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Another blow for Zimbabwe wildlife industry
08 Apr 2015 at 09:05hrs | Views
New York State Senator Tony Avella will today introduce a Bill that would ban the importation, possession, sale or transportation in the city of five species of animals native to Africa.
The Bill, if it sails through will be a huge blow to the country's wildlife industry still smarting from last year's US sanctions with pressure rising against the sale of live elephants to China, France and the United Arab Emirates.
The Bill drafted by the Friends of Animals Wildlife Law Programme director Michael Harris. The legislation would protect the African elephant, lion, leopard, black rhino and white rhino.
Meanwhile, United States based animal rights activist and actor Pamela Anderson has petitioned Environment, Water and Climate minister Saviour Kasukuwere to stop government's plans to export 80 baby elephants to the United Arab Emirates and China.
Anderson said as a mother she was deeply upset by the heartbreaking news about the baby elephants that were recently torn away from their families, many even witnessing their own family's gruesome slaughter.
She pleaded with Kasukuwere to urge government to ban the baby jumbos sale and take them back to their natural habitat.
The Bill, if it sails through will be a huge blow to the country's wildlife industry still smarting from last year's US sanctions with pressure rising against the sale of live elephants to China, France and the United Arab Emirates.
The Bill drafted by the Friends of Animals Wildlife Law Programme director Michael Harris. The legislation would protect the African elephant, lion, leopard, black rhino and white rhino.
Anderson said as a mother she was deeply upset by the heartbreaking news about the baby elephants that were recently torn away from their families, many even witnessing their own family's gruesome slaughter.
She pleaded with Kasukuwere to urge government to ban the baby jumbos sale and take them back to their natural habitat.
Source - newsday
