Former England captain and current cricket commentator Kevin Pietersen has urged all of his social media followers to sign a petition to stop illegal wildlife trade.

Pietersen, who has been actively campaigning for wildlife preservation since he retired from all formats of the game in 2018, has also appealed to the governments around the world to take strong action against illegal wildlife trade in a video of himself on social media.

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Taking to Twitter on Tuesday (April 21), the Englishman has uploaded a video of himself appealing to all to sign a petition as the link to which he had attached to the post.

Pietersen said in a video, “I have attached a petition to this tweet. Can you please sign it? We have to end the illegal wildlife trade. We are in a crisis at the moment and we've got to stop it. Somehow, we have to force governments to make sure they put a stop to the illegal wildlife trade.”

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The cricketer further added, “It cannot continue so you'll be saving animal lives and lives of the frontline workers. Please can you sign this petition, I am asking this from the bottom of my heart.”

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Noteworthy, Pietersen had traveled to Assam in India last month for a wildlife documentary to assess the situation of rhinos in the Asian country, while exploring new technologies and co-op solutions to spread awareness about rhino conservation in the country.

(With IANS Inputs)