50 Organisations Oppose the Proposed Capture and Export of animals from Zimbabwe

In a collaborative, global effort on behalf of ElephantVoices and 50 other organisations (including GCF) from around the world, an open letter was sent to Zimbabwe outlining why the proposed capture for export of wild animal to North Korea should not proceed. Please read the letter and voice your opposition.

Last week, the international media published a number of reports about the proposed capture and imminent shipment from Zimbabwe to North Korea of wild species of animals captured in Hwange National Park. In a press conference in Harare on Wednesday 19 May, Director General of Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Vitalis Chadenga, reiterated that the impending export of elephants and five other species (giraffes, zebras, warthog, spotted hyenas and rock hyrax) is a “business arrangement” following an application by North Korea for these animals and that Zimbabwe has similar applications from Mozambique, Japan and three other countries.  Read about why GCF signed the open letter and how you can help register your opposition to such "arrangements". 

More information and the letter at http://www.giraffeconservation.org/media.php