This picture was from a post on Pennsylvania Frack, which is a website about the things happening in Pennsylvania. They were reporting about New York holding a hearing on elephant poaching and ivory trading laws. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reported that 96 elephants are killed everyday in Africa so that means one elephant every 15 minutes. And in Central Africa 64% of it's elephant population is gone. Assemblyman Robert K. Sweeney, Chair of the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation said that "poachers have been illegally killing African elephants for years, bringing them to the brink of extinction." It's sad that these smart , harmless animal are being killed and now almost extinct.But now it seems like things may be changing. I hope these laws get passed and they will stop elepahnts and pother animals from being killed.
I am very sorry to hear that more than half of Central Africa's elephant population is being literally poached off the face of the earth. I too hope that these laws can get passed to save these gentle creatures. I didn't know how big of a crisis this was until we started this blog. It pays to be aware.
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