Save the elephant campaigns by two Hong Kong teenagers draw praise from Chelsea Clinton in new book
Book by former president’s daughter Chelsea pays tribute to Hong Kong girls for efforts in helping curb ivory trade to protect elephants
Two Hong Kong teenagers who took up the fight against ivory trading to save endangered elephants have been praised by Chelsea Clinton in a book by the former US president’s daughter.
The new book, titled It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!, draws attention to global problems, using real-life stories to show how people can make a difference.
Some of the topics covered by Clinton, whose father Bill was president from 1993 to 2001 and mother Hillary is a leading Democrat presidential nominee, include food insecurity, gender equality and endangered species.
Hong Kong International School pupil Nellie Shute, 13, won plaudits for her campaign work, including persuading her school to stop using ivory for educational purposes. She was a driving force in gathering 60,000 signatures calling for Hong Kong to destroy its stockpile of seized illegal ivory – something the government agreed to last year.
“[It’s] likely more people paid attention to Nellie’s efforts because she was young and passionate,” Clinton noted.