PETA’s recent release of a video of trophy hunter Aaron Raby gunning down a young elephant, who had stepped just outside South Africa’s protected Kruger National Park, probably made everyone feel the same way: repulsed, heartsick, and wondering how we can stop it. Here’s how you can help PETA and concerned animal advocates around the globe save endangered and threatened species from being killed for “fun.”

Stop Shipments of Hunters’ ‘Trophies’

Since Walter Palmer lured the beloved lion Cecil out of a hunting-free area and took several hours to kill him—presumably to make a trophy of his stunning black mane—45 airlines have agreed not to ship hunting trophies. It’s an effective deterrent, since one of the main motivations of trophy hunters seems to be displaying body parts from their victims in a gruesome exhibit of self-glorification.

Raby, for example, has been complaining to media outlets, upset that he may not be able to import trophies from the elephant he killed. He even created a GoFundMe account, asking people to give him $150,000. At the time of this post, more than a month after Raby set up the donation page, he had collected $0. He’s been trying to elicit sympathy as well for the backlash that he’s received from people who are understandably upset that he caused a gentle elephant to suffer for an undetermined amount of time after firing his first shot. The video shows the injured elephant collapse to his knees and continue to rumble in distress as Raby takes his time talking to his guides, shifting his gun around, and firing four more shots over the next two minutes, while the animal continues to languish in agony. Finally, someone stopped recording, so we don’t know how much longer the elephant was in pain before finally losing consciousness and dying.

We do know that Raby showed no compassion for this intelligent, family-oriented animal, who was simply minding his own business—and the trophy hunter isn’t going to get any sympathy. Please follow the three links below to help stop hunters from obtaining their gory trophies.

Sign PETA’s Petition Urging UPS to Stop Transporting Animals’ Body Parts

Californians, Urge Your Assembly Members to Support SB 1175

California’s Senate Bill 1175 would prohibit importation of many threatened species and their body parts. It has passed the Senate and now needs approval from the Assembly.

Ask Your U.S. Representatives to Support the CECIL Act and the ProTECT Act

The following two bills currently before Congress would help end trophy hunting by prohibiting the importation of body parts from endangered species: the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act, or CECIL Act, and the Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act, or ProTECT Act. Urge your representatives to support this lifesaving legislation.

Post ‘No Hunting’ Signs on Your Property

There is little difference between people who kill elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, lions, and buffaloes for fun and those who find amusement in gunning down deer, squirrels, foxes, coyotes, turkeys, and bears. You can stop hunters from tormenting and killing animals in your area by posting “No Hunting” signs on your property and reporting poachers to the authorities. Signs are available on Amazon.

Spread the Word

Although hunters try to justify their actions, there is no justification for their slayings. You can’t “conserve” animals by killing them. Many of the animals have even been specifically bred on canned hunting ranches for the sole purpose of being someone’s guaranteed kill. Footage obtained by a PETA investigator shows hunters laughing while they repeatedly shoot a captive-bred lion who was resting under a tree.

In addition, studies have consistently proved that the money trophy hunters spend on their hunts accounts for only a tiny fraction—about 1.8%—of Africa’s tourism revenue. What does bring in a substantial amount of money is wildlife viewing—which means that these animals are worth much more to African communities alive than dead.

Howard Siegel, author of Ordinary Beasts: Hunting and Cultural Psychopathy, read pro-hunting books and interviewed hunters to try to determine why they kill animals. He concluded:

“[S]port hunters take great pleasure in shooting animals. … That’s the reason they do it. … It is killing without a purpose other than the self-pleasuring of the hunter.”

Don’t be fooled by hunters’ excuses. The time to end trophy hunting is now.