its Indonesian farms.SAN is responsible for the standards used by both Rainforest Alliance and partners all over the world.Significant improvements have been made to the 'wildlife protection' section of ...

WSPA Brazil holds international event to promote animal welfare best practiceWSPA Brazil holds international event with Ministry of Agriculture and São Paulo State University to promote animal welfare best practice in livestock breeding, transportation and slaughter.The event held in a partnership with MAPA, Embrapa and Unesp will bring together national and international specialists from June 11 to 13 in the city of São Pedro, in São Paulo ...