THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PRO ELEPHANT NETWORK:
- Owais Awan – Advocate in the High Court, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Suparna Baksi-Ganguly – President /Co-Founder, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Center, India
- Dr Brett Bard – Wildlife Veterinarian, South Africa
- Dr Jessica Bell Rizzolo – Postdoctoral Researcher, Michigan State University, USA
- Professor David Bilchitz – Director, South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law, South Africa
- Megan Carr – Founder, Rhinos in Africa, South Africa
- Lenin Chisaira – Founder, Advocates 4 Earth / Green Law Connect, Zimbabwe
- Janey Clegg – Committee Member, SPCA Mutare, Zimbabwe
- Dr Betsy Coville – Exotic and Wildlife Animal Veterinarian, USA
- Dr Harvey Croze – Co-Founder, Amboseli Elephant Research Project, Kenya
- Nomusa Dube – Founder, Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation, United Kingdom
- David Ebert – Founder and Director, Animal Defense Partnership, USA
- Stefania Falcon – Co-Founder, Future 4 Wildlife, South Africa
- Daniela Freyer – Co-Founder, Pro Wildlife, Germany
- Michele Franko- Captive Elephant Caregiver and Wildlife Advocate, USA
- Chief Stephen Fritz – Indigenous Leader, South Peninsula Khoi Council, South Africa
- Dr Toni Frohoff- Ethologist, Behavioral Biologist, Founder of TerraMar Research, USA
- Dr Marion E. Garai – Elephant Behaviour Specialist, South Africa
- Georgina Groves – Elephant Behaviour Specialist and Animal Welfare Technical Expert, UK
- Dr Ross Harvey – Environmental Economist, Botswana
- Heike Henderson-Altenstein – Co-Founder, Future for Elephants e.V., Germany
- Alok Hisarwala Gupta – Lawyer, Centre for Research on Animal Rights, India
- Iris Ho – Head of Policy Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), USA
- Peter Hodgskin – Founder, Hands-off Fernkloof, South Africa
- Sangita Iyer – Founder, Voice for Asian Elephants Society, Nat Geo Explorer, Filmmaker, Canada
- David Kabambo – Founder and Director of Peace for Conservation, Wildlife Management, Tanzania
- Dr Paula Kahumbu – Chief Executive Officer WildlifeDirect, Kenya
- Professor Mohan Kharel – Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Nuria Maldonado Torrecabota – Founder, IScapes, Spain
- Duncan McNair – CEO, Save The Asian Elephants, United Kingdom
- Jim Karani – Director, Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa, Kenya
- Dr Winnie Kiiru – Founder, Conservation Kenya, Kenya
- Brigitte Kornetzky – President and Founder, Elefanten in Not, Switzerland / India
- Professor Bob Jacobs – Psychology Department, Colorado College, USA
- Lynne James – Consultant, Elephant Conservation, Zimbabwe
- Dr Mark Jones – Veterinarian & Head of Policy, Born Free Foundation, UK
- Kahindi Lekalhaile – Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Kenya
- Dr Smaragda Louw – Director, Ban Animal Trading, South Africa
- Dr Keith Lindsay – Collaborating Researcher Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Advisor FFW, UK
- Giorgio Lombardi – Warden, Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, South Africa
- Linda Masudze – Lawyer, Advocate 4 Earth, Zimbabwe
- Varda Mehrotra- Co-Founder, Samayu, A Just World, India
- Brett Mitchell – Chairperson Elephant Reintegration Trust, South Africa
- Dr Cynthia Moss – Director, Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Kenya
- Dr Nurzhafarina Binti Othman- Founder, Seratu Aatai, Elephant Conservation and Research, Malaysia
- Sharon Pincott – Elephant Behavioral Specialist, ex-Hwange, Zimbabwe
- Michele Pickover – Executive Director, EMS Foundation, South Africa
- Bharati Ramachandran – CEO of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations, India
- Ian Redmond OBE – Co-Founder, Rebalance Earth, Chairman Ape Alliance, UK
- Ingo Schmidinger – Director of International Operations, Elephant Sanctuary, Brazil
- Dr Jan Schmidt-Burbach – Head of Wildlife and Animal Welfare, World Animal Protection Int, Germany
- Dr DJ Schubert – Wildlife Biologist, Animal Welfare Institute, USA
- Dr Liz Tyson – Animal Welfare Law, Programs Director, Born Free, USA
- Antoinette Van de Water – Director, Bring the Elephant Home, South Africa
- Vasanthi Vadi – Trustee of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations, India
- Professor Dan Wylie – Poet, Author, Rhodes University, South Africa
- Amy P. Wilson – Director, Animal Law Reform, South Africa