Ivory and rhino horns going up in flames-Kenya

[siml]

The Kenyan govt will be burning over a 100 tons of ivory and 1.5 tons of rhino horn tomorrow. I think it is a total waste to destroy these stock piles.

What do you feel about the burning?

 

[bluey]

FKN ridiculous

 

[siml]

@bluey always straight to the point....

 

[CAustin]

Yea they think it's working for them! How many elephants are they down to in the whole country vs the early 1970s? Less than .25% of what the heard was.

A wise man told me " if you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always gotten". In this case test would be poor results!

 

[siml]

@CAustin this is Kenya third time they burning stock piles.......doesn't help.

 

[CAustin]

@CAustin this is Kenya third time they burning stock piles.......doesn't help.

They have bad decision makers!

 

[siml]

Too true Charlie.

 

[Pheroze]

Doesn't anyone in Kenya look south and get the feeling they are doing it all wrong! What are they gaining by holding onto a strategy that just results in this tragedy?

 

[Clayton]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.

 

[PeteG]

I do not see the point. They could stockpile it, shove it up their a**es or make eco friendly houses with them... does not make one ounce of difference considering those ele and rhino are already dead and poachers are still out there looking for more.

What it does do is make a bunch of moronic anti's and greenie's impressed, who for the most part have no clue what is involved on the ground in conservation. These impressed people then donate more money to overseas organizations who pass on a small percentage of the funding to an Conservation Group, who in turn passes on a small percentage to the APU. These funds are diluted and utilized so quickly, not enough reaches the grounds and people doing the "real" work.

Doesn't anyone in Kenya look south and get the feeling they are doing it all wrong! What are they gaining by holding onto a strategy that just results in this tragedy?

Maybe they are doing it right (for their pockets), how much money is spent on Kenya and anti poaching? How much eventually trickles down to the ACTUAL act/s of AntiPoaching and prosecutions?
There is so much money spent on anti poaching, yet very small amounts end up in the field where the money makes a difference.

Where would greenie's get the funds to fight hunters if the money wasn't utilized "incorrectly" and funneled into activities other than AntiPoaching??????

 

[BRICKBURN]

Burning is a ridiculous publicity stunt. The same when it all started and just as useless today.

 

[Wheels]

The brainchild of Kuki Gallman and Richard Leakey 25+ years ago.

Unfortunately common sense is not always common. Especially amongst the rich and powerful.

 

[rinehart0050]

This is sad. You'd think that as a government, they could get an exemption to the prohibition on selling ivory as long as the funds are used for conservation/anti-poaching. Seems like a better idea than having it rot in a warehouse or burning it.

I'm probably missing something here.

 

[MBIZI SAFARIS]

Simon, it's simply : supply and demand, when there is less rhino horns and ivory on the black market the prices get higher, and if the prices get higher so also the poaching... So if the trading with rhino horns was legal and controlled the price will be much lower, and the poaching are then much less interesting for the criminals. There is game farmers that dehorning them Rhinos for more than 15 years, and sitting today with 100-eds of kilo of horns, if they can offer them on a open legal market, the poaching of rhino is over !

So to burning this horns/tusks is not very good at all...

Only my two cent...

 

[PeteG]

Couldnt resist this from my FB feed
http://owaahh.com/politics-ivory-fire/

 

[bluey]

too true ,pete