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Wild for wildlife

[Born Free Foundation @BornFreeFDN]

A recent South African court ruling could weaken the international rhino horn trade ban, raising concerns for rhino conservation. Legal trade risks boosting demand, undermining wildlife protections and enable illegal horn to enter the market.

Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/VfqML8R1nS

[Will Travers @willtravers]

Pangea was a dream of my mother, Virginia McKenna, years ago & is supported by @BornFreeFDN @OATanimaltrust @MoveTheWorld @brigitte_bardot amongst others. I’m so blessed that Mum, now 95, saw the dream become reality. Visit https://t.co/WkKj49pb2p to help. Thanks @DrTOMontgomery

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Wild African elephants sleep for the shortest time of any mammal, according to a study

Researchers found wild African elephants average just two hours of sleep per day, the shortest recorded sleep duration of any mammal studied

[Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand @WFFThailand]

Excellent news - Thor has been released back into the wild! 🌿

Thor is a young macaque who lived at a temple. After he was electrocuted by power lines.

Thankfully, we were able to be there for Thor in his time of need and successfully return him to the wild.
#macaque #rescue

[Oceana @oceana]

It takes all of us to protect our blue planet. 🌍 🌊

Oceana’s mission is to win policy victories that restore the world’s oceans. Together, we can preserve the oceans for future generations. Join us in making a difference today: https://t.co/sj9eqC1XQd

[Oman Birding 🇴🇲 @OmanBirding]

Recent observation of White-faced & Black-bellied Storm Petrels in Omani waters makes me wonder if it’s worth getting a bigger boat to go further out…..? What else is out there….?
Photo copyright Shashika Bandara
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Omanbirding #birds

[National Wildlife Federation @NWF]

Why Is Nature Good for Us? 👀

Many of us know that nature is good for us. Scientists are trying to understand why. 🔬

Want to learn more? Read the National Wildlife Magazine Summer 2026 Issue 📲: https://t.co/hVA2GMGrtG

[Wildlife Justice Commission @WJCommission]

For this week's Wildlife Win of the Week we're highlighting China, which has expanded its legal protection to cover 98.4% of the country's bird species. The strengthened protections have been supported through collaboration between forestry, public security, market regulation and judicial authorities. 394 bird species are now under state-level protection, and 1,028 species have been classified as containing ecological, social or scientific value.

🐦 These measures are intended to strengthen the response to wildlife trafficking and illegal hunting, which continue to threaten the survival of many bird species.

Strengthening legal protections is an important step, but lasting impact depends on effective implementation and proactive law enforcement. By working together to detect, investigate and prosecute wildlife crime, authorities can ensure these protections translate into real outcomes for species. At the Wildlife Justice Commission, we support this effort by working alongside law enforcement agencies across borders to disrupt criminal networks, identify those responsible, and help ensure wildlife crime does not go unpunished.

[Save The Asian Elephants @stae_elephants]

STAE in The Times leading the enormous Low-Welfare Act Coalition demanding government implements the Act against a growing picture of animal abuse and deadly danger to tourists.
https://t.co/jlUIdIas9N

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

SWT foster family – did you catch our monthly update which dropped yesterday?

What a month it was! Two new grandcalves, romance at Umani and new rescues settling in. And of course, at Kaluku, one little hippo runs the show. If you haven’t yet witnessed Bumpy’s budding friendship with adorable Wangalla – pictured here – it’s unmissable.

If you’re a foster parent, find the latest update in your inbox or your account: https://t.co/srS7RX7Iwb. Happy reading – and thank you for being part of our herd! Your support helps us to give the 100+ orphans in our care the family and the wild future they deserve.

Our global family of foster parents makes our work possible. Want to join our herd? Meet the orphans and find your perfect match: https://t.co/CooVpdJj7e

[Richard Bernabe @bernabephoto]

Sharing this again. 100% my own creation, despite what some random clown might suggest. And, in all honestly, a rather ordinary image. Enjoy!

[John E. Scanlon AO @JohnEScanlon]

Delighted to join a podcast by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) titled ‘A new protocol to the UNTOC: from the legal to the operational’. In the podcast we explore how a new UNTOC protocol could help states in their fight against wildlife trafficking

https://t.co/nahyJHqw8V

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Peatlands are the unsung heroes against climate change.

Yet, they are fragile. Globally, peatlands are being drained for farmland and cities.

This week, the Global Peatlands Initiative is meeting in Peru. Over 60 organisations are coming together to protect these ecosystems: https://t.co/z6NuVJf9iU

[Kenya Wildlife Service @KWSKenya]

#TriviaTuesday
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance, while a group of lions is called a pride.

Tell us, what do you call a group of giraffes? 🤔Share with us in the comment section below! 👇

📍Meru National Park
📷 Burr
#ExploreExperienceConserve

[Save the Elephants @ste_kenya]

When they're not protecting elephants, our herd is running for them.

Congratulations to the STE team, and our friends, who ran the @LewaConservancy Safari Marathon this past weekend, and to the amazing cheering squad who kept the team going every step of the way.

📸 Josh Clay

[Richard Bernabe @bernabephoto]

This morning’s lions #Kalahari #Botswana

[Save The Asian Elephants @stae_elephants]

Please support STAE’s work as we fight daily to save Asian elephants from extinction.
Your help is much appreciated.
https://t.co/XVFdx99nZb

[Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @BonnConvention]

Migratory species do far more than move across borders: they help keep ecosystems working. 🌱

Elephants disperse seeds and shape landscapes. Whales move nutrients through the ocean and help store carbon. Bats pollinate plants and control insects. Vultures clean up carcasses. Marine turtles, sharks, waterbirds and many others support healthy habitats, food webs and livelihoods.

By safeguarding #MigratorySpecies, we protect the benefits that people and nature rely on every day. And because their journeys cross borders, countries must work together to make sure wildlife conservation gains made in one country are not lost in the next.

🐘🐋🦇��🦈🦅

Find out more at https://t.co/3EcpBda9wr

[John E. Scanlon AO @JohnEScanlon]

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Specialist Group on Crimes that Affect the Environment, which I have the honour of Chairing, has prepared a Position Paper setting out its mandate, position on key issues, and priorities for the 2026-2029 quadrennium. See https://t.co/umrTCExMge

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Join us in wishing a special rhino a #HappyBirthday, as northern white rhino Fatu turns 26! Fatu & her mother Najin are the last two of their kind, with their subspecies classed as functionally extinct. But there are ground-breaking efforts to save them. (1/2)