Many of the present day incidents questions on Humanity. Where is it lost?
To what extent we can go to incur wealth and maintain showbiz.
Over the past years, African elephants are diminishing due to epidemic plundering accelerated by sale of ivory tusks in black market. Among them, elephants in Kenya have been the most targeted ones. Last year, 30,000 elephants approximately were slaughtered in Africa, making it one of the brutal acts and a shame on humanity.
People benefiting from this trade include dealers, cartels, vendors and the poachers themselves. A lesser known fact about this ivory business is that around 70 percent of it is pouring into China. A data shows there has been a steep rise on the demand of ivories and people in China are extravagantly spending on it, an exalted economy has pushed the ivory price around &1,000 in the streets of Beijing. Chinese online websites selling different products of ivory cup, combs, bookmarks, chopsticks are on heavy demand and clear techniques are also found on the forums including how to smuggle. Some rock solid evidence sheds light on the fact 150 Chinese citizens were arrested across Africa, for dealing ivory. And highest number of plundering took place where These Chinese were hired for road construction.
Not only this, the urge of expanding this trade has increased so much that in Tanzania, the impoverished are killing elephants by poisoning pumpkins an rolling them into the streets . In Garamba, many Congolese soldiers have been arrested who were seen with slabs of elephant meats and tusks.
Thanks to some organizations who are taking lead to save these innocent species, this inhuman act would have been more than ever imagined if these organizations haven’t come forward to rescue them.
Last week, a baby elephant that got segregated and lost while following a herd of cows was rescued and saved by the team of Kenya based David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, who has saved many orphaned elephants who would have otherwise destroyed in these heinous acts.
This year, this charity already saved six orphaned elephants. The aerial surveillance method used by this organization helps them in pointing out the herds of elephants and save if any poacher signals to approach them. They even rescue the lost baby or adult elephant. If an elephant is found in a secluded area, they arrange an airplane to transfer the calf to the organizations’ secure place.
Once these baby elephants are transferred to rehabilitation centers, they are grouped with other elephants to get away with the trauma.
Roxanne Briean
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