Current estimates put the figure at 36,000 elephants killed annually, which equates to one elephant dying every 15 minutes.
Recent terror attacks in Kenya, my home country, claiming the lives of 67 people further highlight the need for international action by governments now. The tragic overlap is that the illegal ivory trade is known to fund terrorist groups linked with other illicit activities such as drugs and arms trafficking. The illegal trade in wildlife exploited by criminals is valued at US$19 billion a year.
(National Geography)
As long as any trade in ivory remains—legal or illegal, global or domestic—elephants will continue to be cruelly killed for their tusks.
If we want to save elephants, we must act now. The International March for Elephants aims to draw attention to this crisis and call for immediate global action to protect the world’s largest land mammal.
So as a human being we can.....................
