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Get Involved: 10 Ways to Help Elephanatics Save Elephants

1. Direct Support & Financial Action

Your direct support funds our high-impact conservation partners in Africa.

Donate to Elephanatics! Your contribution directly fuels anti-poaching, conservation, and education efforts.
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2. Fight the Illegal Ivory Trade

Stopping demand is the most powerful way to make elephant poaching profitless.

Pledge Not to Buy Ivory: The US is the second-largest consumer of ivory after China. By stopping all purchases, we starve the market.
Public Action: Champion the UNTOC Protocol Against
Wildlife Crime

Send a Letter to Your MP Today!

🐘 🎯 The UNTOC Protocol is a critical step to end wildlife crime. Email your MP today using our template below to confirm your action. Help Elephanatics ensure maximum political pressure on Canada’s Ministers on the UNTOC Protocol.

Every letter sent counts toward our campaign goal! 🚀

📅 Why Your Letter is Needed Now ‼️

Transnational wildlife crime is one of the world’s most profitable illegal trades, estimated to generate up to US$199 billion annually in criminal proceeds. Worse still, when you include the full impacts on lost government revenue, ecosystem degradation, and climate mitigation capacity, the estimated full global economic value of wildlife crime is a staggering US$1–2 trillion per year.

This highly organized, transnational criminal enterprise—which is driving wildlife, including elephants, rhinos, pangolins, and countless species of flora and fauna, toward extinction—is currently treated as a low-risk, high-reward business because global legal systems fail to give it the severity of organized crime.

The solution is to use the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)—the world’s most powerful tool for fighting organized crime. We are asking the Government of Canada to show global leadership by supporting the establishment of a Protocol to UNTOC to shut down these criminal syndicates.

The campaign to strengthen the international legal framework against wildlife crime is led by the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime (GIEWC). Your letter is vital to influence Canada’s position ahead of the crucial UNTOC CoP13 meeting in October 2026. Elephanatics is a proud signatory of the GIEWC’s September 2023 letter to the Canadian Government and a key mobilizer of this effort in Canada.
Here is the campaign timeline and why your action is critical:

- September 2023: The Core Ask – The GIEWC, along with a coalition of organizations (including Elephanatics), sent a detailed Letter on strenghtening the international legal framework to tackle IWT to Canada’s Ministers of Environment, Foreign Affairs, and Justice. The letter urged the Government to consider the merits of an additional Protocol to the UNTOC (United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime).
- May 2024: Our Initial Follow-Up – Elephanatics followed up with a letter to Minister Guilbeault and Ministers and Members of Parlaiment (MPs) across Canada, further urging them to support this global agreement.
- June 2025: Sustained Pressure – We sent subsequent follow-up emails to all MPs across Canada to ensure this crucial topic remains an active priority in Parliament.
- October 2026: The Global Policy Deadline – The UNTOC Conference of the Parties (CoP13) will meet to review progress on strengthening the international legal framework against environmental crime.

Today’s Action (Your Letter): We must now deliver a coordinated surge of constituent letters to hold our leaders accountable and ensure Canada demonstrates international leadership by publicly and actively supporting this new UNTOC Protocol.

🎯 ACTION STEP 1: Find Your MP and Champion the UNTOC Protocol

The illegal wildlife trade is a serious transnational crime. We need Canada’s leaders to champion the UNTOC Protocol (United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime) to provide the strongest legal framework possible to fight it.

Please complete these two actions:
- Find your MP’s Email: Click the button below to go to the official Parliament website. Use your postal code to find your Member of Parliament (MP) and copy their email address.
- Send the Email: Copy the letter template below with your town/city and name filled in. Paste it into a new email, send it to your MP, and CRITICALLY, CC all three of the Ministers’ official parliamentary offices below.
→ Click to Find MP & Copy Letter

The Ministers’ Emails to CC (Copy & Paste these into the ‘CC’ field)
- Minister of Justice: Sean.Fraser@parl.gc.ca
- Minister of Environment: Julie.Dabrusin@parl.gc.ca
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca
- Fill in your City/Town and Name at end of letter
👉 Copy and paste the letter below directly into your email:

Subject: URGENT: Constituent Urges MP to Champion UNTOC Protocol Against Wildlife Crime

Dear Member of Parliament,

I am writing to you today as a concerned constituent from [Your City/Town]. I urge you to support the UNTOC Protocol action that Canada must champion to protect endangered species and fight transnational organized crime.

As you know, the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest and most destructive transnational criminal enterprises globally, generating billions of dollars for organized crime. This illicit trade does more than just push keystone species like elephants toward extinction. It funnels massive illicit funds, and fuels corruption worldwide. In addition, it devastates a wide range of flora and fauna across entire ecosystems—from rare orchids and reptiles to birds and aquatic life.

Crucially, a new UNTOC Protocol is essential because it would:
- Treat IWT as a Serious Crime: It would better equip global law enforcement to treat wildlife trafficking as the serious, transnational organized crime that it is, enabling greater cross-border cooperation and stricter penalties.
- Close Legal Gaps: It would strengthen the international legal framework, bringing more countries up to a common standard for tackling this illicit trade.
Therefore, I urge you, as my representative, to bring this matter forward within the House of Commons and to encourage the relevant Ministers (Justice, Foreign Affairs, and Environment) to publicly and actively support the merits of an additional Protocol to UNTOC on illegal wildlife trafficking.

Canada must demonstrate international leadership by supporting this global agreement. I look forward to your response on how you plan to support this initiative before the October 2026 UNTOC COP 13 meeting.

Sincerely,

[Your Full Name] [Your Street Address or Electoral District] [Your Phone Number or Preferred Email Address]

ACTION STEP 2: Confirm Your Action (MANDATORY STEP) 🎯

To ensure maximum political impact and build national momentum for this advocacy campaign, you MUST confirm your submission using the tracker below. Every confirmation strengthens our message to Canadian leaders!

✔ Click to Confirm Your Letter Was Sent

3. Promote Ethical Education

Help us educate the next generation of conservationists.

Share Our Flyer: Distribute the Elephanatics Flyer to teachers, educators, homeschools, and local schools.
Use Our Lesson Plans: Encourage teachers to integrate our Education Lesson Plans into their curriculum.

4. Become an Elephanatics Advocate

You are the voice for elephants in your community.

Volunteer with Elephanatics: Spread the word about ending the ivory trade. Check our volunteer section for current opportunities.
Become a Student Ambassador: Start an Elephanatics club or an endangered species club at your school. View the Ambassador Duties for details.

5. End Elephant Exploitation

Choose ethical tourism and entertainment.

Avoid Elephant Attractions: Do not support places that use elephants for rides or shows, including circuses and encounters in Asia. This requires cruel training and separation from mothers. Look for ethical elephant experiences here.
Oppose Zoos with Elephants: The poaching industry and captive environments often intersect, with many babies of poached mothers being sold to international zoos. Do not support this cycle.