Petition: Tell the IUCN to Protect Big Tuskers and All Elephants from Poachers

Dida, possibly the largest female tusker elephant in Africa, has passed away from natural causes. The elephant lived in a protected and free Tsavo East National Park in Kenya.

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She was believed to be between 60 and 65 years old, which is well within the range of wild elephants’ natural life. Unfortunately, most elephants will never reach this age because of outside threats like poaching and climate change. Dida’s death reminds us that we need to ensure all elephants have the safety and protection that she had.

According to estimates, up to 100 African elephants are killed every day. Most are slaughtered by poachers who will rip them apart to steal their ivory, meat, and other parts to sell illegally in the wildlife trade. Killing these animals not only hurts their herds which are deeply rooted in community bonds but also threatens the African elephant species as a whole.

We can take away an important lesson from Dida’s passing, and that is that all elephants deserve protection from poachers, as she had. This is why the IUCN needs to speed up its efforts to protect big tuskers.

Sign this petition to demand the IUCN increase efforts to protect Big Tuskers and all elephants from poaching!

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