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Hi John,
Every time an imperiled African elephant is gunned down by a trophy hunter, we lose an empathic, intelligent animal that's soon turned into living room décor.
The Center for Biological Diversity uncovered that the Biden administration is still allowing trophy hunters to bring elephant body parts into the country.
Please help us save elephants and other wildlife with a gift today to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
Last November the Biden administration proposed new rules that would offer threatened elephants in Africa increased protection from trophy hunting.
But we're still waiting, and so too are these majestic creatures. Sadly, they've got no more time to lose.
The stakes are especially high for savanna elephants in southern Africa.
Elephant deaths are outpacing births in a key stronghold spanning Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It's a grim indication of poaching and other risks. Killing imperiled species for trophies is bad no matter what, but especially in countries when elephants are dying off at higher rates.
This isn't just someone else's problem. Historically U.S. hunters make up half of the trophy-hunting market in Zimbabwe — all to collect heads, feet, tails, and skins.
The Biden administration isn't doing enough to save elephants. The only acceptable solution to this brutal practice is banning the importation of these killing spoils. We're organizing our activists right now to make that happen.
Such a ban would deter hunters and send a powerful message that to combat extinction, the United States won't condone the killing of these extraordinary animals for sport.
Elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth, and they embody the African landscape. They deserve to live out their lives in the wild.
Now is the time to act with great urgency to save what's wild. Every extinction is a choice, and each one makes the world a lonelier place.
Stand with us. We'll never stop giving all we can to save species large and small.
Please help us fight for elephants and other endangered species with a gift now to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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