The quandary and the embarrassment
\nOf Japan in the forefront
\nOf dealing now in Ivory
\nOf being in the hunt
\nThere is an impasse that’s for certain
\nDishonesty abounds
\nChina gets the bulk of the blame
\nAnd the elephants heart that pounds<\/p>\n
It’s burdensome and toilsome
\nFor the wicked walk this earth
\nWith unnavigable persuasion
\nFor them what it is worth
\nIvory it’s convenient and The Japanese
\nThey know
\nThat Dealing in it is possible
\nAnd their market share does grow<\/p>\n
They are so unreliable
\nMany traders there
\nWork out in the darkness
\nThey really do not care
\nIt’s all about the money
\nEthics means nothing
\nAnd safeguarding the elephants
\nReally doesn’t bring<\/p>\n
Any satisfaction into their
\nGolden pot
\nIt really is their cussedness
\nAnd contrariness and a lot
\nOf elephants are being killed
\nBecause of their refrain
\nThere is no cooperation
\nAnd they do not know disdain<\/p>\n
Perhaps 350,000 exist
\nWe cannot be sure
\nCompared to 624,000
\nWhen someone shut the door
\nBut Japan it used its influence
\nAnd the illegal trade did grow
\nDespite traffic’s ooriginal draft
\nThe redactions had to go<\/p>\n
And so they were dismantled
\nAnd what we see today
\nIs elephants are being slaughtered
\nNo matter what we say
\nThere really
\nis no stopping Japan
\nFor all she does
\nIs get around the system
\nCreating one great buzz<\/p>\n
Much of this is senseless
\nThese handsome Giants are
\nBeing shot down in their hundreds
\nIn Africa they scar
\nThe plains their wondrous bodies
\nTorn a’sunder there
\nGunned down in their hundreds
\nIn what is pure despair<\/p>\n
Connivance and collusion
\nAre the order of the day
\nThe pachyderms are on the back foot
\nThey cannot get away
\nConspiracy and complicity
\nIt’s money talks and we
\nSee elephant after elephant
\nSlaughtered now daily<\/p>\n
Out of 37 traders
\n30 were prepared
\nIn Japan to go illegal
\nSo the elephants can’t be spared
\nThere is a heartless element
\nA hardness of the soul
\nThe aristic wrangling ruffians
\nWho actually control<\/p>\n
The present trade in ivory
\nWhich is a major crime
\nThe great mother is reeling
\nIn her pit of slime
\nThe blood of giants washes
\nOver everything we see
\nMachine gunned by the blackguards
\nSchooled on infamy<\/p>\n
And there is defiance
\nAmongst the traders there
\nIllegal is ok they say
\nThey all are aware
\nFraudulent descriptions
\nIs the manner that they use
\nNo one cares a monkeys
\nJust how they abuse<\/p>\n
The system and its concluded
\nWhat we have to do
\nIs ban the sale of Ivory
\nWorldwide old and new
\nIt really is the only way
\nTo save the Giants breath
\nWe have to now protect them all
\nAnd understand each death<\/p>\n
Is really of our making
\nWith Japan on the way
\nTo being the lead player
\nIn every single way
\nIt’s not only the Dolphins
\nAnd whales we know about
\nIt’s the elephants and their ivory
\nAnd the all the laws they flout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The quandary and the embarrassment Of Japan in the forefront Of dealing now in Ivory Of being in the hunt There is an impasse that’s for certain Dishonesty abounds China gets the bulk of the blame And the elephants heart … Continue reading