TOWARDS FREEDOM PROJECT

The Towards Freedom Project a vision of the EMS Foundation is actively seeking methods to end the capture and the exploitation of elephants by humans

[TOWARDS FREEDOM PROJECT @Free_Elephants_]

#WorldAnimalDay #TowardsFreedom

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

#WorldAnimalDay The EMS Foundation is a co-applicant in a matter lodged in the High Court of South Africa in order to secure the release of the elephants from the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa #DefendTheWild #TowardsFreedom @AnimalLawReform

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

I present to you the track of the summer.

[WILDLIFE ANIMAL PROTECTION FORUM SOUTH AFRICA @WAPFSA]

WAPFSA sent a cease and desist letter regarding the proposed removal of 121 baboons from the Cape Peninsula. @CityofCT @CapeNature1 @SANParks What a wild idea, one that should be swept off the table before forthwith. https://t.co/faYYNTVSat

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

“The South African government continues to defend the odious trade in tigers, perpetrating their suffering in captivity” @CITES https://t.co/2zL5ZOOSjo

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

CEASE AND DESIST @CityofCT @CapeNature1 @SANParks a strongly worded letter, please take note that we will not allow the removal of 121 Chacma baboons from the Cape Peninsula. https://t.co/650IiL04gP

[TOWARDS FREEDOM PROJECT @Free_Elephants_]

#TowardsFreedom #Duma 2025 🐘🐘🐘 we will not rest @emsfoundationsa @ProEleNetwork

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

FREEDOM
Freedom creates the opportunity to determine action without constraint. Freedom is also the absence of obstacles to the realisation of desires. The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

Duma, is free to make his own choices about when he wants to eat and where he wants to be in the twenty-eight hectares of protected nature that Shambala has provided for him. He is constantly monitored by elephant experts as he learns, at his own pace what it’s like to be an elephant without the constraints of a zoo, where he creates his own daily routine where he does not have to wait to be fed or let out of a night room.

He has waited for more than four decades to stand in the shade of a tree, to drink from a river and to take a mud bath.

The EMS Foundation worked tirelessly for four years with the Pro Elephant Network to negotiate his freedom. With the expertise of our selected experts we successfully evacuated Duma from the zoo and transported him to his new life.

📸 ©️EMS Foundation 2024. Duma December 2024 Shambala.

[TOWARDS FREEDOM PROJECT @Free_Elephants_]

@carteblanchetv #TowardsFreedom #Duma THANK YOU @carteblanchetv for telling his story of resilience 🐘

[Carte Blanche @carteblanchetv]

FULL STORY: DUMA'S LAST HOME
Charley the elephant (now called Duma) has spent most of his life on show. But a national campaign finally pressured the Pretoria Zoo to release him into the wild. Watch this heartwarming story on the #CarteBlanche website.
https://t.co/wreFqxpDlq

[megan carr @ThatMeganCarr]

Duma the elephant's last home | Carte Blanche | M-Net https://t.co/40LJxtsM7T via @YouTube @clairemawisa Happy Birthday it was great to meet you. Thank you @carteblanchetv #TowardsFreedom @emsfoundationsa @ZuluCampRSA

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

#TowardsFreedom #Duma A true story about the resilience of elephants in captivity and humans should never give up fighting for their freedom ⁦@EpochTimes⁩ 🐘 ⁦@ProEleNetwork⁩ ⁦@Change⁩ https://t.co/vmPG5MIAgg

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

https://t.co/IRmMGaidor ….upon such conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the parties, or as amended by the Court”

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

TOWARDS FREEDOM JOHANNESBURG ZOO ELEPHANTS
“Any interested party may, with the written consent of all the parties to the proceedings, given no later than 20 days after the filing of the notice on the 16th September 2024, be admitted as amicus curiae in the application ….

[megan carr @ThatMeganCarr]

Moving a giant, Charlie’s relocation team. A combined effort, including veterinarians from South Africa and abroad, logistics experts including the formidable Kester Vickery and Dereck Milburn, Mark Gilham and Chad Doyle his personal security detail Frikkie Swart.

[megan carr @ThatMeganCarr]

#TowardsFreedom #Charlie What an honour and privilege to work with Charlie, @emsfoundationsa image @FOURPAWSSA @fourpawsint

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

Charlie is relaxed and calm as he acclimatises to his new surroundings in his temporary holding boma in Limpopo. He is being cared for by EMS Foundation and @ZuluCampRSA and @fourpawsint we are also extremely grateful to @WeWildAfrica
https://t.co/H6dzj3b9zh

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

Check out Anell Eelox's video! #TikTok https://t.co/coHMs8rltk
The EMS Foundation is particularly concerned about the welfare and well-being of Charlie after a video was posted on Tik-Tok of him displaying stereotypical and distressed behaviour

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

So true, we can keep demonising breeds & killing dogs but we will never solve the problem of dangerous dogs, without focusing on the owners

[PRO ELEPHANT NETWORK @ProEleNetwork]

however we do not believe animals especially animals confined to enclosure should be forced to endure these festivities which include thousands of people and DJ lineups that last all day”

[PRO ELEPHANT NETWORK @ProEleNetwork]

“It is truly wonderful to see South Africans relaxing and enjoying themselves in a safe space and the Pretoria Zoo offers such a venue. https://t.co/3CUiw45GEP

[EMS Foundation @emsfoundationsa]

The EMS Foundation and @ZuluCampRSA have submitted by request “An Expression of Interest” for the long-term care of Charlie. https://t.co/b9y4UdghB9