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Dear NRDC Activist,

President Trump moved to dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act
this week — yet another threat to the one million species already facing
extinction.

Populations of some of our planet's most threatened and endangered species
are continuing to plummet — due in large part to demand for animal
products and hunting trophies in the U.S. and around the world.

Thankfully, we have a chance to save these animals — and here's how:

On August 17, more than 3,000 world leaders and representatives from 183
countries — including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) — will meet
in Geneva, Switzerland for the World Wildlife Conference, also called the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora
(CITES).

Their agenda: how best to ensure that international trade of wild animals
and plants does not threaten their survival.

And now that Trump has moved to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act, we
need to push harder to protect wildlife in other venues, like the World
Wildlife Conference.

[ [link removed] ]So please
send a message to Fish and Wildlife urging them to use their power at the
CITES meeting to increase protections for our most at-risk species.

We are focusing our attention on seven species at this conference, in
particular, where global leaders will come together to discuss and vote on
proposals that will either help them, or doom them:

[ [link removed] ]Giraffes

Giraffes have plummeted by an
alarming 40% over the last 30
years and are facing a "quiet
extinction." We're fighting in
court to protect giraffes in the
U.S. — now we need global leaders
to protect giraffes from
international trade in their
parts. [ [link removed] ]Make your voice heard
for giraffe survival at CITES >>

[ [link removed] ]Rhinos

Rhinos are under severe pressure
from poaching and illegal trade,
and by most estimates, black
rhinos are only a decade away from
extinction. [ [link removed] ]Urge the FWS to
help save rhinos at CITES >>

[ [link removed] ]Elephants

African elephants are threatened by
poachers who slaughter these
majestic animals for their ivory
tusks. They're also targeted by
trophy hunters who shoot them merely
for bragging rights. [ [link removed] ]This must
stop — help increase protections for
African elephants at CITES >>

[ [link removed] ]Otters

Recent investigations have shown
that populations of two rare otter
species have drastically declined
largely because of global trade.
[ [link removed] ]Help us fight to ban all
international trade for these two
species of otters at CITES >>

[ [link removed] ]Sharks

Sharks are crucial to ocean health,
but today many are in steep decline
and/or highly depleted due to
illegal overfishing. With roughly a
quarter of sharks at risk of
extinction, we need strong
safeguards that will help to combat
shark overfishing and end illegal
trade in shark fins: [ [link removed] ]Send your
urgent message now >>

[ [link removed] ]Vaquitas

There are only 10 of the
critically endangered vaquita
porpoise left on the planet. Why?
Because vaquitas become entangled
and drown in gillnets that are
used to illegally catch other
fish. [ [link removed] ]Help ensure the FWS
votes to protect this near-extinct
species >>


We do
whatever it takes to defend threatened and endangered wildlife at home,
and now we have a chance to provide protections to species abroad. But we
need your help to do it: [ [link removed] ]Send a message to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service urging them to vote for increased protections for endangered
species at CITES.

Thank you for all that you do.

Sincerely,

Zak Smith
Director, International Wildlife Conservation Initiative, NRDC

Photo credit from top to bottom, iStock, iStock, Dr. Nicole Duplaix,
Deposit Photos, Nature Picture Library via Alamy, Thomas A. Jefferson


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