End Canada’s role in the cruel elephant ivory trade

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End Canada’s role in the cruel elephant ivory trade

Every year, at least 20,000 African elephants are poached for their ivory. Often, they die in agony after being poisoned, shot or otherwise beaten. Their tusks are hacked off and sold for profit, often through international crime syndicates.

Surprisingly, the elephant ivory trade — including the import of elephant ivory from cruel trophy hunts — is still legal in Canada. As a nation that positions itself as a global leader in conservation, Canada has an important opportunity to act now to conserve elephants, help African nations protect biodiversity and end its support of cruel and criminal practices.

Please urge the Canadian government to end the elephant ivory trade in Canada.

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Prime Minister

Justin

Trudeau

Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Wilkinson,

Every year, at least 20,000 elephants die at the hands of ivory poachers in Africa. The African elephant population has declined by 96 percent in the last century, and elephants are at risk of becoming extinct within a couple of decades. Africa’s biodiversity is already threatened, and further loss of elephant populations will have devastating consequences, including exacerbating the potential spread of future pandemics.

The African Elephant Coalition, representing 78 percent of African countries holding elephants, has called on the world community to shut down ivory markets. Canada’s top trading partners, including the United States, China, and the United Kingdom have taken action in response.

Canada recently joined the High Ambition Coalition, an initiative of the United Nations, and committed to advocating for the protection of biodiversity for future generations. Canada now has an opportunity and a responsibility to act accordingly. Allowing elephant ivory trade, including the import of elephant ivory from cruel trophy hunts, not only creates channels for laundering illegal elephant ivory but also perpetuates the demise of African elephants and biodiversity.

As a nation that prides itself on conservation and biodiversity leadership, Canada must act. I am calling on you to help African nations protect elephants by ending Canada’s elephant ivory trade as a matter of urgency.

Sincerely,
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Minister

Jonathan

Wilkinson

Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard