<div dir="ltr">Dear folks,<br><br>If you want to help in the effort to stop elephants being slaughtered in Africa for their ivory you can to <b><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/environmental-action/sign/save-the-elephants-ban?source=c.em&r_by=11181075">http://petitions.moveon.org/environmental-action/sign/save-the-elephants-ban?source=c.em&r_by=11181075</a><br></b><br>The petitions will be delivered to The California State House<br><br>Gov.
Jerry Brown: California is the second largest market for ivory in the
U.S. Enforce a complete ban on the commercial sale of African elephant
ivory in California. There are currently 12,478 signatures. NEW goal -
We need 15,000 signatures! PETITION BACKGROUND The elephant poaching
crisis reached its peak last year with about 30,000 of these amazing
animals slaughtered for solely their tusks.* With an estimated 96
elephants murdered for their tusks every day, taking all ivory off the
market may be our last shot at stopping the killings.** <br><br>California
is the second-largest market for ivory in the U.S., after New York,
with major hubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to a 2008
study from Care for the Wild International.*** New York and New Jersey
have already taken steps recently to tighten restrictions on the sale of
ivory, and now it’s time for California to take a stand and enforce a
complete ban on the commercial sale of ivory. A complete ban on the
commercial sale of ivory is the best way to help ensure that U.S.
markets do not to the further decline of African elephants in the wild.
**** It’s up to the Gov. Jerry Brown to propose legislation that would
step up enforcement, increase penalties for violations and close legal
loopholes. <br><br>Therefore, we, the undersigned, respectfully request
that the State of California Gov. Jerry Brown and the California State
Assembly work to enforce a complete ban on the commercial sale of
African elephant ivory in California, before it's too late for the
majestic African elephant species. <br><br>Sources: <br>1. U.S. Limits Ivory Sales! by Emily Pepper, NRDC 2/11/14 <a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/epepper/us_limits_ivory_sales.html">http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/epepper/us_limits_ivory_sales.html</a> <br>2. No wild elephants by 2025? by Ivory for Elephants 2/7/14 : <a href="http://ivoryforelephants.org/wild-elephants-2025/">http://ivoryforelephants.org/wild-elephants-2025/</a> <br>3.
States are eyeing stiffer ivory laws amid a surge in elephant poaching
by MARIANNE LEVINE, LA Times 9/2/14:
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivory-bans-20140902-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivory-bans-20140902-story.html</a> <br>4.
Saving the Elephants? State Bans on Ivory Trade Gather Steam by GIL
AEGERTER, NBC News 9/8/14 :
<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/saving-elephants-state-bans-ivory-trade-gather-steam-n179121">http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/saving-elephants-state-bans-ivory-trade-gather-steam-n179121</a><br></div>