Zimbabwe NGO Sues Government Over Alleged Planned Export of Elephants
Voice of America
HARARE, ZIMBABWE - A Zimbabwean environmental group is suing the government over purported plans to export elephants to China, which the group says has subjected the animals to unhealthful conditions.
In an application to Zimbabwe’s High Court, Advocates4Earth is seeking to prevent the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority from carrying out the transfer. Lenin Tinashe Chisaira, head of the environmental group, said, "Basically, we are applying for a declaratory order that the Zimbabwe government and its agencies should respect international conventions, especially the resolutions that African elephants, African wildlife, should not be exported to destinations that are not appropriate for these species that are not natural or historic range.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.