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News. of life, but in the wild “I think [the campaign] was very far reaching and over the coming months their counterparts we will see the benefits of this campaign,” said Randall Mecredy, faculty advi- are being killed at sor and president of the non-profit. an alarming rate. So Tide for Tusks and Tigers for Tigers connected after Michael Steinberg, while The University associate professor and Tide for Tusks non-profit board member, contacted of Alabama and Tigers for Tigers about working together. Clemson University’s “It allows us to reach more people together than we can apart,” said Maddie football teams took Karwich, president of the Tide for Tusks student organization, which is to the field as rivals, why Tide for Tusks has also paired up with the conservation non-profit 96 Alabama’s Tide for Elephants for other projects. Tusks and Clemson’s Sean Carnell, National Spirit Campaign Manager for Tigers for Tigers, Tigers for Tigers took said the partnership with Tide for Tusks is beneficial for both programs. to social media as Tide for Tusks has a top-down, three-pronged approach with a non-profit, partners in the fight a student-run organization and a class, while Tigers for Tigers is more of a for conservation. grass-roots effort. Created at the Photo courtesy of Tide for Tusks “We were able to learn from each other and see the benefits of both University in 2013, Tide for Tusks raises awareness for the poaching of approaches,” Carnell said. African elephants and works to promote a deeper understanding of the traf- The organizations decided to work together before they knew that Alabama ficking of endangered wildlife. and Clemson would face each other in the National Championship. When Similarly, Tigers for Tigers is a national coalition that is present on eight both teams advanced passed the semi-finals, they realized the game would be college campuses with tiger mascots. They work to prevent tiger extinction a great stage for a campaign. and raise awareness regarding poaching, trafficking and habitat loss. According to Carnell, the campaign helped redefine the schools’ identities During the National Championship game, the two organizations led a to ones of solidarity instead of rivalry. joint social media campaign in which they asked students and fans to show “To show rivals we’re unified for a greater cause of preservation lends a lot solidarity for their wild mascots. of weight to our message,” Karwich said. They encouraged people to use the hashtag #ProtectOurMascots while Karwich believes the campaign and the efforts of both groups are impor- creating images with phrases like “Rivals on the field, Partners in the wild,” tant because most people don’t know the gravity of the situations their mas- “Our mascots may win on the field, but in the wild they are losing the game,” cots are in. They don’t know that 96 elephants are killed every day, and less and “They stand with us. Let’s stand with them.” than 3,200 tigers remain in the wild. Strickland said as the largest college with an elephant mascot, we have a responsibility to protect the gentle giant that represents our school. “We don’t want to be the first universities with extinct mascots,” Karwich Visit our said, “We want future students to be able to see their mascots in real life.” For more information on Tide for Tusks and how to join, go to tidefortusks. org and like them on Facebook at “Tide for Tusks – Student Organization” Grand Opening. and the non-profit’s page, “Tide for Tusks.” Their first student meeting of the semester will be Jan.