Greater protection for African Elephants. Please help.

If this issue is important to you, please read/sign this petition to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/get-involved/help-support-greater-protections-elephants?ms=UONDG160411002&mailid=14377393&af=BAXeIyex13fzU0NS2ESSCottM8jWV8JDqXT62dLTazODyWujTjg2l5C6oA0d9ghPuvYE8TiR7GSM63SQcZ8gkSbBNuY3iqx6T824RSNdHodtr6Ny%2FzfsPNHv4fBHwJXmiVZ6H%2FAKZdTJC7RlVD%2F%2BRbZsXUykCBBzrgHXuTq81b8vFMJGiyVZTiZQyOnN%2F6oc2j3jKrh965bpq%2Bq6DQpZwVVY9SRlw4sK3hcB1YrC4v8%3D&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&spMailingID=14377393&spUserID=MTg0MDE4ODE3NjU3S0&spJobID=780135298&spReportId=NzgwMTM1Mjk4S0

Last month, elephants received some much needed good news:

Our petition to list African elephants as “Endangered” under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) received a positive 90-day finding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This is an important step in the long ESA listing process. It means the US government will conduct a comprehensive investigation to decide if elephants will receive full “Endangered” status. Currently, African elephants are only listed as “Threatened,” which sets a lower bar for protective measures.

That elephants need our help is clear. African elephant populations have declined dramatically in the last decade due to extremely high levels of poaching. It is estimated that an elephant is killed every 15 minutes, on average, for its ivory tusks – that is 96 animals a day! At this rate, some regional populations of elephants may be wiped out in the next decade.