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Rachel Fobar

Magic is one of 18 chimpanzees stranded at Wildlife Waystation, a sanctuary in California that closed ...

What do we owe former lab chimps?

17 June 2022. By Rachel Fobar

South Africa plans to end controversial captive lion industry

19 April 2022. By Rachel Fobar

Exclusive: Inside a controversial South African lion farm

19 April 2022. By Rachel Fobar

‘Nothing to do, nowhere to go’: What happens when elephants live alone

1 February 2022. By Rachel Fobar

As times and tastes change, Vietnam’s bear bile industry is fading away

19 November 2021. By Rachel Fobar

Environment and Conservation

You can now hear rainforest sounds worldwide—here's why that matters

25 June 2021. By Rachel Fobar

Monkeys still forced to pick coconuts in Thailand despite controversy

22 February 2021. By Rachel Fobar

Environment and Conservation

Largest confiscation of smuggled monkeys sheds light on African trafficking network

22 December 2020. By Rachel Fobar

Wildlife crimes and human rights abuses plague Taiwanese fishing vessels, crews say

26 November 2020. By Rachel Fobar

Elephants are falling into trenches on Indian tea plantations

25 January 2020. By Rachel Fobar

Environment and Conservation

Wildlife wins: 7 good-news stories from 2019

21 December 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Environment and Conservation

Frankincense trees—of biblical lore—are being tapped out for essential oils

14 December 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Elephants, glass frogs and mako sharks... vital updates from the world's most important wildlife conservation event

1 September 2019. By Dina Fine Maron, Rachel Fobar

Mako sharks get new protections

27 August 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Countries reject proposal to open up rhino horn trade

25 August 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Environment and Conservation

Sea turtles, walrus ivory, and other souvenirs not to buy on holiday

2 August 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Masai giraffes declared endangered

15 July 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Most widespread wildlife crime raid ever sweeps across more than 100 countries

10 July 2019. By Rachel Fobar

Should polar bear hunting be legal? It’s complicated.

28 May 2019. By Rachel Fobar

More than 100 neglected lions discovered in South Africa breeding facility

8 May 2019. By Rachel Fobar