From: Endangered Species Coalition

Over the next two weeks leading up to Endangered Species Day, we are organizing actions that you can take as an individual to protect endangered and threatened species. Today, our focus is on lions, elephants, and other species that are put at risk by trophy hunting.

Send Representative Robert J. Wittman an email and ask that they co-sponsor the CECIL Act.

The Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act, or the CECIL Act is named after the lion who was killed in 2015 by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe. This act of sport-killing caused many to question the allowances our government makes to facilitate and even encourage trophy hunting by Americans overseas. The CECIL Act would address some of the concerns that we–and many in the conservation and animal welfare community–voiced following Cecil’s death.

Ask your member of Congress…