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Europe’s first ever elephant sanctuary provides a safe haven to former circus elephants

World Animal Protection has joined forces with Elephant Haven to help fund Europe’s very first elephant sanctuary in France for former circus elephants. The collaboration between the two charities came after successful lobbying by World Animal Protection to the Danish Parliament, which recently announced its commitment to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. The charity mobilized over 50,000 Danish supporters calling for the government to take action to end the cruelty inflicted on elephants used for entertainment in circuses. The...

Over 600 migrants are stranded in Med after Italy refused permission to dock ship

Italy’s new populist Government has taken a tough stance on illegal immigration and has refused to allow a ship to dock in Italian waters, that currently holds over 600 migrants. It is thought on board there are 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women. The minors are aged between 13 and 17 and come from Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria and Sudan, according to a journalist on the ship, Anelise Borges. "Most of them are sleeping outside. They are obviously exhausted, they...

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