This just in: I wrote this blog post, about hunting elephants for their tusks, on the weekend and now, Monday, it appears pressure from social media might be having an effect.
Amazing — Trump just tweeted that he's putting his plan on hold and the BBC says it came after massive action on social media! Our pressure is working, but we haven’t won yet... (from Avaz)
US lifts ban on African elephant trophies
More than one online news source reported that the US import ban on elephant trophies from Africa had been lifted. Some say it's been done because the son of the president of the United States wants to be able to kill elephants 'legally'!
More than one online news source reported that the US import ban on elephant trophies from Africa had been lifted. Some say it's been done because the son of the president of the United States wants to be able to kill elephants 'legally'!
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"US President Donald Trump just gave a sickening gift to his son: changing the law to let bloodthirsty American hunters murder elephants in Africa and bring their heads home as trophies.
"Trump Jr. shot and mutilated an elephant — and now his dad is rewarding him by letting anyone join in the slaughter, and allowing them to bring home elephant body parts as souvenirs, even as ivory poaching threatens to wipe these amazing creatures out.
"Elephants are facing extinction and this is no time to strip them of protection. Trophy hunting drives the slaughter of elephants, increases demand for their body parts, and projects a double standard that makes it harder to tackle ivory poaching," reports say.
"The Trump administration says it will only lift the ban on trophy imports from Zambia and Zimbabwe, countries which, (Trump) claims, have sustainable, well-managed elephant populations."
However, the population of elephants in Zambia is just 21,000—down from over 200,000 just 45 years ago.
Meanwhile, in Zimbabwe, government officials trap baby elephants to sell them to zoos! With Americans joining Zimbabwe in eliminating elephants, that population of 21,000 could be decimated in no time.
Experts say it’s almost impossible to stop poaching when wealthy Americans are shooting elephants for fun. The only way to save elephants from extinction is to stop killing them, and to reduce the demand for their body parts."
Experts say it’s almost impossible to stop poaching when wealthy Americans are shooting elephants for fun. The only way to save elephants from extinction is to stop killing them, and to reduce the demand for their body parts."
Body parts!
This isn't Victorian England when the wealthy had umbrella stands made from an elephant's foot and lower leg.
I don't know anyone who wants elephant body parts. The people in my world are opposed to the slaughter of animals so close to extinction, and most of them are opposed to the slaughter of wild animals anywhere at all, whether endangered or not.
Surely my friends and I are not alone in our horror following this backward move on the part of the president of the United States.
But wait, isn't he the same president who doesn't believe in global warming? Isn't he the same president aiding and abetting the production of greenhouse gases in his country?
Oh, yes, that president. That's the one. Leading elephants and the world toward extinction.
Posting for Lady Fi's memorable meme, Our World Tuesday
14 comments:
Hari OM
*head in hands...* what the...??? I know who needs to go extinct... YAM xx
This is really sickening.
It's just terrible that they can't see how they are endangering these wonderful creatures.
Most of us around the world agrees with you. It is a great pity that your President takes no notice of public opinion.
He really is a nightmare of a man!
He must be a tea-service short of a tea-service I think! Perhaps there is one saucer left: chipped and broken and held together with glue and sticky tape. The man is an idiot. Full stop!
Hello. I have been against the trophy hunting all along. Just seeing Trump's sons with their trophy picture sickened me. I hope he does not change his mind again, he has done so in the past. Have a happy day and week ahead.
A sad state of affairs. - Margy
Under Trump everything's moving backwards, don't get me started. I find it profoundly depressing that a third of the country actually approves of him.
He is a repulsive man who is utterly self absorbed and self serving. Sadly it looks like he is already back peddling on the fact that he will think again and we as a world will yet again be poorer as a result of his stupidity
Mollyx
We live in deeply strange days - and DT is not the least of these strangenesses!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Isn't this awful?
A politician who says one thing and does another? We have lots of those in the UK Kay. Far too many. It's the politicians we need to become extinct.
Everything he does is hateful and wrong and I wish I lived in your country .
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