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1. Public Action: Support the UNTOC Protocol Against Wildlife Crime

Send a Letter to Your Member of Parliament Today!

🐘 🎯 The UNTOC Protocol is a critical step to end global wildlife crime. Use our template below to email your MP and confirm your action. Every letter sent helps Elephanatics maintain continuous political pressure on Canadian decision-makers to champion a binding UN Protocol against environmental crime.

Why Your Letter is Needed

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.

Elephanatics is a proud signatory of the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime (GIEWC) alliance and a key mobilizer of this effort in Canada.

Our Ongoing Advocacy Milestones:

- 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.

🎯 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: 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 an additional UNTOC Protocol that Canada must champion to protect endangered species and fight transnational organized crime.

The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest and most destructive transnational criminal enterprises globally, generating billions of dollars for criminal networks. This illicit trade does far more than push keystone species like elephants toward extinction—it funnels massive illicit financial flows, fuels corruption, and devastates flora and fauna across entire ecosystems.

A dedicated UNTOC Protocol is essential because it would:
- Treat Wildlife Crime as Serious Crime: Equip global law enforcement to target wildlife trafficking as serious organized crime, enabling cross-border cooperation, asset recovery, and stricter penalties.
- Close Legal Loopholes: Establish a universal legal standard that prevents syndicates from exploiting weak enforcement zones.
As my representative, I urge you to raise this matter within the House of Commons and encourage the Ministers of Justice, Foreign Affairs, and Environment to publicly and actively support a new Protocol to UNTOC on wildlife trafficking.

Canada must demonstrate ongoing international leadership on this issue. I look forward to your response on how you plan to support this initiative.

Sincerely,

[Your Full Name]

[Your Electoral District / City]

[Your Contact Information]

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

🍎 ARE YOU A TEACHER OR EDUCATOR?

Bring this national civic action into your classroom!

👉 VIEW UNTOC LESSON PLANS & TEACHER RESOURCES

2. Direct Support & Financial Action

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Donate to Elephanatics! Your contribution directly fuels anti-poaching, conservation, and education efforts.
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3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.