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In reply to the discussion: Baby elephant takes a tumble. Two adults rush to its aid - sweet and remarkable. [View all]delete_bush
(1,712 posts)key and it vanished. Suffice to say that I agree with you 100%. I have to tread lightly here as no doubt to some I will come off as a bigot, and I understand that this is DU, but lets' just say I have nothing but contempt for a culture that butchers magnificent animals solely because some members of said culture have tiny little members that they believe will somehow be enlarged and appealing if only they ingest a penis or tusk from an endangered species.
We would routinely meet up with guys in military looking vehicles carrying AKs or their equivalent, whose job was to interdict poachers. In Kenya there is a memorial to, if I recall correctly, over 60 of these folks who have died in their mission. The sick fucks who target and butcher these beautiful, innocent animals have the latest in military hardware helicopters, night vision, GPS, blah blah blah. Fortunately the Kenyans now have a kill first, ask questions later policy to deal with them.