Elephants are being slaughtered so their tusks can be turned
into trinkets. And now, some governments want to make it legal.
Japan and South Africa are pushing to overturn the global ivory
trading ban and reopen the market for elephant tusks.
20,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year
for their tusks. A legal ivory trade could wipe out endangered
populations.
In just a few months world leaders will gather at the Endangered
Species Convention and the ivory ban is on the agenda. To make sure
it’s kept in place let's build a massive wave of public pressure
and show them that millions want to protect elephants.
Sign the petition: protect elephants – keep the global
ivory trading ban.
Forest elephants are gentle, intelligent beings who form
lifelong family bonds, and even mourn their dead. But their
populations in Africa have already declined by 90% because of
illegal poaching that turns their beautiful tusks into art and
jewellery.
Instead of enabling legal ivory trading, conservation efforts
should be going towards protecting endangered elephant populations,
tackling habitat loss and planning for human and elephant
co-existence. These solutions would also provide jobs for locals
and create sustainable tourism opportunities.
Add your name and demand the global ivory trade ban
stays in place.
We’ve stopped this type of cruelty before—let’s do it again and
protect the world’s last elephants before it’s too late.
