{"id":23659,"date":"2015-10-03T20:31:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T20:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23659"},"modified":"2015-10-03T20:38:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T20:38:19","slug":"ivory-and-rhino-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/ivory-and-rhino-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory and Rhino Horn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extinction is forever<br \/>\nSTOP poaching now<br \/>\nThe  Elephants and the Rhino&#8217;s<br \/>\nAre magical and how<\/p>\n<p>All this bloody rotten trade<br \/>\nThe corruption from most high<br \/>\nGovernment officials<br \/>\nAre at it which is why<\/p>\n<p>Despite the activism<br \/>\nEvery single day<br \/>\nThe criminals are into it<br \/>\nThey walk the killing way<\/p>\n<p>Ivory and Rhino Horn<br \/>\nThe Pachyderms are here<br \/>\nThey have been around for<br \/>\nCenturies<br \/>\nBut now they have much fear<\/p>\n<p>They are the biggest animals<br \/>\nBut still the market grows<br \/>\nAnd No richer destination<br \/>\nReally we are in the throes<\/p>\n<p>Of  a massive need  and the markets<br \/>\nSwell as numbers fall<br \/>\nRarity is the keyword<br \/>\nAnd prices therefore rule<\/p>\n<p>Governments are at it<br \/>\nTurning a blind eye<br \/>\nThe corporate world is into it<br \/>\nAnd the profits margins high<\/p>\n<p>The march called loudly Cameron<br \/>\nYou can have a go<br \/>\nYou can if you want to<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure he wants to know<br \/>\nBut the march was loud and boisterous<br \/>\nIt flourished in the sun<br \/>\nIt went right up to  Downing Street<br \/>\nGenerally in fun<\/p>\n<p>But very very serious these animals<br \/>\nNeed us<br \/>\nThe poachers and the hunters<br \/>\nAre like heaps and heaps of pus<br \/>\nEmanating out of a bloody awful boil<br \/>\nThats evil we all know that<br \/>\nAnd it makes the sane recoil<\/p>\n<p>The Rhino full of armour<br \/>\nA prehistoric feel<br \/>\nThis beast has been around the block<br \/>\nThey are  the truest deal<\/p>\n<p>This an ugly spectacle<br \/>\nA so called remedy<br \/>\nRhino horn its the king of quacks<br \/>\nAnd traditional it be<\/p>\n<p>Purely keratin and a little calcium<br \/>\nNothing in that horn that cures so why they<br \/>\nIts purely a false market no medicinal worth<br \/>\nEveryone is taken in today<\/p>\n<p>traditional Chinese medicine has got this wrong<br \/>\nIts lies for lies sake and its killing those<br \/>\nThe animals the people who are buying it<br \/>\nThe march today was important for it shows<\/p>\n<p>So many people care about these animals<br \/>\nImporting them onto European soil<br \/>\nWe must step up the controlling of the borders<br \/>\nFor actually so many people spoil<\/p>\n<p>These iconic and really very special animals<br \/>\nExtinction is forever as we say<br \/>\nPoaching and canned hunting are anathema&#8217;s<br \/>\nWhich all of us must make efforts to do away<\/p>\n<p>With any form of ivory for any means<br \/>\nClearly Rhino horn it must be banned<br \/>\nIts up to Customs and Excise to really go to town<br \/>\nAnything is possible when its planned<\/p>\n<p>More coordination from each country<br \/>\nLong prison sentences for those who deal<br \/>\nPossible the death sentence would be a possibility<br \/>\nMake these poachers realise how real<\/p>\n<p>We all are in the fight against them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extinction is forever STOP poaching now The Elephants and the Rhino&#8217;s Are magical and how All this bloody rotten trade The corruption from most high Government officials Are at it which is why Despite the activism Every single day The &hellip; 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