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Trump’s elephant betrayal – Please sign
Trump’s elephant betrayal
Please sign the Avaaz petition!!
Danny Auron – Avaaz
The world’s largest ivory market just banned ivory!! Sign AVAAZ Petition!
We won!! Largest ivory market shut down!
Bert Wander — Avaaz <avaaz@avaaz.org>
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Media worldwide have hailed this ‘historic’ vote — the biggest ivory market in the world will now start shutting down its ivory trade! 
Like many Avaaz campaigns, we didn’t do this alone. This incredible result was only possible after years of campaigning by WildAid and others, and thanks to a dedicated group of legislators in Hong Kong who made sure the vote happened.Please help save the Elephants! They are being slaughtered! Please sign the petition!
Every day dozens of elephants are killed for the ivory from their tusks. [1] Unless we stop poaching for the ivory trade, elephants could be extinct within a few years. [2]
Shockingly, at the moment the UK is the largest exporter of carved ivory in the world. [3] But right now we’ve got an opportunity to stop that. The government is considering a ban, and this month they’re holding a consultation to find out what the public think. [4] They could then bring in a ban on trading ivory…OR they could do nothing.
Chris, that’s where you come in. If tens of thousands of us sign a petition, we can prove that there’s overwhelming public support for an ivory trade ban to help save elephants. Please will you sign today?
We all like to think of the UK as a country that does its bit to protect wildlife. So it’s shocking that it’s still legal to trade ivory here. [5] It means the UK fuels global demand for ivory. That means poachers know they can make money from killing more elephants. It’s great our government is now looking at a ban. If we can persuade them to introduce it, we’ll help stop elephants being killed – and set a much better example to other countries.
The government minister in charge of this decision is Michael Gove. This isn’t the first time 38 Degrees-ers have come together to ask him to do the right thing. Just last month, after a huge campaign, we convinced Michael Gove to support a ban on bee-killing pesticides. [6] More than 370,000 of us took action to protect bees – and it worked.
The government consultation closes in less than two weeks. So, Chris, will you sign the petition right now? It only takes 30 seconds.
Thanks for being involved,
Nuri, Rebecca, Rachel, David, Jess, Becca and the 38 Degrees office team
Donald Trump’s Son – Disgusting Elephant Killer!!
This is Donald Trump’s son with the tail of an elephant he killed. Trump just gave him a sick gift, changing the law 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:
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Anthropocene Apocalypse – Help save our elephants.
There is a crucial summit to protect elephants by totally banning ivory sales. This is essential. Every fifteen minutes an elephant is killed by these selfish, greedy poachers. Please put a message on Therese Coffey’s facebook and twitter. Britain is blocking this ban
Dear friends in Britain,
In days, a crucial global summit could call for the closure of ivory markets and help save elephants from extinction.
African countries are pushing hard to close a giant loophole that lets ivory be sold domestically, even though the international trade is banned! They’ve got powerful supporters: the US is on board, and China is ready to join the ban.
But Britain just announced a half-baked plan that will keep ivory sales ticking over at home — and even worse, is refusing to support global efforts to stamp out domestic trade everywhere. Join the massive public call for Minister Therese Coffey, who is at the talks, to stand up for elephants and support the closure of domestic ivory markets in the UK and around the world.
Click to add your voice on social media!
The amazing Avaaz movement has already played a crucial role in getting governments and wildlife organisations to call for closure of the domestic ivory loophole at another key meeting earlier this month. But the UK, once a champion of wildlife protection, refused to support the motion, and now it’s crunch time — let’s make sure our government helps lead the world to an ivory-free future!
In hope and determination,
Bert, Pascal, Mike, Antonia and rest of the Avaaz team
In days, a global summit could call for the closure of all ivory markets and help save elephants from extinction. But Britain has a half-baked proposal that could derail the whole plan. Let’s call on Minister Therese Coffey to change track, take a stand for elephants, and help shut down ivory markets everywhere — send a personal message now:
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More information:
Britain can lead the way in helping to save elephants (Telegraph)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/21/britain-can-lead-the-way-in-helping-to-save-elephants/
Prince William calls for strong CITES move on ivory trade, despite UK’s limp stance (News 24)
http://traveller24.news24.com/Explore/Green/prince-william-calls-for-strong-cites-move-on-ivory-trade-despite-uk-limp-stance-20160923