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- Published on Monday, 03 August 2015 15:30
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SumOfUs just won a victory to protect lions and other endangered animals. And it all started with a petition.
Now, you can start your own petition too! Create a petition at SumOfUs -- and if it goes well, it could be sent to the whole SumOfUs community!
Start a petitionDear A,
Delta Airlines just contacted SumOfUs to announce that it will officially ban the shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight. This is all because of people power -- 250,000 SumOfUs members called on Delta to ban the transport of 'trophies' on flights, and within days Delta announced a ban!
It's some good news after Cecil the Lion's tragic death. With airlines refusing to profit from the transport of illegal trophies, hunters will struggle to transport their prizes home and might never go on these trips in the first place.
These wins are a huge deal for lions and our most precious endangered animals. But there are thousands of other companies who need to do what's right -- if only we made them.
Now, starting your own petition against any corporation is easy with SumOfUs Community. And if it takes off, it could be sent to millions of SumOfUs members.
With SumOfUs Community, now you can start a petition just like the one that got some of the biggest airlines in the world to do the right thing. Moroccan soccer player Abdeslam Ouaddou started a petition calling on Barcelona Soccer to drop Qatar Airlines as their sponsor because of worker abuse, and tens of thousands have already signed the petition. The petition has gotten major media coverage. And a few hours after Delta contacted SumOfUs, the New York Times and other major newspapers have already contacted us to cover the campaign.
The fight against corporate power has always been one of many fronts and many faces -- more fronts than one organization could handle. But now, we are giving you the tools to launch your very own campaign on the issues you care about most.
From the very beginning we’ve believed in the strength of numbers (you can see proof of that in our name). So far we have focused our attention on critical issues: bringing attention to the plight of workers in Bangladesh working in sweatshop conditions, helping persuade massive fast food chains like McDonald’s to adopt more responsible palm oil sourcing policies, and protecting thousands of bunnies from being tortured in the cruel fur industry. With you at the helm, and other SumOfUs members all over the world starting campaigns to challenge corporate power, who knows what we will accomplish.
Just sign in and start a campaign. Recruit your friends. Grow the community. It’s that easy. Really.
We’ll be right here lending you support every step of the way.
Thanks for all that you do to make this movement real,
Paul, and the rest of the team at SumOfUs.org
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