SIERRARISE: Stop the pangolin blood trade

Pangolins are cute-but-strange animals that look like a cross between an armadillo, an anteater, and a roly-poly. They're also the world's most-trafficked mammal.1More than one million pangolins have been slaughtered by poachers in the past decade.2 Fortunately, the United States is headed to a major conference on international wildlife trade next year, and the fate of the pangolin is expected to be discussed. Tell your government to provide new protections so the pangolin can see another decade. CITES is an international treaty that is the closest thing we have to a worldwide Endangered Species Act. The agreement has the weight of law in many countries, resulting in an effective way to combat the illegal wildlife trade. The pangolin is already protected under one section of the treaty, but moving it to the most at-risk category would ban commercial trade, the pangolin's biggest threat. Pangolins are killed and shipped internationally for their meat, their scales...even their blood.3 These animals desperately need your help -- take action for pangolins now! "In the 21st Century we really should not be eating species to extinction," said Jonathan Baillie, Conservation Program Director at the Zoological Society of London. "There is simply no excuse for allowing this illegal trade to continue."2 The United States is currently considering a proposal to provide the maximum level of protections to pangolins, and they're accepting public input until October 26. Save critically endangered pangolins -- tell the U.S. to ban commercial trade of this disappearing species. In it together, Alexander RonySierraRise Post to Facebook ��/a> Share on Twitter ��/a>

Pangolins are at risk of extinction due to trafficking.

Ban commercial trade of pangolins!

References: 1. Northam, J. (18 August 2015). "The World's Most Trafficked Mammal Is One You May Never Have Heard Of." NPR. 2. Hance, J. (28 July 2014). "Over a million pangolins slaughtered in the last decade." Mongabay. 3. Sutter, J. (April 2014). "The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of." CNN. Photo credit: David Brossard / CC BY-SA 2.0