Dear NRDC Activist,
Over the past week, my NRDC colleagues and I have been on the ground in
Geneva at the World Wildlife Conference — also known as CITES COP18 —
advocating for increased protections for some of our planet's most
endangered wildlife.
And we have great news: The CITES Parties placed strict trade limits on
giraffes, recognizing that uncontrolled trade could threaten giraffe
survival! This is a positive step for giraffes, but there are other
species that need increased protections.
These imperiled species face extinction head-on due to irresponsible
trade, trafficking, and trophy hunting, and it is here that we can demand
the support they desperately need.
And while we've been here making the case for these protections, tens of
thousands of activists like you have sent messages urging delegates from
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service here at CITES to vote to save these
magnificent creatures.
The
outcome of a vote on these proposals will either help these imperiled
species or contribute to their doom, and your message can be a deciding
factor. [ [link removed] ]Please, send a message to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
urging them to push for increased protections for some of our most at-risk
species at CITES.
Thank you for doing your part in this fight.
P.S. [ [link removed] ]Read our blog on the perils of wildlife trade and how it's a
leading cause of the planet's accelerating biodiversity crisis.
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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 help save these animals — and here's how:
Right now, more than 3,000 world leaders and representatives from 183
countries — including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) — are
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland for the World Wildlife Conference, also
called the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Their agenda: how best to ensure that international trade in 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 increase protections
for our most at-risk species.
We are focusing our attention on seven species in particular at this
conference, where global leaders discuss and vote on proposals that will
either help them, or contribute to their decline:
[ [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 commercial 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
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