Greater protection for African Elephants. Please help.

[Flaxbee]

If this issue is important to you, please read/sign this petition to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/get-involved/help-support-greater-protections-elephants?ms=UONDG160411002&mailid=14377393&af=BAXeIyex13fzU0NS2ESSCottM8jWV8JDqXT62dLTazODyWujTjg2l5C6oA0d9ghPuvYE8TiR7GSM63SQcZ8gkSbBNuY3iqx6T824RSNdHodtr6Ny%2FzfsPNHv4fBHwJXmiVZ6H%2FAKZdTJC7RlVD%2F%2BRbZsXUykCBBzrgHXuTq81b8vFMJGiyVZTiZQyOnN%2F6oc2j3jKrh965bpq%2Bq6DQpZwVVY9SRlw4sK3hcB1YrC4v8%3D&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&spMailingID=14377393&spUserID=MTg0MDE4ODE3NjU3S0&spJobID=780135298&spReportId=NzgwMTM1Mjk4S0

Last month, elephants received some much needed good news:

Our petition to list African elephants as “Endangered” under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) received a positive 90-day finding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This is an important step in the long ESA listing process. It means the US government will conduct a comprehensive investigation to decide if elephants will receive full “Endangered” status. Currently, African elephants are only listed as “Threatened,” which sets a lower bar for protective measures.

That elephants need our help is clear. African elephant populations have declined dramatically in the last decade due to extremely high levels of poaching. It is estimated that an elephant is killed every 15 minutes, on average, for its ivory tusks – that is 96 animals a day! At this rate, some regional populations of elephants may be wiped out in the next decade.

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Done!!!

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Done as well!

[Flaxbee]

3. kicking amid the GD chaos... :)

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Kicking for the elephants!

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Kick

[Flaxbee]

6. Another kick. These are not Trumpish Elephants, these are the amazing, beautiful, real deal

that need protection IMMEDIATELY.

[madinmaryland]

11. Kicking! How are you doing?

We now have a dog, thanks to our daughter. Panda is training him.

[MoonRiver]

7. Always willing to help these magnificent beings!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Yes, elephants need protection, but ...

... what does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have to do with hunting and poaching in Africa? Does its jurisdiction reach that far? What actions can it legally take?

[Flaxbee]

10. The US is the second largest market for ivory after China

Anything that can be done to reduce market demand would help. Making it difficult or impossible to sell new ivory (or any ivory, period, unless it can be verified as pre-2010, for example) could save this species from further annihilation.

[bigwillq]

9. K an R (nt)