Endangered elephants are being illegally slaughtered for trinkets.

Now, some countries want to make it legal and overturn the global ban on
ivory trading.

Protect elephants and demand the ivory trade ban remains in place! 

[ [link removed] ]Photo of an African elephant with big tusks walking through short
grass.


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John,

Elephants are being slaughtered so their tusks can be turned into
trinkets. And now, some governments want to make it legal. Japan and South
Africa are pushing to overturn the global ivory trading ban and reopen the
market for elephant tusks.

20,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year for their tusks. A
legal ivory trade could wipe out endangered populations.

In just a few months world leaders will gather at the Endangered Species
Convention and the ivory ban is on the agenda. To make sure it’s kept in
place let's build a massive wave of public pressure and show them that
millions want to protect elephants.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: protect elephants – keep the global ivory trading
ban.

Forest elephants are gentle, intelligent beings who form lifelong family
bonds, and even mourn their dead. But their populations in Africa have
already declined by 90% because of illegal poaching that turns their
beautiful tusks into art and jewellery.

Instead of enabling legal ivory trading, conservation efforts should be
going towards protecting endangered elephant populations, tackling habitat
loss and planning for human and elephant co-existence. These solutions
would also provide jobs for locals and create sustainable tourism
opportunities.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name and demand the global ivory trade ban stays in place.

We’ve stopped this type of cruelty before—let’s do it again and protect
the world’s last elephants before it’s too late.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Nish, Danny and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Consensus on ivory trade at the forthcoming CITES CoP20 summit unlikely
due to competing interests
Environmental Investigation Agency 14 May 2025
[ [link removed] ]Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years.
The Conversation 02 March 2025
 

 

 

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