Meet Craig! He's one of the Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro elephants, a beloved and intensively studied population that range between Kenya and Tanzania. For 30 years these famed cross-border elephants have been safe from trophy hunters — but not anymore. Over the past nine months, five iconic males have been killed for hunting trophies in Tanzania — including several super-tuskers, males with tusks weighing 100 pounds or more.
The United States is the primary importer of Tanzanian elephant trophies. And at least one of the five male elephants recently lost was killed by a Texas hunter. Shutting down the U.S. market could really help protect these elephants from trophy hunters' bullets. We've urged the United States government to stop U.S. hunters from importing elephant trophies. You can help by signing a petition in support of our request. Find a link to the petition in our stories and take action to
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