Over 100 related petitions have been created specifically about Cecil. The largest petition, Justice for Cecil the iconic collared lion slaughtered by trophy hunter in Zimbabwe!, has over 1 million supporters.
This map shows signatures globally on the petition from the time it was created through August 5, 2015:
196 countries are represented among supporters of the Justice for Cecil petition. The top 10 most engaged countries are:
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
Philippines
Mexico
Argentina
India
France
Brazil
While many petitions were inspired by Cecil’s death, people have shifted focus to fight big game hunting policies generally as well: in the past 2 months, nearly 600 petitions related to big game hunting were launched on Change.org. Many of these ask organizations and companies to ban big game hunting and the transportation of hunting trophies.
One of the most popular of these was declared a victory on Monday. Almost 400,000 supporters provoked Delta to ban the shipment of hunting trophies.
Now, thousands are calling on South African Airways (SAA) to immediatelyban the shipment of hunting trophies. South African Airways announced a ban on the transportation of hunting trophies in April, but just 3 months later, the decision was reversed.
The petition was launched by Regina Fugate, a Cape Town resident passionate about wildlife photography, who says:
“We can make this change if we work together to show South African Airways it’s bad business to ship slaughtered wildlife.”
Other popular petitions against big game hunting include:
Thomas Unise is asking President Obama for new laws to protect big game
Jessica Barrett is asking Canadian officials to ban big game trophy importing in Canada
Rebecca Byrne is asking the Council of the European Union to ban big game trophy importing in the European Union
Lavinia Álvarez is asking the President of South Africa to stop lion hunting in Africa
Alberto Gomez is asking the United States Fish and Wildlife Service toprotect African Lions by classifying them as endangered species
If you’re against big game hunting, consider supporting a petition or starting one of your own.
From:
http://blog.change.org/post/125957722834/changeorg-trends-campaigning-for-cecil-and-his
According to the Washington Post:
http://blog.change.org/post/125957722834/changeorg-trends-campaigning-for-cecil-and-his
According to the Washington Post:
While airlines ban hunting trophy shipments, UPS says it won’t bow to controversy
Hunters and others looking to ship lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo heads and other big-game trophies across the world still have options available, even as Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Air Canada announced this week that they will no longer allow such cargo on their planes.Shipments of hunting trophies are still allowed by United Parcel Service, a UPS spokeswoman told The Washington Post on Tuesday, noting that the global shipping giant follows U.S. and international laws, not public opinion, in determining what it will and won’t ship.
Continuing reading at http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/03/delta-air-lines-bans-freight-shipments-of-lion-hunting-trophies/
To sign the petition again the USPS - Visit
http://forcechange.com/64377/united-states-postal-service-stop-shipping-live-animals/
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