Whitey Ford
08-14-2019, 06:53 PM
Why SHOULDN'T we sell our elephants to China? Defiant African nations defend controversial trade and say it's 'racist' for the West to lecture them about conservation
Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi has called criticism of the sales 'racist'
A bewildered baby elephant struggles in a wire crate as she begins her journey from the wilds of Africa to lifelong captivity in a zoo on the other side of the world.
The five-year-old animal, just removed forcibly from her mother, is being kicked in the head by one of her booted captors and slapped with a stick as she is tied down by two taut ropes.
She is groggy from the tranquillisers pumped into her to make her docile. Her fight for freedom is hopeless.
This distressing picture, taken just over a year ago in Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, has become the symbol of a controversial debate over Africa’s animals.
Next week, the sale of wild elephants such as the five-year-old, and the even more contentious trade in their tusks, will top the agenda in Switzerland at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7357963/Defiant-African-nations-defend-controversial-elephant-trade-say-criticism-racist.html
Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi has called criticism of the sales 'racist'
A bewildered baby elephant struggles in a wire crate as she begins her journey from the wilds of Africa to lifelong captivity in a zoo on the other side of the world.
The five-year-old animal, just removed forcibly from her mother, is being kicked in the head by one of her booted captors and slapped with a stick as she is tied down by two taut ropes.
She is groggy from the tranquillisers pumped into her to make her docile. Her fight for freedom is hopeless.
This distressing picture, taken just over a year ago in Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, has become the symbol of a controversial debate over Africa’s animals.
Next week, the sale of wild elephants such as the five-year-old, and the even more contentious trade in their tusks, will top the agenda in Switzerland at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7357963/Defiant-African-nations-defend-controversial-elephant-trade-say-criticism-racist.html