NitroX
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| 13/08/12 04:15 PM |
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Re: Maasai want more of a cut ...
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BTW ...
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“What we are seeing today is extraordinary. Where for centuries humans and elephants lived in relatively peaceful coexistence, ...
and Bambi and Simba the lion frolicked together and were the best of friends ...
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... there is now hostility and violence.”
The reason Elephant Conservation and Managed Hunting MUST go together is because elephants are NOT tame and cuddly animals but the top of the food chain, and will destroy whole crops and kill farmers if not controlled.
The locals need to obtain INCOME and COMPENSATION from elephants in return for not poaching them.
Otherwise it simply does not work.
And "Disney" type comments are perfect to go hand in hand with such places as Kenya.