Nations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale
“A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale of 60 tons of elephant ivory is exposing rifts between nongovernment agencies dedicated to defending the diversity of plants and animals.” – Physorg.com
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Related Ways to Take Action:
- EU Ivory trade meeting – UK says no to trade proposals
- Permanently Ban the Sale of Ivory
- Elephant killings and ivory trade alarm bells
June 6, 2007
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As an animal lover and biologist it is always tough for me to see the impact that humans have had on wildlife. It is my job to make sure that governments do the right things and I have dedicated my life to it. Truthfully culling humans, while not a practical option, would help to solve the problem of the overpopulation of many of the animals we have here in Africa. We haven’t had a serious disease, food shortage or war to help control our population in a long time. Unfortunately the Elephants here in South Africa now are rapidly developing the first two of these problems. The closest two pods have started losing weight from lack of food and one is seriously ill. Starvation and malnutrition drives diseases. We have to control the population now. I have been asking for support to be able to finance birth control for the whole area, but as it is we now have no choice but to reduce the population. I cannot stand to watch these animals starve to death and die very sick painful deaths. We must cull some of them now before the entire worlds population of elephants is threatened by disease from further starvation. I am also searching for support to raise money for tranquilizers to reduce the stress on the animals to be removed.
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