Tag: elephant extinction
To Botswana: You are the last great Hope for the Elephant on Earth
I write because 300 or so titans have been lost recently in Botswana, elephants that died not at the hand of man, to poachers, but to something just as insidious — irrevocable change in the climate of the world.
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LESSONS FROM THE BUSHMEN | Why We Need the Oldest Consciousness on Earth More than Ever
Lessons from the Bushmen of Africa’s Kalahari Desert.
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A Major Dam Project Threatens a Way of Life
A megadam threatens the Ova-Himba, one of the most isolated semi-nomadic tribes in all of Africa who are very vocal in their opposition to the dam and who have, of course, not been consulted.
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A Letter to the African Elephant
Today, at this late hour we must stop playing games with your kind. Laws need to be enforced, and we must stop trading your teeth for they are worthless without you, great jewel of Creation. We must also send out a prayer for your kind or mankind’s spirit will perish. You are a perfect sail of incomparable flesh, the last giant walking the face of the earth.
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Conservationists Say Now is the Time to Stop Elephant Slaughter
CITES is considering a proposal to reclassify all African elephants to the category Appendix I, which only allows trade in “exceptional circumstances” for species “threatened with extinction.” The elephant is already classified as Appendix I, the highest level of protection, in all member states except Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
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