One Woman's Mission To Save Orphaned Elephants

[Tawi2]

But the guys doing the poaching arent to blame,dirt poor africans,its the middlemen,the conduit guys who provide the A-B route for ivory from africa-china that are at fault,the local african doesnt see an endangered elephant,his mindset isnt like that,he sees a years food or school for his kid when he sees a big grey animal with floppy ears drinking at the waterhole,he sees clothes on his familys back when he lines up the sights and squeezes the trigger,i would do the same in his position,i would want better results than a bullet so i would seed the area round the waterhole with anti-personnel mines,dont hate the player,hate the game,never judge a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes (or flip-flops) poverty and family are a dangerous combination,fear the man with nothing to lose.

[stevewool]

But the guys doing the poaching arent to blame,dirt poor africans,its the middlemen,the conduit guys who provide the A-B route for ivory from africa-china that are at fault,the local african doesnt see an endangered elephant,his mindset isnt like that,he sees a years food or school for his kid when he sees a big grey animal with floppy ears drinking at the waterhole,he sees clothes on his familys back when he lines up the sights and squeezes the trigger,i would do the same in his position,i would want better results than a bullet so i would seed the area round the waterhole with anti-personnel mines,dont hate the player,hate the game,never judge a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes (or flip-flops) poverty and family are a dangerous combination,fear the man with nothing to lose.

Indeed , but hey here in our safe lands and maybe a little trinket or two of ivory or is it just the odd cow bone, we don't care about the pitcher really but the poor animals .