The local anti-Ivory action was launched with a petition by Lucy Lan Skrine aged 11 and Christina Seigrist aged 8 at Avaaz.org in mid September calling for the destruction of confiscated ivory in order to send a strong signal to Chinese consumers that buying ivory is immoral and wrong.
Hatua hiyo ya kupinga biashara ya pembe za ndofu ilizinduliwa na tamko la Lucy Lan Skrine mwenye umri wa miaka 11 na Christina Seigrist mwenye miaka 8 kwenye wavuti ya Avaaz.org katikati ya mwezi Septemba likitoa mwito wa kuteketezwa kwa pembe za ndofu zilizokamatwa ili kutuma ujumbe mzito kwa wateja wa bidhaa hiyo nchini China kuwa shughuli hiyo haifai na ni kinyume cha maadili.