More needs to be done than just banning the ivory trade and tackling illegal poaching. This is a bigger issue than just ivory. There needs to be debt cancellation, education and poverty irradication at a grass roots level. Often these animals are killed for their MEAT, the tusks are often an additiional bonus! I am a great lover of Africa, of animals and expecially Ele’s but its always very easy for someone in their comfy armchair to wave the forbidding finger at poachers and then return to eating their oversized meal swilling down a beer. Put yourself in their position, feel their hunger and see what lengths you’d be willing to go to to find food for your malnurished family. It’s all to easy to sign up and do your bit from your pc….and then forget about it.!!

Elephants are very destructive animals, you would not believe what dammage they can do. I have seen whole Mopane Tree forrests wiped out. Old old trees destroyed. A more holistic approach needs to be taken. Culling is a terrible thing but necessary.

Maybe some human culling is necesary to give back some ground to the elephant !!!!

Just think about whether this petition will work, and if it does….what then ? What animal will be next ??

muni