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Saving wildlife and wild places around the globe since 1895.
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Save the ❤️ of the wild. In honor of #GivingTuesday, make your impact go 4X as far to protect wildlife, including jaguars. https://t.co/YqZMAjV1sm
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Good news from #CITESCOP20: Governments have elected to put the okapi on Appendix I, the highest level of international protection. This will prohibit all international commercial trade in okapi or their parts as well as sub-products. ▶️ https://t.co/5ZhZmP00qy
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It's not a question of this being the solution, but without this there will be no chance of a solution to the crisis facing sharks and rays.
Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20. “It’s taken 20-30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” WCS’s Luke Warwick tells @washingtonpost. https://t.co/b5cnlGEWsk
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Opening up a legal trade of saiga horn, as #CITESCOP20 parties did today, sends the exact wrong message at the worst possible time, says Khash Bayarsaikhan of @WCS_Mongolia. https://t.co/MrjygHDubu
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BREAKING: CITES Parties have voted to allow international commercial trade in saiga horn from Kazakhstan under new quotas, a decision strongly opposed by WCS. This move risks increasing demand, fueling illegal trade, and threatening Mongolia’s vulnerable saiga. Dr. Buuveibaatar
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Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20. “It’s taken 20-30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” WCS’s Luke Warwick tells @washingtonpost. https://t.co/b5cnlGEWsk
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The sharks and rays are widely hunted, their parts used in commercial products like makeup and moisturizers and in culinary delicacies.
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Thanks to all who came out for some Thanksgiving memories with WCS’s @bronxzoo yesterday.
Thanks for coming out to make a Parade of memories with us, New York! Keep the family fun going at the Bronx Zoo’s Holiday Lights. We’ll be open all day today! #MacysParade Enjoy 25% off 4+ Holiday Lights tickets with code LITFORLESS, valid through 12/1: https://t.co/wBMgPI1L69
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Save the ❤️ of the wild. Make your #GivingTuesday donation today and your support will help defend wildlife from illegal trade, protect critical forest habitat, and empower communities to safeguard our shared future. Special 3X match: https://t.co/waBjrnLXR6
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“This is one of the greatest days in the history of shark and ray conservation.” Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s Luke Warwick. https://t.co/hHM2mmD86N
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WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20. All CITES shark and ray proposals pass - marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history. WCS’s Luke Warwick: “This is a landmark victory,
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At #CITESCOP20, we are calling for Parties to reject Proposal 3, which would lift the zero-export quota and allow international commercial trade in saiga horns. The saiga has just recovered from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened—but this progress is fragile, says Khash
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This matters. It's absurd how much destruction of #nature we choose to ignore just because we don't see it. This is a much needed win for sharks and rays.
Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES. “A watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick. Read more: https://t.co/61oaaTfYX0
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Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES. “A watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick. Read more: https://t.co/61oaaTfYX0
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NEWS: Latest assessment of Critically Endangered forest elephants sheds new light on their numbers and provides optimism for their future. However, we must not be complacent. Read more: https://t.co/Y1cvRpwv9L
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