*[Enwl-eng] Trump’s greenlight for elephant slaughter

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This is sickening -- Trump’s just given the greenlight for bloodthirsty American hunters to murder elephants in Africa and bring their heads This is Donald Trump’s son with the tail of an elephant he killed. Trump just gave the greenlight to let bloodthirsty American hunters murder elephants and bring their heads home as trophies. Let’s build a massive global campaign to shame the US into dropping this disgusting plan -- Avaaz will work with African countries to deliver our call at a major wildlife protection meeting in days. Sign with one click: SIGN HERE Dear friends, This is sickening -- Trump’s just given the greenlight for bloodthirsty American hunters to murder elephants in Africa and bring their heads home as trophies. Trump’s own son shot and mutilated an elephant -- and now he’s changed the law so anyone can join the slaughter and bring home elephant body parts as souvenirs, even as ivory poaching threatens to wipe them out. Let’s a build a massive global outcry to shame the US into dropping this disgusting plan, and when its huge, Avaaz will work with key African countries to deliver it at a major wildlife protection meeting days away. Sign with one click: Save the elephants, drop this disgusting plan! To President Trump, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and conservation authorities around the world: Elephants are facing extinction and this is no time to strip them of protection. Trophy hunting drives the slaughter of elephants, increases demand for their body parts, and projects a double standard that makes it harder to tackle ivory poaching. We call on you to do all you can to reverse the US decision to allow the import of elephant trophies, before it is too late. Save the elephants, drop this disgusting plan! The Trump administration says it will only allow trophy imports from Zambia and Zimbabwe, countries it says have sustainable, well-managed elephant populations. But the population of elephants in Zambia is just 21,000, down from over 200,000 just 45 years ago, and Zimbabwe is going through a coup! Experts say it’s almost impossible to stop poaching when wealthy Americans are shooting elephants for fun. The only way to save elephants from extinction is to stop killing them, and reduce demand for their body parts. When Cecil the lion was shot, an international outcry forced the US to act and ban lion trophies. Now we need to do it again - before it’s too late for elephants! Let’s make sure that when government officials in charge of wildlife protection gather in a few days, we meet them with a giant call for the US to drop this disgusting plan -- before it’s too late for elephants. Sign now with one click and share with everyone!  Save the elephants, drop this disgusting plan! Time and time again, our movement has rallied for elephants. We’ve pushed for ivory bans, funded undercover stings against poachers, and pushed for even greater protections. Now we need to come together for these amazing creatures again. In hope and determination, Bert, Spyro, Sarah, Danny and the rest of the Avaaz team. MORE INFORMATION Donald Trump reverses ban on elephant trophy imports into US -- The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/16/donald-trump-reverses-ban-elephant-trophy-imports-us/ Trump Is Allowing Hunters To Import Elephant Trophies Back To The US -- Buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/trump-is-allowing-hunters-to-import-elephant-trophies-back?utm... Trophies from elephant hunts in Zimbabwe were banned in the U.S. Trump just reversed that. -- Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/11/15/trophies-from-elephant-hunts-in-zimbabwe-...

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From: Bert Wander - Avaaz

To:Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 1:19 AM

Subject: Trump’s greenlight for elephant slaughter

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