Victory! Zimbabwe Stops Selling Baby Elephants for Captivity

Update: Thanks to global outrage over Zimbabwe’s practice of capturing wild baby elephants and selling them internationally for use in circuses and elephant-ride tourist traps, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned the country’s live-elephant trade. The ban also applies to other endangered wild animals—including rhinoceroses, lions, and pangolins—and represents a complete reversal of the government’s previous position on the trade in exotic animals. PE