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Animal welfare

Ecotourism and sustainability: Raising standards
With dolphin and whale watching on the rise, Edward Robertson looks at how the World Cetacean Alliance’s new accreditation scheme can safeguard the practice’s future
Just a Drop hosts wildlife film-making event
The charity will be hosting a special event for documentary buffs and wildlife fans, taking a “behind-the-scenes” look at how wildlife films are made
Selling responsible zoos

Faced with the deadly threat of ruthless poachers, East Africa’s 700 eastern black rhinos are on the brink of extinction. However, the species has a determined ally 6,000 miles away at Chester Zoo.

Since 1999, the zoo has supported a range of projects in Kenya and Tanzania to help save the resident rhinos, including monitoring populations, education work and increased security.

Rhinos Without Borders: 'We made a new rhino'
Rhinos Without Borders have released footage showing a glimpse of a new addition for World Rhino Day
Kwita Izina: Rwanda's annual gorilla-naming ceremony
24 baby mountain gorillas were named this year in front of thousands of people from across the globe to help raise awareness and assist conservation of gorillas in the Virunga Massif