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Stop China from buying ivory

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Despite international ivory trade being banned since 1989, poaching to supply the illegal ivory trade continues, killing around 20,000 elephants each year.

We need your help URGENTLY to protect elephants from the deadly ivory trade!

Last summer, the Convention on International trade in Endangered Species (CITES) agreed to the one-off sale of huge ivory stockpiles from four southern African countries – representing tens of thousands of dead elephants. Japan and China want to buy this ivory to meet the demands of their large ivory markets. China has found itself under international scrutiny for its vast illegal trade in ivory and inadequate controls and enforcement.

Stop China from buying ivory

China is the single major destination for illegal ivory... mostly from elephants illegally slaughtered across Africa. Chinese nationals have been convicted of smuggling illegal ivory in 22 of the 37 African countries where elephants roam.

IFAW believes that if China is allowed to buy this stockpiled ivory it would provide a cover for the laundering of illegal ivory. Prices for ivory in China have increased more than 400% in recent years, making this criminal activity more lucrative.

The UK government plays a part in this decision at an upcoming CITES meeting. We need you to send an email to Joan Ruddock MP, Minister for Climate Change, Biodiversity and Waste, and urge her to use the UK’s influence to stop China buying the ivory stockpiles.
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6 responses // Stop China from buying ivory

  • It makes me so angry, when are these b*****ds going stop. They pick on poor defenceless, harmless animals because their nothing but cowards.
    Callie2
  • I have been to southern Africa and have seen the devastation a herd of elephants and cause. Because elephants are being pushed out of farming areas and into preserves, the preserves are over crowded and the elephant population expands just like an unchecked deer population.

    Then, the government allows the herd to be culled. The local tribes can kill a certain number of elephants and use the meat and bones in traditional ways but the ivory, because of the ivory ban, is stockpiled in giant warehouses.

    This ivory is a source of potential income for countries with limited natural resources and a tremendous need for income.

    This is a complex issue without easy conclusions.
    TheRedOne
  • I signed this and thought you would like to also.
    CarolynGillis
  • I rescue chickens, and I CERTAINTLY DON'T EAT THEM!!!! (ask Callie, she knows how pet chicken mad I am!)

    It's ok to stop eating them, you NEVER miss the taste, I promise you, I've been avegesinceI was nine, a long time, but it only takes under a around2 months max to become seriously sick when ever you smell any kind of meat, better than it sounds! So, you NEVER miss meat!

    Thank you all for signing!


    (P.S, connections...that note I left you...about swoping you my soul....you're going to haveto fight each other for it!)
    steadward
  • Yep I can vouch for Stead and her chickens. That's one thing you don't do is upset her where chickens and any other animals are concerned.
    Callie2
  • Do they not realize that their precious ivory will indeed run out one day - sooner rather than later, especially at these rates?

    (signed; ideally, it will matter)
    Humdrum

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