Too many out, not enough in. More elephants are dying in Africa than are being born, thanks to a dramatic rise in poaching.
Too many out, not enough in. More elephants are dying in Africa than are being born, thanks to a dramatic rise in poaching.
George Wittemyer of Colorado State University in Fort Collins and his colleagues studied elephant carcasses from Samburu National Reserve in Kenya to determine cause of death, then combined this information with records of elephant poaching across Africa.
They found that since 2009, up to 40,000 elephants – 8 per cent of the total – have been illegally killed each year, and the population has shrunk by up to 3 per cent annually.
"This poaching spike is due to rising demand for ivory from Asia," says Richard Thomas of Traffic International in Cambridge, UK. Thanks to rising wealth, "people are now able to afford ivory, which has long been desired as a status symbol. Deterrents need to be put in place to drive home that wildlife poaching is a serious crime."
Source:http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26077-african-elephants-are-being-poached-to-extinction.html#.U_e_CExdVIo
African elephants are being poached to extinction
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African elephants are being poached to extinction
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Its kinda weird that an animal body part is seen as a status symbol.
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no offense, but fuck those asian cocksuckers, and anyone else who thinks that the killing of an animal like that is acceptable. Rhinos, sharks, elephants, etc etc etc.
The demand for exotic animals is totally fucked up. put an automatic execution in place for anyone caught doing it and mandatory jail sentences for anyone caught with anything of the sort..
, that will put a stop to it.
The demand for exotic animals is totally fucked up. put an automatic execution in place for anyone caught doing it and mandatory jail sentences for anyone caught with anything of the sort..
, that will put a stop to it.
People say they all want the truth, but when they are confronted with a truth that disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse come to destroy civilization.
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Canuckster wrote:no offense, but fuck those asian cocksuckers, and anyone else who thinks that the killing of an animal like that is acceptable. Rhinos, sharks, elephants, etc etc etc.
The demand for exotic animals is totally fucked up. put an automatic execution in place for anyone caught doing it and mandatory jail sentences for anyone caught with anything of the sort..
, that will put a stop to it.
- They get a lot of exotic animal here, several birds, fish, small mammals to.
They get then to sell on the black market as exotic pet's.
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Don't be selfish, preserve this world for the next generations.
I'll never long for what might have been
Regret won't waste my life again
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Don't be selfish, preserve this world for the next generations.
I'll never long for what might have been
Regret won't waste my life again
I won't look back I'll fight to remain
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