{"id":17251,"date":"2014-08-17T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17251"},"modified":"2014-08-17T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T09:59:23","slug":"is-the-elephant-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/is-the-elephant-doomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Elephant doomed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Goodall has come out and said<\/p>\n<p>The elephants now face<\/p>\n<p>a mighty uphill struggle<\/p>\n<p>and now the human race<\/p>\n<p>has got to check its behavior<\/p>\n<p>it has to realize<\/p>\n<p>Ivory is spelling out<\/p>\n<p>the Elephants demise<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>vast numbers have been killed<\/p>\n<p>supporting Ivory<\/p>\n<p>illegal poaching carries on<\/p>\n<p>each day<\/p>\n<p>nearly 100 elephants are slaughtered<\/p>\n<p>in Africa its the elephants that pay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>several countries have not<\/p>\n<p>helped in this process<\/p>\n<p>they wanted the sales revenue<\/p>\n<p>and they<\/p>\n<p>took on CITES and created a market<\/p>\n<p>and now of course it will not go away<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Japan was big in Ivory originally<\/p>\n<p>the name seals once of wood<\/p>\n<p>looked better when<\/p>\n<p>ivory was used<\/p>\n<p>and the elephant s abused<\/p>\n<p>this the cause<\/p>\n<p>and all down to the men<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>making lots of money from these honko&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>as people become richer<\/p>\n<p>so they feel<\/p>\n<p>the need to buy an ivory one<\/p>\n<p>the great land of the rising sun<\/p>\n<p>was growing and its riches now were \u00a0real<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then China, woke up<\/p>\n<p>from its years of sleeping<\/p>\n<p>it grew and grew and its riches<\/p>\n<p>they were vast<\/p>\n<p>as the western countries took a tumble<\/p>\n<p>China leap frogged over them at last<\/p>\n<p>#<\/p>\n<p>But China held a great love too for Ivory<\/p>\n<p>and with the means to pay for it<\/p>\n<p>of course<\/p>\n<p>the elephant clearly got a rude awakening<\/p>\n<p>and Africa had them<\/p>\n<p>and thus was the source<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>up to 50,000 elephants perish<\/p>\n<p>the Ivory Trade is massive to be sure<\/p>\n<p>70% of all of that is for China<\/p>\n<p>and seemingly they just want more and more<\/p>\n<p>the elephant is doomed<\/p>\n<p>that&#8217;s clear and certain<\/p>\n<p>and extinction seems a possibility<\/p>\n<p>it could raise prices even higher<\/p>\n<p>as we know<\/p>\n<p>controls and more policing<\/p>\n<p>here should be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A global understanding must be present<\/p>\n<p>Jane Goodalls marches might just sway the vote<\/p>\n<p>she is an eminent women in the conservation battle<\/p>\n<p>but up against the Ivory Trade, her \u00a0boat<\/p>\n<p>is out there bobbing on a choppy ocean<\/p>\n<p>the wind is blowing violently \u00a0for sure<\/p>\n<p>it could be that she might make land \u00a0and safely<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">but storm clouds seem to roll in even more<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>in animal rights we know the bloody carnage<\/p>\n<p>the illegal poaching and the canned hunts do<\/p>\n<p>take out many animals and the elephants<\/p>\n<p>are getting murdered it is dire and true<\/p>\n<p>corruption from those countries<\/p>\n<p>in high places<\/p>\n<p>money talks, it always has and will<\/p>\n<p>get to those with debts and those who matter<\/p>\n<p>and more elephants blood of course will spill<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Doomed they could be doomed<\/p>\n<p>for man is insatiable<\/p>\n<p>his ignorance is terrible for he<\/p>\n<p>imagines that&#8217;s the tusks just fall out painlessly<\/p>\n<p>ignorance and arrogance you see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>manifest as \u00a0truthfully the worst disease<\/p>\n<p>they counteract the knowledge every day<\/p>\n<p>unless Jane Goodall&#8217;s words are truly thought about<\/p>\n<p>it will be the \u00a0elephants who will pay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Goodall has come out and said The elephants now face a mighty uphill struggle and now the human race has got to check its behavior it has to realize Ivory is spelling out the Elephants demise &nbsp; 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