Elephant populations in Zimbabwe are being decimated by poachers and a corrupt government, which refuses to implement conservation mandates set by CITES. Beyond continuous poaching, currently, dozens of elephant calves are being kidnapped from their wild herds to sell to zoos in China and other countries. These calves will end up in horrible conditions, tortured to perform tricks, and deprived of the social interaction with other elephants that they need to thrive. In order to stop these captures and other actions that threaten the survival of African elephants, we are petitioning the Obama administration to condemn these captures and support the placement of all African elephants under the protections of Appendix I of CITES at the 2016 17th Conference of the Parties in South Africa.
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