Is The Ivory Trade a lost cause?

Firstly I would like to thank you on taking the time to read my blog! I am Bronte and I’m trying to raise awareness and highlight the importance of this significant, worthwhile charity. The ivory trade has only one main charity called TUSK. TUSK is situated mainly in Africa with all its reserves for elephants, but many smaller sanctuaries are based in Europe. I think it is crucial to raise awareness for the work that these charities complete, as with-out their support elephants could be extinct in the near future. Your donations directly affect the lives of not only elephants but rhinos as well. Your money will build safe homes such as nature reserves and pay for animal conservationists where they are needed. Without this intervention more elephant would die each year. The purpose behind my blog is to heighten awareness and to raise money as if things continue, as they are this species will be extinct in ten years.

Key to the success of this project is to modify attitudes toward the hunting of elephants for their tusks. Firstly we need to be aware of this cause and then we need to take responsibility. Everybody can take part in by fundraising at a local level and spreading the word!

Not many people seem to know about the suffering, so we need to provide people with alternative materials to use instead of tusks; we need to attach the feelings of repulsiveness similar to that of wearing a fur coat, to discourage the amount that we use for jewellery. Do we really need to wear this? Do we really need to make things out of ivory? We need to be mindful and consider the bloodshed involved in this process. Here is a real life example below of the little things we can do to make a huge difference to one elephant’s life.

This is a courageous conservationist who devoted his life to working with elephants, he was known as ‘the elephant whisperer’. He saved many lives of the young that were not able to survive out in the wild. He took care of them and they treated him like one of their family, if you help raise money we can get more people like Lawrence Anthony to support us in this mission!

When you have read my blog, I hope that you will become more informed about TUSK and what they do to help those elephants that are suffering poaching in Africa as well as other places-and feel like you want to help

Thank you so much again for reading my blog! Please do now post me a comment with your thoughts. It would be really great if you could post your answers to the following questions- & help in any way you feel is best for you. Many further details on the ideas listed below can be found at http://www.tusk.org/ Please help TUSK stop the poaching so we can still be able to see these magnificent creatures 10 years from now!

• Had you heard of the charity TUSK before?
• Do you now feel more informed about the issues faced by the elephants and why it is so important we help them?
• Would you now be prepared to do any of the following things to help minimize the amount of elephants killed each year?

• Make a donation to TUSK?
• Start or join a fundraising campaign?
• Sign up to receive a regular information pack about the work TUSK do and more ways in which you can help them?
• Tell your friends and family about TUSK and try to persuade them to help in any of the ways above?
• If you post a response, please can you tell me where you come from i.e. your hometown & country (if not the UK)?

Thank you so much for taking an interest in my blog!
Bronte