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BainsBane

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6. Awful. How heart breaking.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 01:39 AM

Sep 2014

I love elephants, but it is so true that far too few pay attention to those children's lives. People have no idea how many people live in slavery today, more than at any point in human history.

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I wish 60 million trafficked Indian people got the Western attention one Indian elephant has [View all] Recursion Sep 2014 OP

I agree. I think it's because we feel we can do something about a single case of injustice renate Sep 2014 #1

we see this everywhere but it could be because humans are seen as the problem and people JI7 Sep 2014 #2

Understood. This fall I will be interviewing someone about this (Trafficking) from NHTRC The Straight Story Sep 2014 #3

I don't understand why people blow off the difficult stuff daredtowork Sep 2014 #4

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #5

Awful. How heart breaking. BainsBane Sep 2014 #6

And I don't want to come across as being against elephant activism Recursion Sep 2014 #8

I thank you for this JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #7

I have a somewhat famous beef with the primates here Recursion Sep 2014 #9

I know that was your intent! JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #10

K&R Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #11

Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #14

Thank you! nt. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #15

If only we Americans could fix Indian culture! It's in our power, after all. Romulox Sep 2014 #12

There is a clear action that can be taken and people willing to take that action ... LisaLynne Sep 2014 #13

This is also more worthy of attention than the anguish of multimillionaire Hollywood celebrities Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #16