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We work tirelessly to ensure all wild animals are treated with compassion and respect. #KeepWildlifeInTheWild. President & Co-Founder @willtravers
Horsham, West Sussex
Joined February 2009
At #CITESCoP20, several species of reptiles, birds and mammals have benefitted from trade bans or regulations to protect them from the hugely damaging international exotic pet trade. These measures will help, but we must do more to curb this trade! @cites @willtravers
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Great apes, our closest cousins, are still threatened by the trade in their body parts and their young, in spite of a global trade ban. At #CITESCoP20 governments agreed to set up a task force to tackle the issue. #BornFree @CITES
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There's a spirit of revival stirring in America. Dinesh D'Souza's new film, The Dragon's Prophecy, is part of that movement. Based on Jonathan Cahn's No.1 bestseller, the film reveals how war, politics and the Bible converge in a way that we need to make a choice. Watch on GJW+.
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Born Free congratulates Ethiopia on achieving a ban on international trade at #CITESCoP20 in its two unique mountain adder species, which are under threat from the pet trade. @cites #bornfree
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Whale sharks, the world’s biggest fish, are now protected by an international ban on commercial trade in their body parts, after confirmation by governments at #CITESCoP20 in Uzbekistan today.
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#CITESCoP20 today agreed that international trade in gulper, tope and smooth hound sharks will be subject to regulation to ensure it is legal and sustainable under @cites rules.
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Governments today confirmed a global ban on international commercial trade in oceanic white tipped sharks, manta and devil rays, which is great news for these species that are being decimated by commercial fishing @CITES #CITESCoP20 #sharks
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Peregrine falcons, iconic birds that are found almost worldwide but were almost extinct just a few decades ago, were retained in #cites appendix I at #CITESCoP20 today, maintaining important international protections to enable them to recover further
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The international community today rejected Namibia’s efforts to open up international trade in its elephant ivory stockpiles. The international ban on ivory trade remains intact #elephants #ivory @CITES
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Great news - #CITESCoP20 today confirmed an international trade ban on golden bellied mangabeys, old world monkeys endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is great news for this beautiful and beleaguered primate.
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At #CITESCoP20 Governments confirmed their rejection of Namibia’s proposals that would have allowed it to export rhino horn, which would have put all rhinos at risk from increased poaching. Thankfully the international trade ban is maintained!
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Today at #CITESCoP20 governments confirmed that all giraffes will remain on Appendix II, in spite of calls from some southern African countries to remove protections for some populations. This is good news for African’s tallest species threatened by trade in its body parts.
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Born Free attends climate national emergency briefing
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The event at Westminster was attended by hundreds of MPs and Peers, as well as experts and charities.
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Born Free’s Sri Lanka consultant Manori Gunawardena explains the devastating illegal trade in endemic Sri Lankan reptiles to an audience at #CITESCoP20 @willtravers @CITES
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Some good news from #CITESCoP20 where governments agreed to ban international commercial trade in oceanic white tip sharks, whale sharks, manta and devil rays, giving these beleaguered species a chance to recover from decades of over exploitation @CITES #bornfree @willtravers
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A real buzz at #CITESCoP20 and, if you can hear me above the chat, here's some very worrying news. What do you think? @NickyAACampbell @ChrisGPackham @domdyer70 @BellaLack Share please! W
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Today @citescop20 sadly rejected efforts to regulate international trade in Asian and American eel species, which puts the critically endangered European eel at even greater risk of extinction. CITES needs to do more to curb this devastating multi billion Euro trade @willtravers
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CITES withdraws recommendation to suspend trade of endangered species to India
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The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) withdrew its earlier recommendation to suspend the trade of endangered species to India,...
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Today at #CITESCoP20 governments did not adopt measures proposed by the UK government that could have undermined so-called ‘look-alikes’ - ie species in which trade is regulated or banned because they closely resemble threatened species. @BornFreeFDN is relieved at the decision.
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BORN FREE CAMPAIGNS FOR END TO FAROES GRIND AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
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We joined Sea Shepherd and the Stop the Grind campaign to call for an end to whale and dolphin hunts in the Faroe Islands.
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Today’s bad news from #CITESCoP20 - the meeting rejected a proposed Resolution from Senegal that would have required countries to consider the risk of diseases from trade in species protected under CITES before issuing permits for trade. More work needed! #BornFree #CoP20
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