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We are a 501(c)(3) stopping the Big Cat trade raising awareness for rangers and endangered species #StopTrophyHuntingNow #TigerKingLies 🐆#BlackLivesMatter

[TERA International 🐅Support Virunga Rangers 🐅 @tigerrangertera]

#TheConservationGame

The Conservation Game is watershed🎥

#JackHanna #JimKremer #StopTheBigCatTrade #BigCatRescue #BigCatPublicSafetyAct #StopKillingBigCats #Tigers #Lion #elephants #Florida #Ohio #StopTrophyHuntingNow #CaroleBaskin #JoeExotic #TigerKingLies #terainternational

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Why do our ex-orphans bring their wild-born calves home to the Keepers?

We can't know exactly what's in their heads. But after ex-orphan Yatta first made the pilgrimage many years ago, nearly every ex-orphan mother has followed suit, and walked her newborn to the stockades, often within hours of giving birth, and introduce the calf to the people who raised her.

It's likely a mix of trust (the Keepers were her family for years), safety (the stockade compound is calm and predictable), and recognition (these are the people she knows). Whether she's actively imprinting her calf with that knowledge or just following her own instinct to come home, the calf grows up understanding that our Keepers and the dependent orphans are a part of their family too.

Meet our newest wild-born calf, baby Moon: https://t.co/WjZQtajvUC

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Do elephants remember who was kind to them?

Yes – and across decades. Our ex-orphans return to the stockades long after they've gone wild, recognise specific Keepers by name, and bring their wild-born calves home to introduce them. They even come back for help.

Last month, Melia walked her new daughter Moon to our Ithumba Reintegration Unit – sixteen years after we rescued her. She came back so the people who raised her could meet her calf.

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Three decades after black rhinos were evacuated from Zimbabwe’s Matusadona National Park due to safety concerns, their descendants have returned. #conservation
https://t.co/VzYUDmbjev

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The USDA has kept raccoon rabies out of the central United States for over 30 years by air-dropping fish-flavored ravioli from helicopters.

Each one is a small packet coated in fishmeal with an oral rabies vaccine inside. Raccoons, foxes, coyotes, and skunks find them by smell, bite through, and swallow.

Many animals that consume the bait develop immunity, helping build a protective barrier across populations.

The bait is generally considered safe for pets and tested in many non-target species.

The USDA's Wildlife Services has been running this since 1995. Without the bait program, raccoon rabies very likely would have spread much further west.

A federal program you've probably never heard of is protecting your pets and your kids by feeding wild animals ravioli from a helicopter.

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Marking the first rescue anniversary of orphan Penny. Penny was found trying and failing to join a crash of rhinos with no sign of her mother, at 10 months old she was too young to be alone. But one year later she has settled wonderfully and is thriving!
https://t.co/nx7bsBInv9

[TERA International 🐅Support Virunga Rangers 🐅 @tigerrangertera]

Wild animal parts and rhino horn trafficker , Joesph Nyalunga made deadly choices in his life that destroyed sentient beings and world heritage.

He will not be missed.

#StopKillingRhinos #Rhinos #ExoticAnimals #Conservation #HelpingRhinos #JoesphNyalunga #TeraInternational

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Alleged rhino poaching kingpin Joseph Nyalungu has been murdered in a suspected assassination, just days after surviving another attempt on his life.
https://t.co/h5WJTpk9fg

[TERA International 🐅Support Virunga Rangers 🐅 @tigerrangertera]

STOP EXOTIC BIG CAT OWNERSHIP NOW!

[Born Free Foundation @BornFreeFDN]

Born Free calls for urgent action after another tragic incident with a privately kept big cat.

A tiger has been shot and killed in Germany, after attacking a keeper. The animal was reportedly owned by Germany’s self‑styled “Tiger Queen”.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/IXalD8Fcon

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Excellent News Ecuador 🇪🇨.

Now let’s demolish ALL bullrings worldwide!!!

The Plaza de Toros de Quito opened in 1960 and for over six decades hosted the Jesús del Gran Poder Fair — one of the most important bullfighting events in Latin America, drawing crowds of up to 15,000.

In 2011, a public referendum in Quito banned the killing of animals in public shows. Bullfighting without its final act lost its audience. The arena fell into disuse, deteriorating physically and functionally over the years that followed.

City officials now say the structure is "no longer recommended" following recent structural assessments. Plans are underway to demolish it. What replaces it has not yet been confirmed.

The building did not close because of a government decision. It closed because people stopped coming. The vote in 2011 changed what the arena stood for, and the arena emptied on its own.

The broader debate is far from settled across Latin America. Mexico City passed new legislation in early 2025 restricting bullfighting to bloodless events, sparking angry protests from supporters and matadors. Some cities have moved away from the practice. Others have voted to keep it.

