Saturday, June 15, 2013

CHINA - SLAUGHTERING ELEPHANTS IN BUDDHA'S NAME - BLOOD IVORY

 
Oh ! How often through the centuries people have blamed God for their atrocities.
 
Phyllis Carter
 
 
Thousands of elephants die each year so that their tusks can be carved into religious objects. Can the slaughter be stopped?

 

Some of the last big tuskers gather in Tsavo, Kenya. A single large tusk sold on the local black market can bring $6,000, enough to support an unskilled Kenyan worker for ten years.

BLOOD IVORY

Stirton Photography
Photographer Brent Stirton takes a look inside the illegal ivory trade and its tragic impact on elephant populations.
 

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