Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Editor
We’re disappointed to share the news that legislation to #BanIvoryWA failed to pass in Olympia this year. Special interest groups opposing the bipartisan House and Senate bills fought hard to put the protection of ivory products above the protection of elephants.
The African elephant will go extinct within 20 years if we
don’t take unprecedented action to stop wildlife trafficking, which includes
ending the legal loopholes that allow the ivory black market to continue right
here in the United States.
Next year we’ll bring this legislation back to Olympia and we’ll need to be louder than before to contend with the opposition. We need voices all over the state—from Aberdeen to Zillah—to stand up for elephants. Talk to your friends, ask them to join the herd, and sign up for news at www.zoo.org/96elephants to be on the inside track for the next round in Olympia.
We’re disappointed to share the news that legislation to #BanIvoryWA failed to pass in Olympia this year. Special interest groups opposing the bipartisan House and Senate bills fought hard to put the protection of ivory products above the protection of elephants.
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Next year we’ll bring this legislation back to Olympia and we’ll need to be louder than before to contend with the opposition. We need voices all over the state—from Aberdeen to Zillah—to stand up for elephants. Talk to your friends, ask them to join the herd, and sign up for news at www.zoo.org/96elephants to be on the inside track for the next round in Olympia.
Though there’s more work to do, we want to thank you all
sincerely for getting us this far—your voices raised awareness for the issue in
Olympia and got legislators working. Our thanks go also to Representative
Pettigrew and Senator Litzow for introducing bipartisan ivory ban bills this
legislation and fighting for wildlife.
The herd will be heard.
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