As demonstrated by this petition, we are all a voice for the elephants.  If you live in the U.S., our voices can get louder by asking our members of Congress to support two bills that are moving against trophy hunting:
 
1.    CECIL Act H.R. 2245; Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies
This will restrict the import and export of trophies of any species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
 
2.   Protect Act, H.R. 4804; Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies
This will prohibit trophy hunting of ESA species in the US and import of any trophy of a species listed under the ESA.
 
3.   Lastly there is an Appropriations Bill For Fiscal Year 2021
The appropriations bill is a spending bill that authorizes the expenditure of government funds.  You can tell your member of Congress you would like to see language for the Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2021 to defund U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s trophy import permits of elephants from Botswana.
 
Please call your member of Congress and for his/her support on these bills. 
 
To find your legislator, go to House.gov and type in your zip code.  It will provide your legislator’s contact number.  Please call and state you would like your legislator to support the CECIL Act and Protect Act and language in the Appropriations Bill FY21 to defund trophy hunting permits of elephants from Botswana. 
 
I am currently working through the details of meeting with the Embassy of Botswana.  Please continue sharing this petition.  I want to keep building momentum up to the moment I meet with the Embassy. 
 
With heartfelt gratitude,
Nicole @WildForChange
 
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