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Massachusetts: Urge your legislators to pass H.3935 and S.616

Wildlife trafficking and the trade in wildlife parts is a global crisis that threatens elephants and rhinos with extinction. Each year, thousands of elephants and rhinos are slaughtered for their tusks and horns. Scientists have described the ongoing decline in African elephant populations as “continuing and likely irreversible.” Rhino populations are also dwindling, with fewer than 27,000 rhinos remaining in the wild.

State ivory and rhino horn sales bans fill gaps that federal laws and regulations do not address, and they are critical to ending the U.S. trade.

Massachusetts plays a crucial role in this fight. Massachusetts ranks among the top states for online ivory sales, and our previous investigations have found a thriving ivory product market. To address this, bills under consideration in Massachusetts (H.3935 and S.616) would prohibit the trade of ivory and rhino horn in the Commonwealth.

These bills are critical to end Massachusetts’ participation in the markets for cruel products made from wildlife. Ending the trade in ivory and rhino horn is critical if we are to ensure these beloved animals do not disappear. We need your help to make sure this bill passes.

TAKE ACTION

Please make a brief, polite call to your Massachusetts state representative and state senator today and ask them to support H.3935 and S.616. Look up their phone numbers here. You can say: "As your constituent, I am asking you to pass H.3935 and S.616 to ban the trade of ivory and rhino horn products in Massachusetts."

After making your calls (please do not skip that crucial step!), fill in and submit the form below to send a follow-up message.

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Dear Legislator,

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to pass An Act relative to ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking (H.3935 and S.616) sponsored by Representative Livingstone and Senator Lewis.  

Massachusetts ranks as one of the top states for online ivory sales. A legal market for ivory provides cover for illegal products to flourish, since it’s easy to mix the two. This legislation would ban the trade of ivory and rhino horn in Massachusetts, with some commonsense exemptions, closing the loopholes that traffickers can exploit to use our state as a market for illegal wildlife products.

Nearly 9 in 10 Massachusetts voters polled support a state prohibition on ivory and rhinoceros horn sales (86%, May 2026). I urge you to stand with them and with the species this trade threatens by passing H.3935 and S.616 into law this session to ensure a safer future for elephants and rhinos.

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