Video: "Let Elephants Keep Their Ivory"

Elephants are on the agenda, as usual, at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP14), which will be held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 3 to 15 June 2007. The 55th meeting of the CITES Standing Committe will be held on the 2nd of June 2007.

A while back, CITES permitted a once-off trade of stockpiled African ivory, in spite of the ban on African Ivory. The result? An increase in poaching. Because legal trade makes illicit trade easier.

CITES are considering new "once-off" trade requests, so we're asking you to demand that stockpiles of ivory be destroyed.

We're also asking that we quelch our desire of products made from wildlife. If there's no demand, then there's no killing.

Then our children's children can enjoy encountering wildlife in their natural habitats. Forever.

With special thanks to:
Daphne Sheldrick from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/
Nico Bulder - http://www.nicobulder.com/
Yvonne van der Mey - http://www.yvonnevandermey.nl/
Marleen le Febvre - http://www.marleenlefebvre.nl/