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AnotherMcIntosh

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3. A way to stop the elephant killing would be to flood the tusk market w realistic plastic tusks.

Reply to Flaxbee (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 01:47 PM

Mar 2013

Is this impossible and/or impractical?

If there are people who can create forgeries of paintings and other art works, and if saving the elephants is important, ways could be found to create forgery-type tusks.

How many forgeries are in the Louvre? A Google search can produce some interesting answers.

If the experts of the Louvre can't eliminate all forgeries, many tusk dealers would not be able to eliminate all well-forged tusks.

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28 Forest Elephants Killed by Poachers in Cameroon, all to feed Asia's ivory trinket lust. This must [View all] Flaxbee Mar 2013 OP

Sickening...this sucks...knr joeybee12 Mar 2013 #1

I wish they weren't such assholes. Murdering cetaceans, tigers, pandas, elephants, rhinos, and other catbyte Mar 2013 #2

A way to stop the elephant killing would be to flood the tusk market w realistic plastic tusks. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #3

It will not stop, sadly. closeupready Mar 2013 #4

This is where an aggressive drone program would do some good. logosoco Mar 2013 #5

Du rec. Nt xchrom Mar 2013 #6

Until we decide it is imperative we provide EVERY human with a basic, decent level of subsistence Flaxbee Mar 2013 #7

That's bullshit Dreamer Tatum Mar 2013 #9

no, it's not bullshit. The disparity between the wealth in Asia Flaxbee Mar 2013 #10

K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #8