Wildlife Conservation: WildlifeDIRECT has a Message for Poachers: Hands Off Our Elephants!

There are humans on this earth who still feel entitled to the option to purchase ivory. Their relentless desire for counterfeit antiques and dust-collecting figurines has caused a resurgence of poaching, and just over 30,000 elephants are killed each year. This pointless demand for ivory far outweighs the number of living elephants, and is the reasons the elephants are nearing extinction.

To learn more about what is being done to curb the ivory industry, I reached out to Dr. Paula Kahumbu, a Kenyan Conservationist with a PhD from Princeton. Dr. Kahumbu is the CEO of WildlifeDIRECT, an organization known for leading the ,Hands Off Our Elephantscampaign alongside the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret Kenyattato. Their efforts restored Kenya as a leader in the field of elephant conservation through a shift in behaviour at all levels of society. Dr. Kahumbu grew up in Nairobi, surrounded by a rich and diverse wild animal population and Richard Leakey - infamous Kenyan anthropologist, conservationist, and politician - as her neighbor. Despite being sent to secretary school, she pursued her innate passion for wildlife and dream of becoming a scientist working with animals. Dr. Kahumbu was in Manhattan recently to raise awareness around WildlifeDIRECT’s new campaign, Don’t Let Them Disappear in partnership with Amarula.

“We are losing one elephant every 15 minutes. This has a huge impact on their communities, as elephants - much like humans - live in closely interlinked family groups. They connect and interact with other family groups. If one elephant gets killed, other elephants 20 kilometres away will hear about it. elephants communicate on a vast scale using sonic vibration.”

Full story at http://bit.ly/2w65Ep1

Source: Huffington Post

 

 

 

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