Protect Black Rhinos from Trophy Hunters
Two individuals have requested import permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to bring the rhinos they kill in Africa back to the United States.
The American people agree that killing an endangered species is unacceptable. A recent poll found that 89 percent of the public said they were opposed to the hunting of rhinos for sport. Now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an opportunity to set an example for the world by denying import permits for two rare black rhinos that will have been needlessly killed.
Urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny the applications for the import permits. With approximately 5,000 left in the wild, black rhinos need your help.
Please take action calling on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe to help protect rhinos.
Dear Director Ashe,
I am writing to urge you to deny the requests for import permits for black rhino trophies from Namibia. This would continue a terrible precedent for this and other critically endangered species whose future depends on keeping healthy populations in the wild.
The American people agree that killing an endangered species is unacceptable. A recent poll found that 89 percent of the public said they were opposed to the hunting of rhinos for sport.
With approximately 5,000 remaining in the wild, the black rhinoceros is on the brink of extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an opportunity to set an example for the world by denying import permits for two rare black rhinos that will have been needlessly killed.
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