The aforementioned correspondence was endorsed and signed by the following Members of the Pro Elephant Network:
Owais Awan – Advocate High Court, Islamabad
Suparna Ganguly – President and Co-Founder, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Center, Bangalore, India
Dr Brett Bard – Veterinarian, South Africa
Dr Jessico Bell Rizzolo – Postdoctoral Researcher, the Conservation Criminology Lab, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Janey Clegg – Committee Member, SPCA Mutare, Zimbabwe
Megan Carr – Founders Rhinos in Africa
Lenin Chisaira – Founder, Advocates 4 Earth – Green Law Connect, Zimbabwe
Dr Betsy Coville – Excotic Wildlife Animal Veterinarian
Dr Harvey Croze – DPhil (Oxon) Collaborating Researcher – Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Kenya
Nomusa Dube – Founder, Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation, United Kingdom
David Ebert – Advocate, Founder Director of the Animal Defence Partnership, United States of America
Stefania Falcon – Co-Founder Future for Wildlife, South Africa
Daniela Freyer – Co-Founder Pro Wildlife, Germany
Michele Franko, Captive Elephant Caregiver and Advocate, United States of America
Chief Stephen Fritz, Indigenous Leader, South Peninsula Khoi Council, South Africa
Dr Toni Frohoff, Ethologist and Behavioural Biologist, Founder of TerraMar Research, United States of America
Heike Henderson-Altenstein, Co-Founder, Future for Elephants e.V., Germany
Iris Ho, Head of Policy, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, United States of America
Sangita Lyer -Founder of Voice for Asian Elephant Society, Nat Geo Explorer and Wildlife Filmmaker, Canada
David Kabambo – Founder Director of Peace for Conservation, Wildlife Management, Tanzania
Dr Paula Kahumbu -CEO WildlifeDirect, Kenya
Professor Mohan Kharel -Trighuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nuria Maldonado Torrecabota – Founder International Species Conservation and Animal Protection Expert Services, Spain
Duncan McNair, CEO Save the Asian Elephants, United Kingdom
Jim Karani – Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa, Kenya
Dr Winnie Kiiru -Founder Conservation Kenya
Brigitte Kornetzky -President and Founder of Elefanten in Not, Switzerland
Professor Bob Jacobs – Neuroscience Researcher, Colorado College, United States of America
Lynne James – Independent Consultant Elephant Conservation, Zimbabwe
Dr Mark Jones, Born Free Foundation, United Kingdom
Kahindi Lekalhaile, Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Kenya
Dr Smaragda Louw, Director, Ban Animal Trading, South Africa
Linda Masudze, Advocate 4 Earth, Zimbabwe
Varda Mehrotra, Co Founder, A Just World, India
Dr Nurzhafarina Binti Onthman, Founder, Seratu Aatai, Elephant Conservation and Research Coordinator at HUTAN-KOCP, Malaysia
Tina Papadopoulou -Biologist, Co Founder, Friends of Bunka, United Kingodm
Sharon Pincott -Elephant Behavioural Specialist, ex-Hwange, Zimbabwe
Michele Pickover – Executive Director EMS Foundation, South Africa
Bharati Ramachandran -CEO of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations, India
Ian Redmond OBE – Founder, African Ele-Fund and Elefriends Campaign, Chairman of Ape Alliance and Co-Founder of Rebalance Earth
Ingo Schmidinger – Director of International Operations, Elephant Sanctuary, Brazil
Mark Stratton – Investigative Journalist, Founder Friends of Bunka, United Kingdom
Dr Liz Tyson -Animal Welfare Law, Programs Director, Born Free, United States of America
Antoinette van der Water – Director, Bring the Elephants Home, South Africa
Vasanthi Vadi – Trustee of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations, India
Professor Dan Wylie – Rhodes University, South Africa
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