Debt Rattle June 2 2016
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[See the full post at: Debt Rattle June 2 2016]Re: elephants; from yesterday. Would you (all) like to DO something? You can.
No, don’t send money to someone promising to stop poaching – work, every day, to re-focus world attention on the REAL problem here.
Yes, poachers are poor and desperate, blah, blah. THE Problem: Rich people love to pay big bucks for ivory, and are NEVER punished for it.
Nor are all the “middle men”. Because; it always turns out; they are “protected” by “connections” to the Customers. Always.
Can you get them prosecuted? No; but in this day and age – you CAN “expose” them; on social media. There is a direct relation between the final price of the ivory and rhino horn and the number of murdered animals; anything that decreases the profits will help the animals.
Do something so the prices fall. Personally? I’d happily spread a little polonium in the powdered rhino horn. Imagine the rumors- and the drop in prices.
Or, what the hell; just launch good consistent social media rumors that the horn and ivory are contaminated by radioactivity (blame Fukushima and Chernobyl- those are now the best places to stockpile illegal ivory, because the cops don’t go there) – and push the rumors enough that they start to stick. Are humans that gullible? DUH.
US Announces Near-Total Ban On Trade Of African Elephant Ivory
US authorities announced a near-total ban on the trade of African elephant ivory Thursday, finalizing a years-long push to protect the endangered animals. “Today’s bold action underscores the United States’ leadership and commitment to ending the scourge of elephant poaching and the tragic impact it’s having on wild populations,” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said. The new rule “substantially limits” imports, exports and sales of such ivory across state lines, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said. However, it does make exceptions for some “pre-existing manufactured” items, such as musical instruments, furniture and firearms that contain less than 200 grams of ivory and meet other specific criteria, according to the FWS.
“Near-total”.
Number of buyer, dealers indicted – zero. The “near” is actually an enormous loophole; years ago at a conference in Cairo I had street vendors approach me to buy both ivory and “substitutes” – allegedly hippo ivory and carvings from camel leg-bone. And the conversation always eventually got to “look, I can give you a certificate that this is hippo – but it’s really elephant. Isn’t it gorgeous?” “But- isn’t that illegal?” “Sure! So?”
“Illegal” just means bigger profits, of course- which means more incentive to kill. Somehow- even black-market profits have to drop; or we’re wasting our time.
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