Shut down this elephant slaughterhouse!

The biggest ivory bust in decades just happened in Hong Kong The biggest ivory bust in decades just happened in Hong Kong -- 1000 elephants were slaughtered for that one shipment! The government wants to ban this awful trade but they need massive public backing to stand up to the powerful ivory lobby. That's us! Add your name -- when our call is massive, Avaaz will hit Hong Kong with ads and stir up a media frenzy -- let's shut down this slaughterhouse for elephants! SIGN NOW Dear friends, The biggest ivory bust in decades just happened in Hong Kong. 1000 elephants were murdered for one shipment(!), only to end up as little trinkets on people's coffee tables! Hong Kong is like an elephant slaughterhouse -- home to a booming trade in their butchered body parts. As long as it's legal, more and more beautiful elephants will be slaughtered. At this rate, they could literally be extinct in 10 years. The government wants to ban this awful trade, but industry lobbyists are making it a nightmare. Our massive community can drown out their baseless arguments, give the government the backing they need, and save thousands more elephants from death, but it will take each one of us to make it big enough. Let's build a mega-petition to save the elephants, then Avaaz will hit Hong Kong with ads, target politicians with advocacy, and stir up a media frenzy. Add your name and share widely -- let's shut down this slaughterhouse for elephants!  Tell Hong Kong -- ban ivory for good! Our amazing movement has played a massive role in the fight to save elephants from extinction. Now even China, the world's biggest ivory market, is banning it! But to save the elephants, it needs to be banned everywhere. Since it's still legal in Hong Kong, buyers from China just hop over and buy their knick-knacks from there instead -- Chinese buyers make up 90% of Hong Kong's bustling ivory market! We can close the market in Hong Kong -- there's already genuine political will to pass the ban, now we need a crazy huge outcry to show officials that the entire world is calling on them to ban ivory. There was a time when 25 million elephants roamed around Africa. Now an elephant dies every 15 minutes! It's outrageous and tragic all at once. Let's help stop it. Add your name and tell everyone, it's time to shut down this slaughterhouse for elephants:  Tell Hong Kong -- ban ivory for good! We're in a fight against time. Our movement has just rallied around an incredible fundraiser to bring evidence proving Europe's ivory trade is fuelling the poaching crisis. But if we don't stand up for the elephants again and again, they will be soon be gone. It's up to us, let's not let these beautiful creatures down. With hope, Rewan, Danny, Nataliya, Luca and the entire Avaaz team More information: Hong Kong launches bill to ban domestic ivory trade (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/26/hong-kong-launches-bill-ban-domestic-ivory-trader An African ranger's message to Hong Kong's ivory traders: Stop this now, "preferably today" (Quartz) https://qz.com/999635/african-ranger-erick-mararvs-message-hong-kongs-ivory-trade-stop-now/ Ivory buyers will 'wipe out elephants in 10 years' says wildlife expert, pointing blame at Chinese traders (South China Morning Post) http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2097336/wildlife-crime-expert-appeals-hong-kong-government Elephants on the path to extinction (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/12/elephants-on-the-path-to-extinction-the-facts

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