Mr. G's musings: A SWEET baby elephant is SAVED

Friday, April 19, 2013

A SWEET baby elephant is SAVED

I LOVE elephants. This article is the best medicine from my last blog post. It is from DailyMail online. To read more, click here.

Excerpt from the article:

"A baby elephant who was almost hacked to death by ivory poachers is walking again thanks to an ingenious new boot and lots of TLC. The 17-month-old calf called Suni was found in Zambia almost a year ago dragging herself along by her front legs, weak and dehydrated, after suffering severe axe wounds."

This gruesome story is happening in the few locations on the planet where elephants still live. According to DailyMail Online, this and other violence to elephants continues, because:

"Elephant poaching across Africa is now at its highest level for more than 20 years, which campaigners say is due to increased demand for ivory from newly affluent Chinese consumers."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311547/Orphaned-baby-elephant-nearly-hacked-death-left-paralysed-ivory-poachers-walks-thanks-special-boot.html#ixzz2QxgDE5kU
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So basically we are wiping out the entire population of pachyderms that still exists on our planet (approximately 200,000 to 300,000), with great brutality I might add, simply to provide another trophy in the hobby/collection for/of a rich person. I quote DailyMail article:

'The sale of any ivory - legal or not - is creating demand. No one needs ivory. It is a beautiful substance, but the only ones who need it are elephants'

Cynthia Moss of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311547/Orphaned-baby-elephant-nearly-hacked-death-left-paralysed-ivory-poachers-walks-thanks-special-boot.html#ixzz2QxkmRZQx
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There are so many organizations that you can support to eliminate the descimation of this noble species by our pathetic, ignoble species. Please support them in any way you can.

Vets preparing Suni for her operation: Specialist flew in from Norway and the U.S. operate on the orphaned youngster and fit her with the aluminium leg support which has put her back on her feet