Starting November 24, delegates from 184 countries and the European Union will vote on proposals that could strengthen — or weaken — protections for species threatened by extinction, including vaquita porpoises, African elephants, white and black rhinos, and giraffes.

With one million species at risk and illegal and unsustainable trade fueling their decline, this moment is critical.

Tell the United States: Protect Species on the Brink of Extinction

A baby elephant nuzzles an adult elephant, intertwining their trunks.

One million species — including vaquita porpoises, African elephants, white and black rhinos, and giraffes — are threatened with extinction, many within mere decades, and ecosystem collapse is accelerating. The killing and trafficking of wild species is one of the leading drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide.

Every few years, countries around the world meet under CITES, the international treaty that governs global wildlife trade, to make binding decisions that decide which endangered animals and plants must be protected from trade across borders for profit, in an effort to save them from extinction.

These votes that could strengthen — or weaken — protections for species start on November 24. With so many species at risk of extinction within mere decades, and illegal and unsustainable trade fueling their decline, this moment is critical.

Urge the U.S. delegation to support global bans on commercial trade in endangered species and fight back against efforts to reopen trade in giraffes, rhinos, elephants, and other vulnerable wildlife.

Sign Our Petition

I urge you to support strong, science-based protections for threatened species at the upcoming CITES conference.

Please vote for global bans on profit-driven international trade in species threatened with extinction — and oppose proposals that would reopen trade in giraffes, rhinos, elephants, and other vulnerable wildlife.

The United States helped draft the CITES treaty and was the first country to ratify in 1974. With one million species at risk and overexploitation driving global biodiversity loss, the United States must continue to lead in safeguarding the world’s most imperiled animals and plants. I urge you to support proposals focused on conserving species, strengthening enforcement, and holding countries accountable under the treaty.

Our planet’s biodiversity cannot wait. Please act now.

Sign Our Petition

I urge you to support strong, science-based protections for threatened species at the upcoming CITES conference.

Our planet’s biodiversity cannot wait. Please act now.

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