Dear friends,
Trump just quietly changed the law — AGAIN — to let bloodthirsty American hunters murder elephants in Africa and bring their heads home as trophies!
He tried to do this before — but after massive public pressure, including a 2-million-person Avaaz campaign, Trump put this disgusting plan “under review”.
Now, months later, he’s trying to sneak it past us.
We can’t let him get away with it. Even people on Trump’s right wing are challenging him on this — let’s quickly build another mega-petition and Avaaz will team up with members of Trump’s party to deliver our message to him. Sign now with one click:
Stop Trump’s disgusting plan & save the elephants!
To President Trump, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and conservation authorities around the world:
Elephants are facing extinction — 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. The proposed case-by-case standard is arbitrary and insufficient to protect this incredible species. We call on you to open a public discussion on this issue and do everything you can to prohibit any elephant trophy imports to the United States.
Stop Trump’s disgusting plan & save the elephants!
Under pressure, Trump himself called this policy a “horror show” just a few months ago. But now with the dust cleared and eyes elsewhere, he’s allowing elephant-killers like his son, who notoriously shot and mutilated an elephant, to bring home their body parts as souvenirs — even as ivory poaching threatens to wipe these amazing creatures out.
Trump officials say they’ll only lift the ban on trophy imports on a “case by case basis” but 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 Trump tried to do this months ago, the public shut it down. We can do it again. Let’s build a giant call for the US to drop this disgusting plan, then work with people Trump will listen to and make sure we win. Sign now with one click and share with everyone!
Stop Trump’s disgusting plan & save the elephants!
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.
With hope,
Danny, Bert, Sarah, Spyro, Fatima, Mike, Ricken, Emma, and the rest of the Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Trump Administration Makes Elephants Fair Game for Hunters as Trophy Ban is Lifted (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-sparks-outrage-among-wildlife-conservationists-after-quietly-lifting-ban-833749/
Elephant trophy decision faces pushback from some Trump allies (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/377471-gop-torn-on-elephant-trophy-ruling-as-trump-stay…
Trump administration wildlife council mostly hunting advocates (ABC)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-wildlife-council-hunting-advocates/story?id=5380…
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-…
Noble cause:have signed the petition
Good on you! I hope everybody signs!
Signed it! 🙂
Trump is a nefarious idiot!
Cheers Tom! I agree.
This is absolutely disgusting.
It is and it needs to stop!
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