Twenty years ago elephants were being wiped out by poachers. Then international outcry halted the trade and elephant herds started to recover. But the ivory trade continues to flourish and elephants -- especially in West and Central Africa, are in great danger from poaching. The lesson is crystal clear: Any legal ivory trade leads to illegal killing.

Join IFAW's campaign today and you can help free elephants from the threat of ivory poaching. Please sign the petition and urge the U.S. government to protect the world's remaining elephants by opposing any further international trade in ivory.

I urge my government to protect the world's remaining elephants by opposing any further international trade in ivory and to take action to reduce poaching and illegal ivory trade.