News Releases

BRUSSELS, Belgium | March 19, 2019

WCS EU Congratulates Belgium for Moving Closer to Closing its Domestic Ivory Market (English and French)

WCS EU applauds the competent Chamber Committee for supporting the Law proposal 54K3202001, which once adopted will ban domestic sales, export and import of elephant ivory within, from, and to Belgium.

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WASHINGTON, DC | March 12, 2019

Sweeping Conservation Bill Signed into Law Today

The John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act was signed into law today.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium | February 22, 2019

WCS EU Congratulates the Belgian Senate for Passing a Resolution calling for a Strong EU Domestic Ivory Trade Ban

WCS EU applauds the Belgian Senate for passing Resolution 6-469/1, which calls on the European Commission to urgently implement a general trade ban in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns throughout the European Union (EU).

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LONDON, United Kingdom | December 21, 2018

WCS Statement on the UK Ivory Ban – the Ivory Act of 2018

WCS releases statement congratulating the Government of the United Kingdom for passing the 2018 Ivory Act.

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BEIJING, China | December 20, 2018

WCS, China Tech Giant Tencent, and other NGOs Team up to Fight Wildlife Crime

WCS participated in the “Tencent for the Planet” Partnership Conference on December 19^th, joining the Chinese tech giant and a cadre of conservation groups in a global effort to fight wildlife crime.

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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo | November 30, 2018

Professionalized Anti-Poaching Operations Led to Arrest and Conviction of Four Elephant Poachers in Republic of Congo

Four poachers responsible for killing elephants in the periphery of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the local district court on Thursday the 22^nd of November.

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Washington, DC | May 18, 2018

Conservation groups applaud House introduction of WILD Act

WASHINGTON (May 18, 2018) – Congressmen Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act, a bipartisan bill which contains several measures that are imperative to conserving wildlife and wild places.

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STONE TOWN, Zanzibar, Tanzania | April 05, 2018

Rare Pair of Elephant Twins Thrill Conservationists in Tanzania

STONE TOWN, Zanzibar, Tanzania (April 5, 2018)—Conservationists working in Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park have not one but two good reasons to be hopeful for the park’s savanna elephant population: a pair of rare twin calves who have recently joined their mother’s herd.

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New York, NY | April 02, 2018

The United Kingdom Announces One of the Strongest National Elephant Ivory Bans To-Date

NEW YORK (3 April 2018) – Today, elephant conservation received a tremendous boost when the United Kingdom announced an end to all exports, imports and domestic sales of elephant ivory with very few narrow exemptions.

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New York, New York | February 05, 2018

WCS Tribute to Esmond Bradley Martin

The following tribute was issued today by Dr. John Robinson, Executive Vice President of Conservation and Science for the Wildlife Conservation Society.

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