Fifth Graders Take Action
Mr. Leuszler’s fifth graders at Imagine Bella Academy of Excellence watch ChannelOne news every morning. The students were shocked to hear that elephants are being poached for their ivory tusks and even more appalled to find out the population of elephants on the continent of Africa has diminished to approximately 600,000, and they are in danger of becoming extinct within the next decade! Can you imagine a world without elephants? The 5th graders took action and devised a plan to raise money for young elephants who lost their mothers to the ivory trade. The fifth graders decided to hold a penny drive and raised over 6,500 pennies to donate to the WWF!
How can you be involved?
Take action: Tell the Obama administration you support strong new rules that help prevent illegal elephant ivory from being sold in the US by signing the petition found at the web address below: https://support.worldwildlife.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=777&utm_campaign=wildlife-crime&utm_medium=email&utm_source=can-taf&utm_content=140429
More information at the World Wildlife Fund website: http://worldwildlife.org