Black Devil
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"As you read this, African elephants are being killed in unprecedented numbers.
Blood ivory now involves well armed and organized gangs, terrorist groups, official corruption, and a huge demand from China and Thailand, even the US.
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who has been studying and protecting elephants in Africa for 47 years, states, "There's an enormous slaughter of elephants going on in Tanzania right now. Things are out of hand. There's no protection in numbers for elephants any more than there was for bison in the 19th Century when they were all wiped out in America. So people shouldn't kid themselves."
The slaughter is most critical in Tanzania,
which has perhaps a quarter of the
elephants left on the continent.
Many reports say Tanzania is losing 10,000 elephants a year, but others say that the number is higher, up to 90 a day in some areas - reportedly the highest rate in Africa!"
By Serengeti Watch.
Blood ivory now involves well armed and organized gangs, terrorist groups, official corruption, and a huge demand from China and Thailand, even the US.
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who has been studying and protecting elephants in Africa for 47 years, states, "There's an enormous slaughter of elephants going on in Tanzania right now. Things are out of hand. There's no protection in numbers for elephants any more than there was for bison in the 19th Century when they were all wiped out in America. So people shouldn't kid themselves."
The slaughter is most critical in Tanzania,
which has perhaps a quarter of the
elephants left on the continent.
Many reports say Tanzania is losing 10,000 elephants a year, but others say that the number is higher, up to 90 a day in some areas - reportedly the highest rate in Africa!"
By Serengeti Watch.
