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We move the world to protect animals.
We put animals on the global agenda.
Together we can end animal suffering. #changelivesforever

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🌍 "It's the little things people do that protect our environment. Our little thing is choosing a future where people, animals, and nature can thrive together."

💬 What's your little thing this #WorldEnvironmentDay?

#EnvironmentDay #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #WildlifeProtection

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Africa is home to some of the world's most extraordinary wildlife.

🐘 Elephants
🦁 Lions
🦜 Parrots
🦍 Great Apes
🐾 Pangolins

💬 Which African species inspires you most?

#WildlifeNotProfit #AfricanWildlife #Conservation

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Factory farming is not climate smart.

It is linked to animal suffering, biodiversity loss, pollution, public health risks, and growing pressure on communities and natural resources.

Africa's food future should support farmers, strengthen communities, and build resilient food systems.

#StopFinancingFactoryFarming #FoodSystems #AnimalWelfare #ClimateJustice

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📖 Read the full article: https://t.co/7QrqoHHC4o

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🦜 Most African grey parrot owners wish someone had warned them.

This #WorldParrotDay, learn 5 facts about one of the world's most intelligent birds and the reality behind the pet trade.

Please share this post and help more people understand why African grey parrots belong in the wild.

#WildlifeNotProfit #AfricanGreyParrot #WorldParrotDay

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Africa’s food future must be shaped by farmers, women, and youth, not the factory farm model.

Communities across Africa are already advancing sustainable, locally rooted food systems.

Public finance should help strengthen these pathways.

What future are we financing?

#AfDBAM2026 #FoodSystems #FoodSecurity

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Public funds should not fuel factory farming in Africa.

Development finance should support sustainable and locally led food systems that strengthen resilience, livelihoods, biodiversity, and long-term food security.

What future are we financing?

#AfDBAM2026 #DevelopmentFinance #FoodSystems

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What does a world without factory farming look like?

It looks like food systems that protect biodiversity, strengthen communities, support farmers, and build resilience.

Sustainable African food systems already exist.

Will public finance support them?

#AfDBAM2026 #Agroecology #FoodSystems

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How long can we survive in a world with factory farming?

Across Africa, industrial livestock expansion is being promoted as development, despite growing concerns around pollution, biodiversity loss, public health, land pressure, and climate resilience.

What future are we financing?

#AfDBAM2026 #FoodSystems #ClimateJustice

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We want to know what your little thing is! Have you recently cut down on meat? Do you volunteer in your local community? Do you plant trees? Have you signed petitions? We want to know! Comment below and let us know how you're making a difference.

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Following the sad news of the death of a tourist and elephant in Karnataka, our India office wrote to the Chief Wildlife Warden of Karnataka urging strict
monitoring of all close human-elephant interactions in captive settings and calling for an end to elephant rides and entertainment.

They also urged authorities to explore opportunities for the rehabilitation and possible release of forest camp elephants back into the wild, wherever feasible.

The Chief Wildlife Warden of Karnataka has now confirmed new restrictions taking place immediately, with tourists no longer able to:

- Go near elephants
- Take selfies or photographs standing close to them
- Touch elephant trunks
- Bathe elephants
- Feed them bananas, jaggery or sugarcane

Whilst this is a step forward in the right direction, elephants are wild animals, and as such they belong in the wild, not in captivity.

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To learn more about how elephants are trained for tourism, visit our blog: https://t.co/7I7pVmbV56

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The deaths of a tourist and an elephant at an Indian elephant camp are a heartbreaking reminder of the hidden dangers of captive elephant tourism.

When Marthanda was attacked by another elephant during a bathing activity, a visitor lost her life too. We're pushing for real change and an end to elephant rides.
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Our team in India has called on authorities to strictly monitor close interactions with elephants and end elephant rides and entertainment.

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Want to learn more about elephants and their natural habitats?
Read our blog to discover why they’re so important to our ecosystems: https://t.co/H4zqYrrld9

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Myth or Fact? Do elephants need bathing? And if not, could bathing them actually do any harm?

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Stronger oversight, traceability, welfare audits, biosecurity, and demand reduction are needed.

Read more: https://t.co/ZgzOPlMt64

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Legal does not automatically mean cruelty-free.

Yesterday at our media briefing on Rising Reptile Trade from Kenya, we highlighted why permitted wildlife trade must still be scrutinised.

Wild animals can still face stress, suffering, poor welfare outcomes, and public health risks.

#WildlifeNotProfit

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Read more: https://t.co/ZgzOPlMt64

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Our position is clear: wild animals are not products.

Whether wildlife trade is legal or illegal, systems that commodify wild animals raise concerns for animal welfare, conservation, public health, and ecosystems.

Stronger regulation, traceability, welfare audits, biosecurity, and demand reduction are needed.

#WildlifeNotProfit

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Read more: https://t.co/ZgzOPlMt64

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The data is clear.

Between 2013 and 2023, Kenya reported over 870,000 live animals in export trade. Reptiles made up 81% of records, and live reptile exports rose from 8,551 to 86,330.

93.6% of exports were commercial. 77% of traded species had unknown or declining wild populations.

This must be a moment for stronger regulation, better traceability, welfare audits, stronger biosecurity, and action to reduce demand for wild animals.

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