Our mission is to end the capture and exploitation of Elephants by humans. We advocate for the release of captive-held Elephants into natural systems.
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Professor Kristen Stilt and Dr Macarena Franceschini, Harvard legal scholars have joined the battle to free Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane from the JHB Zoo. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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“The case of Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane — the three African elephants being kept at the Johannesburg Zoo under reportedly distressing conditions — is a deeply tragic one.
In 2019, Ramadiba and Mopane were transferred from captivity in the Eastern Cape to the Johannesburg Zoo, where reports now indicate that they are displaying signs of distress, frustration and listlessness associated with prolonged confinement and unnatural living conditions.
The environment does not speak for itself, and if we as human beings fail to act as its custodians, we risk accelerating the destruction of species, ecosystems, rivers, forests and oceans that future generations will depend on. As renowned activist Jay Naidoo has noted, elephants carry deep cultural and spiritual significance across many traditions, including among South Africa’s diverse peoples.
This is why ActionSA would support any lawful and appropriate legislative or legal intervention — including the matter currently before the courts concerning the Johannesburg Zoo — that advances the dignity, humane treatment and long-term preservation of South Africa’s invaluable wildlife heritage.
ActionSA remains concerned that sections of government are increasingly failing in their duty to protect South Africa’s rich environmental and wildlife heritage, too often allowing commercial interests and institutional convenience to take precedence over ethical conservation and animal welfare.
ActionSA is actively engaging with environmental stakeholders, conservationists and concerned South Africans as we work to table an updated version of our already first-in-class environmental policy. South Africans deserve a clear understanding of which political parties are genuinely committed to protecting our wildlife, oceans, mountains and forests — and which continue to neglect the constitutional responsibility to preserve them for future generations.”
— Alan Beesley MP, ActionSA Member of Parliament
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What a fantastic update on Duma the elephant! In September this year, #CarteBlanche followed Duma (then called Charley) as he was moved from the Joburg Zoo to his new (and final) home at Shambala Private Game Reserve. You can watch that story again now on our website. dstv.com/m-net/en-za/video/d…
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.
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On the 2nd May 2025 PREN sent an urgent letter to @LAZoo
proelephantnetwork.org/2025/… SILENCE !!! @NonhumanRights @MayorOfLA
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Professor Kristen Stilt and Dr Montez Franceschini, Harvard legal scholars have joined the battle to free Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane from the Johannesburg Zoo. “The City of Johannesburg continues to defend the elephant’s captivity in court a move seen as many as both fiscally irresponsible and ethically indefensible”dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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A life behind bars: The silent suffering of South Africa’s zoo animals iol.co.za/lifestyle/2025-06-… #TowardsFreedomJohannesburgZoo @AnimalLawReform @enviro_lawyers @IOL @SABCNews @ProEleNetwork
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IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!! @IOL Judge granted permission for @Harvard to join our legal case yesterday.
Harvard Law School academics seek to join court case for release of elephants from Johannesburg Zoo iol.co.za/news/crime-and-cou…
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Finally free: Tswale finds his wild home after 20 years in captivity citizen.co.za/lowvelder/news… We are so thankful to everyone involved @Mtpatourism @WeWildAfrica #TowardsFreedom
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One year in the wild: Pretoria Zoo elephant celebrates his new Limpopo life citizen.co.za/rekord/news-he…
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A life behind bars: The silent suffering of South Africa’s zoo animals iol.co.za/lifestyle/2025-06-… @emsfoundationsa @AnimalLawReform @enviro_lawyers #TowardsFreedomProgrammeJohannesburgZoo @IOL @SABCNews
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THIS IS MAMMOTH PROGRESS!! @Asw2belle we are doing something for the festival elephants. Please share the good news as well. We try to stay focused on results. @CWitvrouwen @Camillembj @ElephantsFuture @Action4ElliesUK @Protect_Wldlife @SonjaWong20 @ZacGoldsmith @HenrySmithUK
🌟 Hope for Guruvayur Elephants! 🌟
Two years after filing a PIL to end suffering at Punnathur Kotta, the AWBI & CZA validated our evidence. Seven transformative changes are now recommended to improve life for these majestic beings!🐘✨
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A CRISIS IN MADIKWE? Or an excuse to hunt? EMS Foundation conducted its own onsite research but North West Province Department of Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism refuses to answer our PAIAS dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
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#TowardsFreedom #Duma Thank you @emsfoundationsa and @ZuluCampRSA for never giving up. Thank you to all the collaborators and news makers. @fourpawsint @WeWildAfrica @carteblanchetv @GoodThingsGuy 2025 🐘🐘🐘
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.
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WAPFSA strongly believes that Botswana is one of the last places on earth where wildlife, especially elephants, exist in large numbers, and therefore we believe that Botswana
should be preserved as a non-trophy hunting area. wapfsa.org/wapfsa-welcomes-p…
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URGENT in person round table discussions between @EZEMVELOKZNWild the owners of Mawana, the Leaders from the affected Communities and NGO’s involved to AGREE on sustainable long-term safety of humans and these elephants @GoodThingsGuy @ProEleNetwork
In a groundbreaking show of compassion and collaboration, a team of conservationists and local authorities safely guided a herd of 30 elephants away from community areas in KwaZulu-Natal, proving that humane solutions can save lives on all sides.
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Global conservation organisations rally together AGAINST Zimbabwean and Namibian wildlife culls. wapfsa.org/ngo-response-to-p… #StopWildlifeCulls
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Global wildlife conservation NGO’s rally together against Namibia and Zimbabwe plans to cull elephants and other wild animals. proelephantnetwork.org/2024/… #StopWildlifeCulls
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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.
dstv.com/m-net/en-za/video/d…
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