Are you ready to help EIA fight wildlife crime in The Big Give?
Double your donations and help EIA stop the illegal wildlife trade!
On December 4, 5 and 6 there is an incredible opportunity to have your donation to EIA doubled through the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2014. This means that your gift will go twice as far supporting our crucial work in 2015 to fight the illegal wildlife trade.
Globally, the illegal wildlife trade is worth billions, meaning it’s now the fourth most lucrative illegal trade in the world, with links to terrorism and other serious criminal activities. While demand for commodities such as elephant ivory and tiger parts & products soars, incidents of poaching have increased dramatically and some of the world’s most iconic species now face the real threat of extinction.
EIA works tirelessly to investigate and expose the major players behind environmental crime, providing irrefutable evidence of illegal activity in order to effect real change.
EIA faces enormous challenges as these species face an onslaught as never before, but we will not give in.
Through investigations, often conducted undercover and in dangerous conditions, we use the evidence gathered to compile comprehensive reports and effectively lobby for change. Some of our recent reports include In Cold Blood: Combating organised wildlife crime and Hidden in Plain Sight: China’s Clandestine Tiger Trade; both examining wildlife crime and the burgeoning trade that’s devastating populations of elephants and tigers in the wild. EIA’s short film, In Cold Blood, also gives insight into the devastating nature of wildlife crime.
Most recently, EIA published the report Vanishing Point: Criminality, Corruption and the Devastation of Tanzania’s Elephants and accompanying short film Vanishing Point, which spurred massive public outcry and received extensive global coverage in the media (including the BBC, New York Times and even America’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). The report highlights a level of killing that hasn’t been seen since the 1980s. The statistics show that Tanzania has lost half its elephants in the past five years alone, all to feed a resurgent ivory trade in China.
A permit and a tiger skin rug in Xiafeng taxidermy with, inset, permit details (c) EIA
Wildlife crime is being met with increased concern from the public and governments all around the world, bringing much-needed attention to this issue. EIA has been at the forefront in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade for 30 years and we don’t intend to stop now. However, we can only continue our vital work with your support.
By taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2014, you not only have the opportunity to DOUBLE YOUR DONATION but every penny raised will go towards our work on illegal wildlife trade in 2015. Your support will help us conduct new investigations into the murky world of the illegal wildlife trade with the aim of putting a stop to it all together.
To stand the greatest chance of doubling your donation to EIA, please log on to our Big Give Christmas Challenge page at 10am sharp on December 4, 5 or 6 and click on ‘Donate Online Now’.
You can visit our Big Give webpage for more information, or to be added to our reminder list please email fundraising@eia-international.org.
With your support, we believe that we can continue to make a difference and save these magnificent species so that they don’t simply exist as a memory for future generations.
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Thank-you.