Poachers at it again in the Congo.

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/a70...-in-congo-park

Once again, this brought me to tears.
Shooting from helicopters is an all-time low.
This was not on our news, and won't be. But you can guarantee there will be some shite about a celebrity.
Yep, this world has it's priorities right.

Re: Poachers at it again in the Congo.

Needs to be attacked from two fronts, the poachers on the ground. But more importantly for me the reason that people wish to buy Rhino horns, Elephant tusks, etc.

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I agree. While there's a market for the tusks, horns, etc. there will always be poachers.

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I think that the last statement is a bit unfair because probably most people agree with your feelings about the matter and the ivory trade is illegal throughout the world.

However as long as there is a demand there will always be someone willing to supply it whether it be through greed or just sheer poverty.

A great deal of the demand for 'parts' from threatened species comes from China and to their credit the Chinese Government has tried to combat this illicit trade especially through education as well as law enforcement but tradition runs deep and like drug trafficking there is lot of money to be made so it will likely continue for some time to come.

Let's hope the efforts to combat it are successful before the species is completely wiped out. Unfortunately if history is anything to go by it will be a close run thing when you look at the demise of mega fauna throughout the world since the last ice age.

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And it seems that Kenya's (and the world's) biggest elephant has been killed by poachers too. I sincerely hope that the arial system that my friend has been trying to introduce to combat poachers has some beneficial effect eventually. It is heartbreaking to hear of all that is inflicted on these poor animals.

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It's depressing but while there is demand and so much poverty in these regions people will carry on doing it I believe.