It’s certainly strange how much we as a human race have not
grown. In more ways than one we rely on animals, and doing so we threaten their
lives. In the article, The Ivory War from
Upfront Magazine, African Elephants are in danger of becoming extinct because
of poaching for their Ivory Tusks.
According to the
article, “tens of thousands of elephants are being killed each year for their
ivory.” To think that they have been killing African Elephants since the 19th
century! Imagine how many African Elephants have been killed for just money. In
the article, it says that one can gain up to one-thousand dollars per pound of
ivory, and with Asia killing more than 10 thousand African Elephants per year,
I don’t know what could be done with that much money.
Ivory is etched deeply into Chinese culture.
Popular lore tells of emperors who believed ivory chopsticks would change color
upon contact with poisoned food. In Chinese medicine, ivory powder is said to
purge toxins from the body and make the skin beautiful.
Notice that when writing this the
author did not once say, ivory DID make the skin beautiful, or “[it purges
toxins from the body]” in the text it says, “ivory powder [IS SAID] to purge
toxins from the body.” Most likely implying that she doesn’t believe that it
does. She might just be giving reasons to why they are feeding this “elephant ‘holocaust’.”
I love Elephants, and
there is no specific one, I just love them all. One time when I went to Busch
Gardens in Tampa, Florida, I was on a Safari, and there was music playing quite
loudly from the truck and two Elephants looked our way and slowly started
swaying side to side as if they were dancing. At first I didn’t really think
about it but, I do now realize how graceful these creatures are, and harmless
they are. I don’t mean to sound cliché but surely it will, but I do wish we
could live in harmony. We as Humans along with the other creatures of Earth,
there is no reason not to, even considering the circumstances I think we could.
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