Sign the petition Sign the petition to European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella, and all European governments: As citizens from across Europe and the world we call on you to close Europe’s domestic trade in ivory, end all ivory exports, and support efforts to ban the global ivory trade. Europe has led the fight against illegal poaching, but these efforts are being undermined by the continued legal trade in ivory in EU countries. In the context of China announcing its ban on ivory, Europe must now do all it can to prevent elephants being driven to extinction. Enter your email address: Sorry, Avaaz petitions require javascript to be enabled in your browser. Please turn on javascript and try again. (Here are some

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Sign the petition to European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella, and all European governments:

"As citizens from across Europe and the world we call on you to close Europe’s domestic trade in ivory, end all ivory exports, and support efforts to ban the global ivory trade. Europe has led the fight against illegal poaching, but these efforts are being undermined by the continued legal trade in ivory in EU countries. In the context of China announcing its ban on ivory, Europe must now do all it can to prevent elephants being driven to extinction. "

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We're about to wipe elephants from the face of the Earth.-- an astonishing last throw of the evolutionary dice to survive human cruelty.But for the first time ever China, the world's biggest ivory importer, has announced it’s banning ivory. Now, if enough of us demand it, we canLast year we shone a light on Europe’s thriving ivory markets and stirred up a storm. Now momentum is building to shut them down. This is our moment! Join the urgent call and share this everywhere -- let’s