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Director: Daniel M Ashe : USFWS & John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General: BAN USA TROPHY IMPORTS of the UNIQUE

Director: Daniel M Ashe : USFWS & John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General: BAN USA TROPHY IMPORTS of the UNIQUE

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Director: Daniel M Ashe : USFWS & John E. Scanlon, CITIES Secretary-General
PLEASE STOP THE AMERICAN TROPHY HUNTERS IN NAMIBIA KILLING THE LAST OF THE DESERT ELEPHANTS. 70 are breeding Elephants and less than 10 are Breeding Bulls BAN TROPHY IMPORTS INTO THE USA of THE UNIQUE ADAPTED DESERT DWELLING ELEPHANTS FROM AFRICA / NAMIBIA !!! 4 ELEPHANTS BULLS HAVE BEEN HUNTED IN NAMIBIA THIS YEAR.

6/7 MORE HUNTING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TROPHY HUNTING BULLS , THERE LESS THAN 10 LEFT AND THEY ARE BEING ADVERTISED NOW IN THE USA .

THERE ARE LESS THAN 100 , including young OF THE UNIQUE ADAPTED DESERT DWELLING ELEPHANTS LEFT in total ; 'UNIQUE TO THE NAMIB DESERT.

" in the Kunene Region of the Namib, of which approximately LESS THAN 10 Young Bulls . "

FACEBOOK PAGE : - https://www.facebook.com/savedesertelephants?ref=br_tf

References : -
BBC Wildlife in Africa Series : -
Elephants in the Namib desert - Wild Africa - BBC

" Unique Elephants ( There are only 100 or so Desert Dwelling Elephants in Total , supported by the Namib Desert )"

YOUTUBE CLIP :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0v5MIdyxZc

Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert - Documentary BBC Natural World

WEB LINK :- http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Elephant_Nomads_of_the_Namib_Desert

YOUTUBE CLIP: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmYig9gSamY

THE UNIQUE ADAPTED DESERT DWELLING ELEPHANTS NUMBERS ARE ON THE DECLINE , AND THEY ARE DOWN TO LESS THAN 100 INDIVIDUALS AGAIN, THEIR EXISTENCE IS THREATENED.

THEY ARE GOING EXTINCT.

10% OF THE WHOLE POPULATION OF THE VERY UNIQUE ADAPTED DESERT DWELLING ELEPHANTS, IN THE WORLD, WILL BE KILLED BY TROPHY HUNTERS.

WE NEED THE USA GOVERNMENT TO BAN THE IMPORT LICENCES URGENTLY .

THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE HUNTING.

THERE IS A GLOBAL OUTCRY AND PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THESE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE ELEPHANTS KILLED FOR TROPHIES WHICH, WILL RISK THEIR FUTURE SURVIVAL.

MORE THAN 35,000 AFRICAN ELEPHANTS WERE MASSACRED BY POACHERS LAST YEAR ALONE. THE AFRICAN ELEPHANTS ARE GOING EXTINCT ; MORE THAN THE WHOLE DESERT POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS ARE KILLED EVERY DAY IN AFRICA. THE NAMIBIAN DESERT ELEPHANTS ARE IN MORTAL DANGER FROM THE ISSUING OF HUNTING PERMITS

AND BOOKINGS ARE BEING TAKEN TO KILL MORE IN 2014/ 2015.

BAN ALL AMERICAN IMPORTS FROM NAMIBIA NOW !

THESE RARE AND PRECIOUS UNIQUE ADAPTED DESERT DWELLING ELEPHANTS NEED OUR PROTECTION OR ELSE WE WILL LOSE THEM FOREVER !

THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE HUNTING THEY SHOULD NOT BE HUNTED BY ANYONE , THERE ARE ONLY 100 IN THE WORLD !!
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