Stop African Elephant Poaching! Increase Legal Hunting!

By Robert Farago

“The poaching crisis is taking more from us than just elephants,” an email blast from the Wildlife Conservation Society reports. “We must put a stop to it.” Roger that! As someone who’s seen African elephants in their native habitat, I hate to see these magnificent creatures pushed to the edge of extinction by poachers bent on harvesting their tusks for the illegal ivory trade. But the Wildlife Conservation Society’s plan to stop the slaughter singularly fails to mention the fact that anti-poaching initiatives have to fail. They will continue to fail until they add legal hunting to the mix, I say this as someone who would never shoot an elephant (unless it was intent on killing someone). Am I wrong? Email blast after the jump . . .

Robert–

The trail of death surrounding elephant poaching in Africa is now extending well beyond elephants.

You see, it takes a poacher about an hour to hack off the tusks after they kill an elephant. In that time, vultures can circle overhead, potentially tipping off rangers.

One solution? Poison the carcass. What follows is a gruesome death for the vultures, as well as any lions or hyenas that happen to feast on the …Read the Rest

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