Let Elephants Keep Their Ivory

[marvicbiz]

After days of heated debate, the international body that governs trade in endangered species (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES) on March 24 2010 rejected proposals from Tanzania and Zambia to reduce the endangered status of their elephants and allow each country to hold a one-time sale and export of legal ivory stockpiles.

[marvicbiz]

@marvicbiz continues - AWF believes the decisions to reject the country proposals are in the best interest of Africas elephants, says AWFs Senior Director of Conservation Science, Philip Muruthi, who attended the March CITES meetings, held in Doha, Qatar. Although no causal relationship has been established, there is ample evidence that elephant poaching has increased since such sales were last permitted to move forward."

[montisaroris]

@marvicbiz we learned about this today 5/21/10

[krrrruptidsoless]

@brotherbaldrick

Since when are there too many animals. Humans are never thought of as being overpopulated. Yet they have ruined everything.

How come you limit animals area of life yet scag humans can dwell where ever they please.

Humans suck the life out of life.

And condoning such behavior for the sake of saying humans have a right to kill animals is repulsive. Your kind isn't worth the food it takes to feed an ant for a day.

I say the animals should roam where they please. FYK

[MarvicWebDesign]

As expected the legal sale of ivory has increased poaching in Kenya.

Elephants are being poached by professionals with a business motive to supply the ivory trade.

It's easy to say that South Africa and Botswana have too many, but elsewhere

in Africa elephants are endangered, including Kenya!

We are one world!

As guardians of the planet, we humans need to think further than our back yards (and selfish desires) to see our involvement in (and responsibility for) the big picture.

[slvrserfr]

Well I'm glad to hear that eBay has banned ivory from being sold using their auction service in hopes of alleviating this cause, although I'm sure it'll still remain an issue.

[cartoonfreakk168]

Shame on all of u who think we have no chance of saving these graceful and beautiful animals. ok, so they're pretty much critically endangered but that doesn't mean we can't bring them back!

[azcreater]

my response to this video......STOP IVORY FOR ALLL ANIMAL's beacuse see.... there might be no elephants left in this world! and just let them live dont kill them for money and shit. would u like animals to poach humans?!?!!?!?!?!?!!? no u wouldnt so please stop ivor people i dont give a fuck if your poor and u kill elepahnts for cash, u can do soemthing else for it! i dmeand to stop ivory in all states!

[AnthonyMarkT]

Nothing justifies the slaughter of these beautiful animals! NOTHING!! We are the sickest species murdering for fun, for trifles, for what?

[iollo]

how the hell are you supposed to save a species that lives in the hellhole that is africa no infrastructure, war, famine and disease, they have alot more to worry about than animals.

[Violence1987]

It's sad people buying pieces of material for their own pleasure. But you can't hate hatred only brings more hatred.

[erd85018]

that is stupidist thing i have every herd

[ElephantAndSpyroFan]

Then, why did you watch this video???????? >:(

[lempaute]

Olifanten hoeven hun leven niet te geven voor politieke kwesties. Armoede? Meer toerisme!Olifant/mens conflicten? Zorg voor omrasteringen!Teveel olifanten?Realiseer het nieuwe Transfrontier Park zsm! Kosten worden gedekt door de éénmalige verkoop van ivoor(Botswana 20.000 kg), goedgekeurd op zaterdag. Méér ivoorverkoop betekent: Botswana verliest interesse in olifant vriendelijke oplossingen voor problemen=meer dode olifanten en stroperij. ONACCEPTABEL!~Bestuur Vrienden van de Olifant org.

[lempaute]

Elephants DO NOT have to give their lives for political issues. Poverty? Increase tourism! Elephant/people conflicts? Fence people and crops! Too many elephants? Realize the new Transfrontier Park ASAP! Costs can be covered by the one-time sale of Ivory (Botswana 20.000 kg ) that was approved on Saturday.

Allowing more ivory sales means: Botswana loses interest to solve problems elephant-friendly=more dead elephants and more poaching.UNACCEPTABLE!~

Board of Friends of the Elephants Org.

[dewitteolifant]

"The untold elephant story" A commercial from Botswana to support their proposal at the CITES conference to reopen ivory trade. "The untold elephant story" shows another side of the problem that is of great concern to everyone:the human-animal conflict. The Botswana proposal of course is not the way to solving this problem.

[dewitteolifant]

"The untold elephant story" Een commercial van Botswana om hun voorstel te steunen bij de CITES conferentie voor een hervatting van de ivoorhandel."The untold elephant story"is een andere kant van het probleem dat ook al vele malen is verteld en waar iedereen zich grote zorgen over maakt; het mens-dier conflict. Het Botswana voorstel is hier natuurlijk geen oplossing voor.

[RraDiTlou]

There is another side the the elephant story. See "The Untold Elephant Story ...." at "watch?v=wHk6tAlAPwU" on youtube.

[RraDiTlou]

Er is ook een andere kant aan het olifant verhaal. Zie: watch?v=wHk6tAlAPwU op youtube.

[sanderschep]

Mensen zijn de echte beesten!

[samvdb1b]

Wanneer gaat de mens het eens leren. Dieren zijn levende wezens die ons respect verdienen en niet zoals momenteel (en reeds in het verleden) worden gebruikt ter onzer vertier. De wereld draait niet rond de mens. (alleen)