Zimbabwe in need of elephant cull

by Kim in Uncategorized

May 28, 2007

1 comment

1 Ms Shashi Vasan USA { 06.14.07 at 2:45 pm }

I am sending this webemail response to plead with the Zimbabwean authorities, foresteries and park officials NOT TO KILL/CULL THE MAGNIFICIENT ELEPHANTS in your country. Mass Culling of Elephants is barbaric, inhumane, extremely cruel, unethical, unnecessary and MUST NOT BE CARRIED OUT. What if we did this to human beings (not too long ago, we had seen this genocide in Nazi Germany during Hitlers regime). Elephants are higly evolved, extraordinarily intelligent, emotionally aware, social, family oriented animals and this day and age, we ALL NEED TO STEP IN AND SAVE THEM. Please consider re-location, transporting to any other part of Africa where they can be safely accomodated in a wild park, state run reservation. Mass Culling causes extraordinary pain and suffering for these animals. They need to be given their space and mankind should be responsible for making sure these extraordinary animals are being protected, saved and managed better with more land being allocated for conservation efforts. Elephants used to roam in the millions 1000 to 2000 years ago. Mankind has no right to take upon himself, for that matter no goverment or agency should be made to take decision affecting adversely the life and welfare of these amazing animals which have lived from the time of the dinasaours. I plead and ask the govt. agencies in Zimbabwe to evaluate other options and completely negate from the decision to cull elephants. They are the assets for any land and we have to raise all awareness and allocate resources and spread the knowledge of letting these magnificient animals to live their lives in the forests and preserves of all countries around the world.
I appreciate if you would also make sure, Elephants are not being killed for their ivory or meat and African people should be educated about the greatness of having these animals in their nations and encourage eco-tourism to help with the management of elephants and to spread the consciousness of preserving and helping these creatures survive in our planet as well.
I hope my pleas will not fall in deaf ears and you will take it upon to kindly look into all avenues for preserving these great Elephants for many centuries to come in your country or elsewhere.

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