IVORY ELEPHANTS-by Jessie Williams, Darryl Saffer, and Steve Gulick

Elephants are being poached to extinction for ivory. Yet hope is valid. This film is the first in a series of short films created by MEDIA FOR CONSERVATION, which depicts the catastrophic impact of the illegal ivory trade on wild elephant populations. In this series we learn about the crisis, the issues, and the potential solutions. The message is of urgency, but of hope. We learn that when the world was faced with this crisis decades ago, we pulled together and saved the elephants. This series aims to educate us on the issues and unite us in actions that can be taken to save the elephants.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• elephants
• poaching
• ivory
• illegal trade
• kenya
• africa
• east africa
• extinction
• species survival
• pachyderm
• tusk
• tusks
• mafia
• rangers
• rhino
• horns
• chinese medicine
• aphrodisiac
• David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
• Save The Elephants Foundation
• Media For Conservation
• Wildland Security
• anti-poaching
• animals
• hunting
• wildlife
• conservation
• nature
• life
• india

[MediaForConservation]

Very interesting idea, Thom. We certainly need some solutions that are not in play at this time.

[fuelban]

we must remove the international and local monetary value of Ivory, you will never stop on the other hand the local indigenous populations need of bush meat, but the devastator in these cases is the international trade in Ivory's, & not the local trade in meats.

Thom in Scotland

[fuelban]

I grew Up In Northern Rhodesia In the 50s / 60s before I came to Scotland In the mid 60s, Surrounded by the white hunters, crocs to gorillas were common quarry, a different world you would not & I never did “comprehend”, to save & stop the ivory trade, (Dye the ivory on the living animal) and you stop the trade in it’s tracks, been saying this for 30 years. (Dye replaces die).

Thom in Scotland

[fuelban]

Modern dye is atomically register able vis nano particles, and hence traceable to an individual case of application, further is the fact that it is visible to the hunter & buyer, rendering the value to NIL… Think about it guys and tell everyone who is anyone… save it, dye it…

Thom in Scotland.