NitroXAdministrator
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28/02/07 03:23 AM
Re: African Elephants Being Slaughtered

Quote:

In its request, Zambia said that 135 elephants had been killed illegally in the country in the past decade, but the researchers estimated that 3,000 to 6,500 had been killed in the short period before the Singapore shipment.




Sounds like fantasy to me ie up to 6500 elephants poached in Zambia alone.

Out of what total population?

Why pick on Zambia?

Isn't Zambia trying to get its elephant trophies accepted for import as hunting trophies into the USA? Plus the quoted desire to sell ivory stockpiles.

Quote:

Using DNA analysis, the group led by Wasser determined that the tusks came from African savannah elephants similar to those found in and around the nation of Zambia.




Yeah and like savannah elephants from Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya etc etc

Why pick out Zambia as the most likely source of "savannah elephants"?



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