Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio showed his support for a Thai wildlife campaign to stop the ivory trade with a tweet to his 12 million followers yesterday.
The actor shared the information from wildlife conservation organization WWF Thailand, which encourages netizens to take a stand against the illegal ivory trade by signing its petition.
To spread the word about the campaign, WWF asks people to imagine a life without elephants by publicly removing the Thai letter representing elephants Chor Chang from their names. By removing Chor Chang from their names, Thai people can help make a statement that they want the illegal trade in ivory to stop.
The website offers a template to enter one’s name name and have the Chor Chang removed for an image that can be used as a profile picture on social media. If you don’t have a Chor Chang, it really doesn’t make any sense.
English-speaking supporters can have their name translated too.
ABOVE: Thai translation for “Charlotte”
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