A 65-year-old arena is coming down. What took it down was not a wrecking ball. It was a ballot.

Sources:
Vegan FTA: Largest Bullring in the Ecuadorian Capital to Be Demolished
Mexico News Daily: Mexico City rewrites bullfighting rules

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Naptime for Bumpy, with no detail spared: a soft bean bag, a cosy blanket, and a special nanny to watch him as he sleeps! Pips the giraffe loves to look after the little orphans – so naturally she was very excited to meet the small, stout hippo who just entered the fold.

Bumpy is our newest rescue. After his mother died, the little orphan spent at least a day huddled by her body before the Kenya Wildlife Service found him and brought him into our care. Now at our Kaluku Unit, he is really settling in – and sleeping in!

You can become part of Bumpy’s journey – read his full rescue story and support him through an adoption: https://t.co/sR6w4FV3Dl

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Lenny and Sulwe must feel so cool right about now!

Ex-orphan Ziwa, who has been living wild for many years now, popped by to visit our Umani herd. The 14-year-old bull has real gravitas, but Lenny and Sulwe were unfazed. The little babies toddled over to join him in the mud and tried their very best to impress, before beating a hasty exit. We'll let you decide how that went.

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Marking the 4th rescue anniversary of rhino orphan Vikela. Once a vulnerable calf after the loss of his mother to poaching, he’s now living wild & free as a healthy adult bull. Adopt an orphan today & set them on the best path possible, just like Vikela🙌
https://t.co/nx7bsBIVkH

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

When we rescued Ndotto, we couldn’t believe our eyes: He was the tiniest elephant we had ever seen.

In August 2014, herdsmen discovered a newborn calf sheltering amongst their goats and sheep. We’re not sure how Ndotto lost his mother, but the resourceful little orphan inserted himself into the nearest group of similarly sized creatures. Luckily, he found himself in sympathetic company, and the rest is history.

Twelve years on, Ndotto is now leading a wild life in Tsavo East National Park. His transformation was made possible by more than a decade of day-and-night dedication – helping our tiniest orphan grow into the big, independent bull he is today.

Follow us for more wildlife stories @SheldrickTrust.

[Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost @RepMaxwellFrost]

Before it even opened, Sloth World saw 31 sloths die after being kept in unsafe conditions.

I’ve called on the Secretary of Agriculture and USDA to investigate Sloth World, protect any surviving sloths, and prevent more from being brought in.

We cannot allow this to continue.

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Rhinos juist doing rhino things 🦏

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Chamboi has found his own personal mud wallow and would like it known that he won't be leaving any time soon.

More mud monster than black rhino when he emerges, the thick coating will protect his skin from biting insects – one vital skill needed for the wild that this growing orphan has already mastered. It's an education he desperately needs: rescued as a lone newborn, he would have no recollection of life in the wild, or of his mother. We're his only family now: https://t.co/NW8OU4JJQa

[Born Free Foundation @BornFreeFDN]

Is South Africa preparing to backtrack on ending captive lion breeding and canned hunting? 🦁⚠️

Born Free has joined fellow NGOs urging the government to stick to its promised phase‑out. With 8,000 lions in 350 facilities, the world is watching.

👉 https://t.co/vYDjLoFoMK

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

939 snares removed. Hundreds of animals saved from being maimed or killed.

That's the impact your donations are having in Tsavo, funding our teams of rangers who not only patrol tens of thousands of kilometres on the lookout for illegal activities, but also fight fires, rescue orphaned animals and track injured wildlife. You might not be walking the trails with them, but it is your support that keeps our boots on the ground.

Discover more in our latest report: https://t.co/2zILA8hOS1

[Virunga National Park @gorillacd]

Les forêts sont protégées non seulement dans les parcs nationaux, mais aussi dans les paysages qui les entourent.⁠
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Virunga Origins collabore avec de petits producteurs de l’est du Congo pour produire du café et du cacao selon des pratiques durables, qui réduisent la pression sur les forêts, soutiennent la biodiversité et maintiennent des exploitations agricoles productives.⁠
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Cette approche contribue à préserver l’un des écosystèmes les plus importants d’Afrique.⁠
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⁠⁠📸 Brent Stirton / Getty Images

#JournéeInternationaleDesForêts #AgricultureDurable

[Zack Stentz @MuseZack]

Uganda's long running effort to restore its wildlife after civil war-driven poaching devastated it in the 1980s is an under-celebrated African conservation success story.

[Helping Rhinos 🦏 @HelpingRhinos]

Great to see the story of our newest arrival being covered by @GoodThingsGuy Very hapy to say that he is settling well with our partners at @zululandrhino 🙌
https://t.co/skiqfA73xD