Ellen will donate money for every person who tweets #BeKindToElephants

If there’s something you should know about Ellen DeGeneres, it’s that she’s a huge fan of animals. After hearing that Donald Trump will reverse a ban that the Obama administration placed in 2014 that helped protect elephants, DeGeneres decided to donate money through a #BeKindToElephants hashtag on Twitter in order to reverse some of the damage.

For everyone who sends a tweet using the #BeKindToElephants hashtag and a specific graphic created for the campaign, DeGeneres will donation to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which is known as being one of the top orphan elephan rescues and rehabilitation programs out there.

“I want to talk about the elephant in the room, literally. I want to talk about elephants,” DeGeneres said, before discussing the ban itself. “Basically, by lifting this ban, he’s encouraging Americans to kill elephants. I love elephants, and if you take the time to learn about elephants, you would love elephants too.”

In discussing the majestic animals, she made a pretty good point. “Elephants show compassion, sympathy, social intelligence, self-awareness, they’re excellent at learning abilities, all the things I have yet to see in this president,” she stated.

DeGeneres almost seemed choked up while showing video footage of a mother elephant helping her young. But as it’s a lovely clip, it’s kind of hard not to feel emotional.

She noted that elephants live in a matriarchal society, and said that mother elephants only leave their family in death or if they’re captured.

While DeGeneres reminded us of how incredible elephants are, she had a second request for people who might not be as outraged by the news of the ban.

We want to thank DeGeneres for stepping up. Simply tweeting #BeKindToElephants along with the gorgeous graphic above will make such a big difference.