[CRNMC] help stop african elephants slaughter

[Kelly Larson]

Ed,

Please take me off your mailing list for things unrelated to CRNMC.  I have
to focus on this issue and these emails clog my inbox.

Blessings,
Kelly

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:11 PM, edward Oberweiser <edoberweiser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear folks,
>
> If you want to help in the effort to stop elephants being slaughtered in
> Africa for their ivory you can to
> *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>*
> The petitions will be delivered to The California State House
>
> 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.**
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Sources:
> 1. U.S. Limits Ivory Sales! by Emily Pepper, NRDC 2/11/14
> http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/epepper/us_limits_ivory_sales.html
> 2. No wild elephants by 2025? by Ivory for Elephants 2/7/14 :
> http://ivoryforelephants.org/wild-elephants-2025/
> 3. States are eyeing stiffer ivory laws amid a surge in elephant poaching
> by MARIANNE LEVINE, LA Times 9/2/14:
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ivory-bans-20140902-story.html
> 4. Saving the Elephants? State Bans on Ivory Trade Gather Steam by GIL
> AEGERTER, NBC News 9/8/14 :
> http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/saving-elephants-state-bans-ivory-trade-gather-steam-n179121
>
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