{"id":1129,"date":"2019-10-20T10:38:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T10:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/?page_id=1129"},"modified":"2019-10-20T10:39:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T10:39:15","slug":"12-help-end-the-live-trade-of-wild-caught-african-elephants-for-zoos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/ar\/12-help-end-the-live-trade-of-wild-caught-african-elephants-for-zoos\/","title":{"rendered":"12. HELP END THE LIVE TRADE OF WILD-CAUGHT AFRICAN ELEPHANTS FOR ZOOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol start=\"12\">\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/12-help-end-the-live-trade-of-wild-caught-african-elephants-for-zoos\/\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><u> HELP END THE LIVE TRADE OF WILD-CAUGHT AFRICAN ELEPHANTS FOR ZOOS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1149\" src=\"http:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/94f8b65a-c489-11e9-ad8c-27551fb90b05_image_hires_113853-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/94f8b65a-c489-11e9-ad8c-27551fb90b05_image_hires_113853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/94f8b65a-c489-11e9-ad8c-27551fb90b05_image_hires_113853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/94f8b65a-c489-11e9-ad8c-27551fb90b05_image_hires_113853-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reemalsultan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/94f8b65a-c489-11e9-ad8c-27551fb90b05_image_hires_113853.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>O<\/strong>ne of the leading buyers of African elephants could face difficulty in acquiring the mammals if a widening of a ban on their sale to zoos is ratified by the global regulator of wildlife trade.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The sale of elephants from West, Central, and East Africa is already banned \u2013 but there is a lower level of protection for them in southern African countries such as South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, which are the top three exporters of wild elephants to overseas zoos, according to Cites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">It will no longer be legal for wild baby elephants to be snatched from their families and exported to zoos around the world after Defra ministers persuaded the EU to vote for a ban.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cBy adopting this ban today countries all around the world have shown that animal welfare legitimately justifies severely restricting trade and it can take precedence over economic interests,\u201d \u201cWe trust that this will be taken into consideration in future decisions.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>*******<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELP END THE LIVE TRADE OF WILD-CAUGHT AFRICAN ELEPHANTS FOR ZOOS One of the leading buyers of African elephants could face difficulty in acquiring the mammals if a widening of a ban on their sale to zoos is ratified by the global regulator of wildlife trade. 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