TIDE FOR TUSKS
Joins the Fight to Stop the Slaughter of African Elephants
Partnership with WCS’s 96 Elephants campaign brings frontlines of elephant conservation to University of Alabama students.
96 elephants are killed every day in Africa for their ivory!
Campaign’s goals are to stop the killing, stop the trafficking, and stop the demand for ivory.
Campaign URL: www.96elephants.org
January 25, 2016 – Tide For Tusks has joined The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) as a partner on the 96 Elephants Campaign – an effort focused on securing a U.S. moratorium on illegal ivory; bolstering protection of African elephants; and educating the public about the link between ivory consumption and the elephant poaching crisis.
The partnership with WCS on 96 Elephants expands the reach of the campaign to students, faculty, alumni and fans of the University of Alabama while furthering the conservation mission of Tide for Tusks. The two organizations will work together to help raise awareness and drive action on behalf of saving elephants. 96 Elephants educates and engages the public through a series of activities including online petitions and letter writing campaigns enhanced through social media.
“We are pleased to join the herd and be a part of WCS’s 96 Elephants campaign,” said Randy Mecredy, president and CEO of Tide For Tusks. “This partnership will provide students and faculty at UA with additional opportunities to become a part of the solution to this global problem.”
Throughout Africa, elephant numbers have plummeted by 76 percent since 1980 due largely to the demand of elephant ivory with an estimated 35,000 slaughtered by poachers in 2012 alone.
96 Elephants was named for the number of elephants gunned down each day for their ivory. The Wildlife Conservation Society launched the campaign in 2013 in support of the Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI) commitment to end the crisis facing Africa’s elephants.
96 Elephants partner coalition includes over 200 organizations including more than 125 North American zoos and aquariums, along with Horizon Media, Do Something.org, Hard Rock Cafe, Great Elephant Census, Save the Elephants, The Bodhi Tree Foundation, - The Enough Project, ESRI, -, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Organization of Young Citizens of Guinea, The Resolve: LRA Crisis Initiative, Invisible Children and Tsavo Trust.
The campaign has already achieved success with the announcement by the Obama administration of a federal ban on most ivory sales. The campaign’s next steps are to pass state moratoria and close loopholes that would allow ivory to continue to be traded, as well as work with other nations on moratorium. New York State, New Jersey, California and Washington State have already passed legislation banning the sale of ivory.
To learn more about the elephant crisis and how to help eradicate the demand for ivory, visit www.96elephants.org.
Tide For Tusks is a University of Alabama student led initiative to raise awareness for poaching of African elephants and promote a deeper understanding of the trafficking of endangered wildlife. We believe that with the conscientious support of UA students, faculty, staff and administrators – who deeply believe in protecting a keystone species like the African elephant – that we can become a part of the solution to save a wildlife icon for future generations. www.tidefortusks.org
The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on earth.
If you would like to guide your readers or viewers to a web link where they can make donations in support of helping save wildlife and wild places, please direct them to: www.wcs.org.
96 Elephants
WCS is leading global efforts to save Africa’s elephants and end the current poaching and ivory trafficking crisis. In 2013, WCS launched its 96 Elephants campaign to bring together world citizens, partners, thought leaders, and change makers to leverage collective influence to stop the killing, stop the trafficking, and stop the demand. The campaign, which has partners from around the world including 125 U.S. zoos, focuses on: securing effective moratoria on sales of ivory; bolstering elephant protection; and educating the public about the link between ivory consumption and the elephant poaching crisis. www.96elephants.org
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Reata Strickland, Tide For Tusks, 205-292-4411; [email protected]
Stephen Sautner, WCS/96 Elephants, 718-220-3682; [email protected]
Joins the Fight to Stop the Slaughter of African Elephants
Partnership with WCS’s 96 Elephants campaign brings frontlines of elephant conservation to University of Alabama students.
96 elephants are killed every day in Africa for their ivory!
Campaign’s goals are to stop the killing, stop the trafficking, and stop the demand for ivory.
Campaign URL: www.96elephants.org
January 25, 2016 – Tide For Tusks has joined The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) as a partner on the 96 Elephants Campaign – an effort focused on securing a U.S. moratorium on illegal ivory; bolstering protection of African elephants; and educating the public about the link between ivory consumption and the elephant poaching crisis.
The partnership with WCS on 96 Elephants expands the reach of the campaign to students, faculty, alumni and fans of the University of Alabama while furthering the conservation mission of Tide for Tusks. The two organizations will work together to help raise awareness and drive action on behalf of saving elephants. 96 Elephants educates and engages the public through a series of activities including online petitions and letter writing campaigns enhanced through social media.
“We are pleased to join the herd and be a part of WCS’s 96 Elephants campaign,” said Randy Mecredy, president and CEO of Tide For Tusks. “This partnership will provide students and faculty at UA with additional opportunities to become a part of the solution to this global problem.”
Throughout Africa, elephant numbers have plummeted by 76 percent since 1980 due largely to the demand of elephant ivory with an estimated 35,000 slaughtered by poachers in 2012 alone.
96 Elephants was named for the number of elephants gunned down each day for their ivory. The Wildlife Conservation Society launched the campaign in 2013 in support of the Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI) commitment to end the crisis facing Africa’s elephants.
96 Elephants partner coalition includes over 200 organizations including more than 125 North American zoos and aquariums, along with Horizon Media, Do Something.org, Hard Rock Cafe, Great Elephant Census, Save the Elephants, The Bodhi Tree Foundation, - The Enough Project, ESRI, -, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Organization of Young Citizens of Guinea, The Resolve: LRA Crisis Initiative, Invisible Children and Tsavo Trust.
The campaign has already achieved success with the announcement by the Obama administration of a federal ban on most ivory sales. The campaign’s next steps are to pass state moratoria and close loopholes that would allow ivory to continue to be traded, as well as work with other nations on moratorium. New York State, New Jersey, California and Washington State have already passed legislation banning the sale of ivory.
To learn more about the elephant crisis and how to help eradicate the demand for ivory, visit www.96elephants.org.
Tide For Tusks is a University of Alabama student led initiative to raise awareness for poaching of African elephants and promote a deeper understanding of the trafficking of endangered wildlife. We believe that with the conscientious support of UA students, faculty, staff and administrators – who deeply believe in protecting a keystone species like the African elephant – that we can become a part of the solution to save a wildlife icon for future generations. www.tidefortusks.org
The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on earth.
If you would like to guide your readers or viewers to a web link where they can make donations in support of helping save wildlife and wild places, please direct them to: www.wcs.org.
96 Elephants
WCS is leading global efforts to save Africa’s elephants and end the current poaching and ivory trafficking crisis. In 2013, WCS launched its 96 Elephants campaign to bring together world citizens, partners, thought leaders, and change makers to leverage collective influence to stop the killing, stop the trafficking, and stop the demand. The campaign, which has partners from around the world including 125 U.S. zoos, focuses on: securing effective moratoria on sales of ivory; bolstering elephant protection; and educating the public about the link between ivory consumption and the elephant poaching crisis. www.96elephants.org
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Reata Strickland, Tide For Tusks, 205-292-4411; [email protected]
Stephen Sautner, WCS/96 Elephants, 718-220-3682; [email protected]
