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End Ivory-Funded Terrorism

This is terrorism you can actually do something about.

Either we come together now to make these the last days of ivory-funded terrorism or we witness the last days of elephants in the wild.

Let’s put the illegal ivory trade and the terrorists profiting from it out of business, in order to protect endangered elephants and innocent people.

The Film: “Last Days”

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The Facts

  • An elephant is murdered every 15 minutes

    An elephant is murdered every 15 minutes

  • Over 30,000 elephants are killed by poaching every year

    Over 30,000 elephants are killed by poaching every year

  • Elephants in the wild could be extinct in 11 years

    Elephants in the wild could be extinct in 11 years

  • We can prevent the Last Days of Elephants

    We can prevent the Last Days of Elephants

  • African terrorist groups such as al-Shabaab, The Lord’s Resistance Army, Boko Haram and Janjaweed use the sale of illegal ivory to carry out attacks

    African terrorist groups such as al-Shabaab, The Lord’s Resistance Army, Boko Haram and Janjaweed use the sale of illegal ivory to carry out attacks

  • Trafficking in endangered species is the 4th largest illegal business in the world after drugs, weapons and humans

    Trafficking in endangered species is the 4th largest illegal business in the world after drugs, weapons and humans

  • Now is the time to come together and put an end to ivory-funded terrorism

    Now is the time to come together and put an end to ivory-funded terrorism

Why We Did This

Last year we were made aware of the very real connection between elephant poaching and terrorism. For us, it represented the diabolical intersection of two problems that are of great concern - species extinction and global terrorism. Both involve the loss of innocent life and both require urgent action.

To make a feature film about such a topic would likely take years during which more elephants would die, so instead we got a team of fellow filmmakers together quickly and made what you see here. We felt that by making it an animated piece we would give it a broader audience - besides, the Internet is filled with graphic images of slaughtered elephants and yet the killing continues. Our desire was to help the viewer focus on the trail of money as well as the trail of blood - a relationship that Interpol and other groups unequivocally confirm.

There are real things we can all do to stop wild elephants from disappearing from our world while cutting off funding for some of the world's most notorious terrorist networks. This site is here to help you convert your anger, your sadness and your compassion into action. Use it!

An elephant disappears every 15 minutes. It is our hope that this film helps to bring an activist into existence at least that often.

We can stop this. We need your help.

The Last Days Team

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Our Team & Partners

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    Kathryn Bigelow

    Director

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    Scott Z. Burns

    Writer

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    Megan Ellison

    Producer

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    Sandra Rabins

    Producer

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    Samuel Michlap

    Concept / Production Designer

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    Paul N.J. Ottosson

    Sound Designer

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    Matthew Budman

    Executive Producer

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    Peter Knights

    WildAid Executive Director

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    Juan Zarate

    Strategic Adviser

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    Rich Klein

    Strategic Adviser