Whatever they are doing must not be working. I think we need to spend less time becoming hysterical over a lion and worry about other more threatened species.
There is also plenty of poaching going on in the U.S. Where's the concern about that? It's very sad that the lion was killed but there are hundreds of animals illegally shot every year in the U.S. There are people keeping big cats in private zoos under horrendous conditions right here at home. Get excited about that.
NAIROBI — While the world mourned Cecil, the 13-year-old lion that was allegedly shot by an American hunter in Zimbabwe, an even more devastating poaching incident was quietly carried out in Kenya.
Poachers killed five elephants in Tsavo West National Park on Monday night. The carcasses were recovered by rangers on Tuesday morning — what appeared to be an adult female and her four offspring, their tusks hacked off.
While the killing of the lion in Zimbabwe has attracted the world’s attention, the death of the five elephants has received almost no coverage, even though elephants are under a far greater threat from poachers than lions. Their tusks can be sold in Asia for more than $1,000 per pound.
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