Ban the Sale of Elephant Ivory in Canada #IvoryFreeCanada

Ban the Sale of Elephant Ivory in Canada #IvoryFreeCanada

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April 18, 2017
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Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada) and 1 other
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Started by The Ivory-Free Canada Coalition

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We could be the generation that lets elephants become extinct.

A shocking 20,000 elephants are killed every year for their ivory. Scientists and conservationists agree that at this rate, both African and Asian elephants will be extinct in the wild within our lifetime.

Even so, at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress, Canada was 1 of only 4 countries to oppose the closure of domestic ivory markets across the globe.

Ivory is so valuable on the black market that organized terrorism syndicates such as the Lord’s Resistance Army are committing mass slaughter using helicopters and AK-47 rifles. In 1980 Africa had more than 1.3 million elephants – today it has approximately 415,000. In less than 40 years, 70% of our elephants have disappeared.

In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) made it illegal to sell elephant ivory internationally. But each country makes its own laws regarding the sale of ivory within its borders. When domestic trade is allowed it permits illegal ivory (poached after 1989) to be sold along with legal ivory because it’s difficult to differentiate between old and new ivory without extensive and costly testing. The only way to protect elephants from extinction is to ban ALL elephant ivory trade.

China is the largest consumer of ivory in the world, yet it shut down its domestic ivory trade in 2017. If China can stop selling elephant ivory, why can’t Canada?

We ask the government of Canada to:

1.  ban all domestic trade of elephant ivory; and
2.  make the import, export and re-export of all elephant ivory illegal, including hunting trophies.

Let’s make Canada one of the many countries changing their laws to permit the survival of the world’s largest land mammal - before it’s too late. Please sign for an #IvoryFreeCanada.

Sincerely,
The Ivory-Free Canada Coalition:
Elephanatics, Global March for Elephants and Rhinos-Toronto, World Elephant Day, Humane Society International-Canada and the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

For more information, please visit https://janegoodall.ca/ivory-free-canada/ 

 

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Decision Makers

  • Jonathan WilkinsonMinister of Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Christine HoganDeputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada