#WorldRhinoDay ~ September 22, 2015

ASK FOR A COMPLETE BAN ON IVORY AND RHINO HORN SALES, STATE BY STATE, 
IN THE U.S.A.

Email action we can take, to request state by state ban on ivory sales and rhino horn trade.
If you are a U.S.A. resident, please take the time to contact your senators and representatives,
to request that they initiate a ban on ivory sales in your state.

You can find your U.S.A. senator email contacts here:
U.S.A. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EMAIL ADDRESS CONTACTS
http://www.house.gov/

You can find your U.S.A. House of Representative email contacts here:
U.S.A. SENATE
EMAIL ADDRESS CONTACTS
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

If you prefer to make contact via phone, your
U.S.A. senator phone contacts are here:
U.S.A. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PHONE NUMBER CONTACTS
http://www.house.gov/representatives/

If you prefer to make contact via phone, your
U.S.A. representative phone contacts are here:
U.S.A. SENATE
PHONE NUMBER CONTACTS
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Here is the email we are sending, please feel free to use it, or even better to alter it, and share your thoughts. That's the best way to be heard.


Hello!

I am contacting you regarding the issue of allowing the sale of ivory products and/or rhino horn to continue to be legal in our state.

Certainly, you are aware that the trade in elephant ivory tusks and rhino horns fuels the illegal poaching industry that threatens to drive our African elephants and rhinos to the brink of extinction within a few years.
The African elephant and rhino population simply can not procreate quickly enough to offset the deadly decimation rendered by ivory poachers.

Please read the statistics provided by National Geographic here:
100,000 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Just Three Years, Landmark Analysis Finds
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140818-elephants-africa-poaching-cites-census/

While we do have a federal of ban of ivory in effect, it is being challenged:
United States Tightens the Noose on the Ivory Trade
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140211-united-states-rules-wildlife-trafficking-ivory-science/

The challenge to overturn the U.S.A ban is being spearheaded by the N.R.A.
NRA Campaigns Against The Plan To Save The World’s Elephants
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/03/05/3362801/nra-ivory-elephants-guns/

A state by state ban on ivory sales within the U.S.A. would serve to tighten the clamp on ivory poaching by making it illegal to trade ivory.
I am asking that you please initiate and follow through with a bill that would effectively render all ivory sales illegal in our state. New Jersey has already done so, and has included rhino horn in their ban.
New Jersey Passes First Ever U.S. Law To Completely Ban Ivory And Rhino Horn
https://www.thedodo.com/new-jersey-passes-first-ever-u-658977827.html

Thank you very much for taking this dire issue into consideration. I will await your reply.
Sincerely,