#Repost @claireskiwoo ・・・ Can we hit 8000 signatures? 💜🐘 This is Galla. He's an orphan elephant who I foster. He will turn 3 years old on Christmas Day! Galla lives in safety @dswt with his family of other orphans and keepers. Galla's future is under new threat. The U.S. government is preparing to pass a Bill that will secure the extinction of African elephants like Galla. Don Young, Republican for Alaska introduced H.R. 226; the African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act. This Bill would allow ivory to be traded both, within the U.S. and also to be imported and exported. This is despite the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banning the sale of elephant ivory in interstate commerce. Conservation experts agree that any trade in ivory only serves to undermine efforts to stop poaching and trophy hunting as it keeps the demand for ivory alive. This Bill is entirely audacious because it uses legitimate elephant conservation measures as a thin veil of justification for trophy hunting and ivory trading. Anti-poaching units/programs are exploited in this Bill by painting a picture that anti-poaching measures can work alongside trophy hunting. This is a gross fabrication. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• If poaching/hunting continues, the African elephant could be extinct by 2020 (WildAid, 2014). Please help to stop this Bill from being passed and written into legislation by clicking on the 🆘🆘⚠LINK IN MY BIO @claireskiwoo to sign the petition. Please then go to @elephant_news_network and sign the petition shown in that bio. Finally, if you live in the USA, please go to @dswtfosterparents and click the link in the bio. 🆘This enables you to write directly to your representative. Please also call your representative if you can to urge them to block this bill. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• @worldanimalnews @katiecleary11 @maggieq @freyadowson Thank you 💜🐘 #elephants #conservation#africa #asia #banivory #banthetrade#banhunting #elephant #bantrophyhunting#stopthetrade #stopthekilling #ivory#trophyhunting #hunting #extinct#extinction #worthmorealive #animals#wildlife #vegan #gop #republican#democrat #usa #america
