Force me in front of two buttons that lower either an elephant or a human into lava and I’d probably save the human.
But the disappearance of a population or a species is more than that
Other-Success-2060 on
The world can be cruel and it’s hard to judge other cultures accurately if not part of them. That said Elephants are such lovely creatures it makes me so sad to ever see one killed and when their poached also looks disrespected 😥
Away_Ad_9498 on
the title is misleading. he emphasised that the natural resources of Botswana (a semi-arid country) is under pressure because of overpopulation of elephants. just as 30,000 wolves would be an issue for german farmers..
their conservation efforts in botswana have in fact been too successful – one of the world’s best in terms of natural preservation – so elephant populations are too high for the country’s climate
Filosofistikert on
We saw the same in the whaling debate decades ago.
Europeans, and americans sitting in their comfy chair watching TV shows like Flipper and then become radicalised to “save the whales” without knowing there are many species of whale, and while some are endangered, others are not.
However, whales dont kill people like elephants do.
immobilisingsplint on
They are right, Euros who dont have an idea about how it is like living with elephants shouldnt tell botswanans to appeal to their emotions botswana has a 1:20 elephant:human ratio and it is getting rather difficult for the habitats to sustain elephants people should just leave this to the conservation experts IMO
Matthias556 on
So what about that pinky promise about 20k 🐘 that was made??
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People who annoy you.
That’s because there are more ppl than elephants.
Yes, what’s the problem?
Force me in front of two buttons that lower either an elephant or a human into lava and I’d probably save the human.
But the disappearance of a population or a species is more than that
The world can be cruel and it’s hard to judge other cultures accurately if not part of them. That said Elephants are such lovely creatures it makes me so sad to ever see one killed and when their poached also looks disrespected 😥
the title is misleading. he emphasised that the natural resources of Botswana (a semi-arid country) is under pressure because of overpopulation of elephants. just as 30,000 wolves would be an issue for german farmers..
their conservation efforts in botswana have in fact been too successful – one of the world’s best in terms of natural preservation – so elephant populations are too high for the country’s climate
We saw the same in the whaling debate decades ago.
Europeans, and americans sitting in their comfy chair watching TV shows like Flipper and then become radicalised to “save the whales” without knowing there are many species of whale, and while some are endangered, others are not.
However, whales dont kill people like elephants do.
They are right, Euros who dont have an idea about how it is like living with elephants shouldnt tell botswanans to appeal to their emotions botswana has a 1:20 elephant:human ratio and it is getting rather difficult for the habitats to sustain elephants people should just leave this to the conservation experts IMO
So what about that pinky promise about 20k 🐘 that was made??
Come on! [Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/africa/botswana-germany-trophy-hunting-scli-intl/index.html)
Nah, they care more about europeans/westerns then elephants.
Well, there are seven billion people. And elephants are threatened with extinction. So… Yeah…
If you have too many elephants why do you need europeans to come shoot them?
Proud to support the animals
First it was Germans. Now its Europeans. Next article:
“The world cares more about elephants thsn people”
Honestly he’s right, Europeans destroyed their environment over centuries and now complain about the ecological practices of developing nations.
Elephants are adorable 🥹
Dear Mr. Masisi.
Yes.
I most definitely “value the lives of elephants more than those of the people who live around them”.
What are you going to do about it? Gonna cry?