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The 7-8/14 issue of Smithsonian contains an excellent article titled, "The Hunt for Africa's Most Notorious Elephant Poacher". It is interesting, and alarming, enough to read twice. | ||
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Was an intersting article for sure. A good friend Of mine works for the group "African Parks"...Leon Lamprecht. He grew up in Kruger and his dad was a Kruger Ranger. Leon is also a licensed TZ PH and used to run the Brittingham Company Tanzania Wildlife. Hope they are successful in Chad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Can the article be found online? | |||
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/..._locale=sv_SE&page=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Thank you Lane. | |||
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Excelent article and for sure a wake up call Holy balls, only in Africa they get away with it Damn the Chinese for their insatiable appetite for ivory " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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Same thing is going on in CAR. Elephant poachers have reduced the population to something less than 200 terrified animals. An even greater threat in this region is the uncontrolled cattle grazing that is devastating the savannah and turning it into a desert. Hunter's dollars/euros are the only hope to turn the tide against the illegal grazing and poaching. I hope the "Smithsonian Magazine" will at least acknowledge that the sport hunter's money is the only hope for preserving the region. Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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Awful. Between the hunger for ivory by outsiders and the rising human infestation, elephants are only going to be here a little longer. I think regulated hunting would lengthen the time they have left, but I don't think it can save them. | |||
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