Poachers kill 11 elephants in Kenya
Source: Irish Times
Poachers killed a family of 11 elephants in the biggest single mass shooting of the animals on record in Kenya, wildlife officials said today.
A gang of about 10 attackers hacked off the elephants' tusks in Tsavo East National Park on Saturday, officials said - the latest sign of a resurgence of mostly Asian demand for ivory jewellery and ornaments.
" It) shows the great lengths these criminal cartels are ready to go to get ivory. It's really tragic," Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udo told Reuters via Twitter.
He said it was the worst single incident of its kind recorded in the East African country. Elephant poaching in Kenya declined sharply after 1989 when the government banned trade in ivory.
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MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)tawadi
(2,110 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Been to Tsavo and this is sad
These poachers are criminals and very dangerous
Global shame the Asian demand that is ordering the kills imo
It may work better than dealing with the criminal$
Mimosa
(9,131 posts)samsingh
(17,593 posts)tblue
(16,350 posts)and proud and protective. This is hideous! I hope the poachers, and whoever is paying them, get caught and damn whoever tries to buy those tusks!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Seriously. It's as if the dark ages had cell phones and Internet access.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)former poachers in Kenya are now being paid to protect the elephants. The poachers themselves don't earn all that much for the ivory.
glinda
(14,807 posts)billbailey19448jj
(31 posts)May they get the retribution they richly deserve. I feel so sorry for those poor elephants who had to suffer like that.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)With stuff like this it's easy to see why. Scum.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)mokawanis
(4,435 posts)I hope they find the assholes who did this and put some heavy punishment on them.
Franker65
(299 posts)They need to do everything possible to defend these animals. Even introduce a death sentence for anybody found guilty of shooting them.
Mimosa
(9,131 posts)It would stop the slaughter of these intelligent wonderful animals.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)Who mourn their dead like we do. This is like hearing of a mass shooting in America to us this will effect other elephants in the area as well. SAD!!
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Poachers deserve a painful death.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)SariesNightly
(285 posts)n/t
Undismayed
(76 posts)many people here staunchly oppose deadly force in instances of human victims, but once an animal is involved, go for it! Overwhelming consensus for government sanctioned murder! It's almost as if people are using emotion rather than logic. Humans are funny like that eh?
Nihil
(13,508 posts)... almost as good as posting a disrupting reply to an OP where a family of 11 elephants
were slaughtered just so that some savages can hack off the tusks for sale to some
other savages ...
budkin
(6,699 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)Since the human population continues expanding, I expect - as I have predicted for many years - that most of the megafauna will become extinct. Tigers and Rhinoes are probably going to disappear, sadly.