NO DOMESTIC TRADE - OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT

CHORUS CALLS FOR NEW ZEALAND TO BE ON THE SIDE OF WILDLIFE

This World Animal Day, the Jane Goodall Institute New Zealand (JGI NZ) has brought together an assembly of prominent organisations with their sights set on an industry which is threatening to cause the extinction of two of the world’s most iconic animals, and the need for New Zealand to be part of the global response.

JGI NZ is campaigning for an end to New Zealand’s domestic trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn, and will celebrate World Animal Day by delivering a letter to parliament co-signed by Dr. Jane Goodall, former Prime Minister, UNDP Administrator and JGINZ patron, Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, and more than forty national and international institutions, asking the New Zealand government to put the stronger measures in place to ensure New Zealand plays its part to protect these iconic animals.

You can read the open letter here and you can also see the press release here.

Here is the open letter provided to Ministers of the New Zealand government.

JGINZ will continue to push for the closure of the New Zealand market in elephant ivory and rhino horn - And you can take action now to help rhinos and elephants - Add you voice and call to stop this trade. NOW.

Find out about the JGINZ #NoDomesticTrade campaign - Send a letter. Take a selfie and send the message that you support the end of wildlife trade - http://www.janegoodall.org.nz/jgi-nz-campaigns/1-click-campaigns/no-domestic-trade-1-click/

Send a letter to the New Zealand Conservation Minister - http://www.janegoodall.org.nz/no-domestic-trade-letter/