Sign this petition re: banning lion trophies

Sign this petition demanding that Congress approve the CECIL Act and ban the import of lion and elephant trophies to the U.S.

Dear MoveOn member,

For the first time since lions were protected under the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration has approved a trophy import permit for a threatened lion killed in Tanzania.

Thankfully, the House Natural Resources Committee just approved the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies (CECIL) Act to ban U.S. imports of elephant and lion trophies from Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Congress needs to approve the CECIL Act immediately and stop the Trump administration's attacks on our world's wildlife. 

Sign this petition demanding that Congress approve the CECIL Act and ban the import of lion and elephant trophies to the U.S.

This import permit bodes ill for wildlife in Tanzania, home to roughly 40% of Africa's lions and up to half of the elephants in eastern Africa.

We need to halt the slaughter of Tanzania's wildlife before it begins—and stop wealthy trophy hunters from killing them for sport.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Scott Gilman, Center for Biological Diversity

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