We are in what scientists call the 6th mass extinction with wildlife disappearing at a rate of 1,000 times the natural extinction rate. It’s known to be the greatest loss of biodiversity since the dinosaurs over 66 million years ago, and this time it’s caused by humans. Some of the planet’s most iconic species will soon […]
The Australian Joint Committee on Law Enforcement parliamentary inquiry report, chaired by Craig Kelly MP, recommends a full domestic trade ban. This is an incredibly positive step in Australia fulfilling its obligations as a signatory to CITES to address it’s unregulated domestic trade. We’ve been working with Jason Wood MP over the past 2.5 years […]
Australian filmmakers Augusta Miller and Michael Dahlstrom are backing a call on the Australian Government to ban the sale of ivory and rhino horn in Australia. The pair joined forces with conservation group For the Love of Wildlife to create a social media commercial driving home a message that Australia has blood on its hands […]
Write to the Minister for the Environment, Hon Melissa Price MP TODAY. Here’s a sample email you can copy and paste to the Minister at Melissa.Price.MP@aph.gov.au Dear Minister Every day that the domestic trade in elephant ivory or rhino horn continues, Australia legitimises the desire for these luxury wildlife ‘products’, stimulates demand and drives the […]
A billboard designed to tackle “canned” lion hunting has been rejected by Airports Company South Africa Or Tambo International Airport, the gateway to South Africa. The move came ahead of this week’s colloquium on South Africa’s predator breeding industry. Aimed at deterring the brutal practice of canned hunting where tame, hand-reared lions are shot in […]
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For the Love of Wildlife’s #NoDomesticTrade campaign, with collaborative partners Nature Needs More and Gordon Consulting, NZ has resulted in a Parliamentary Inquiry in Law Enforcement. Working for more than two years in investigating the unregulated domestic trade, coming to a head in hosting Australia’s first and historic #MelbourneCrush where we destroyed ivory and rhino […]
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Melbourne Elephant Ivory and Rhino Horn Crush Epilogue Donalea Patman, Founding Director, For the Love of Wildlife For the Love of Wildlife has taken very seriously its commitment to the #MelbourneCrush and #NoDomesticTrade campaign. While the act of destroying elephant ivory and rhino horn items aims to show that the only value they have is […]
30% of Africa’s savanna elephants KILLED in 7 years. Rhinos left to DIE after having their faces cut off. A perceived value in their tusks and horn for trinkets, carvings and status is driving this poaching crisis. Elephants and rhinos will be gone before we know it unless immediate GLOBAL ACTION is taken. What can […]
