Thank you for this very thoughtful, and important posting. You can foster an orphaned elephant or rhino here: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/ And, it's actually Thailand that has/d the greatest trade in illegal, and LEGAL, ivory trading. The PM has now declared, at the beginning of this month, to end it. http://worldwildlife.org/stories/thai-prime-minister-announces-end-to-ivory-trade It was LEGAL to trade "domestic" elephants, whatever that was to mean. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/03/thailand-outlaw-ivory-trade Please go here and learn about bear bile farms, a despicable practice, and the practice of boiling dogs and cats alive, skinning them alive, and other means of torture, for "medicine," food and fur: http://www.animalsasia.org/ Surely, you know the Chinese are fond of putting live cats in blenders. But then again, we do that here, on factory farms, with baby male chicks. And lest you think "faux" fur is "faux," read this: http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2013/03/fur-investigation-marc-jacobs-030713.html Sign here to voice your opposition to the ivory trade: https://secure3.convio.net/wcs/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=539&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=5o6l2lo511.app333a I love experimental film, too. But I will always love animals more.
Elizabeth >________________________________ > From: David Baker <dbak...@hvc.rr.com> >To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 2:02 PM >Subject: [Frameworks] ELEPHANTS AND FILM > > >Esteemed cohorts everyone, > > >What I really love besides Experimental Film are Elephants. >I LOVE all Elephants but especially those that live free in the wild. >I love the complexity of elephant societies. > >Something amazing to read is: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition > >Something important to see is: >National Geographic - Battle For The Elephants (2013) > >I hope everybody on this forum is aware of the horror that is happening to >these animals right now, today. >More Elephants are being killed >than are being born. They are being wiped out, expunged from the earth. >The numbers of those massacred are crazy. >Last year 30,000 elephants were murdered. >The killing rate is accelerating. The New York Times describes it as a frenzy. >Horribly helicopters and machine guns do the job annihilating whole herds. >China is the problem. >The CHINESE demand the elephant's ivory tusks to make ludicrous carved luxury >goods. > >If there is hope it might be through FILM. > >Apparently, ridiculously the burgeoning Chinese middle class thinks elephant >tusks fall out naturally. >They call them elephant teeth. >Using film to educate in Africa and China may be the elephants last best hope. > >The Experimental Film community can contribute importantly and make a >difference. >Kickstarter it isn't, but If you want to help or know of a cognizant >compassionate human being who does >please go here: > > >http://africanenvironmentalfilms.squarespace.com/donate > >or here > >http://www.savetheelephants.org/home.html > > > > >If you are a teacher please share this with your students. >Time is of the essence. >The force of human compassion is the solution. > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/opinion/death-of-the-elephants.html > >http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=organized-crime-elephant-slaughter > >http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/world/asia/an-illicit-trail-of-african-ivory-to-china.html?pagewanted=all > >http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/slaughter-of-the-african-elephants.html > >http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/science/surveys-quantify-loss-of-african-elephants-for-ivory-trade.html?ref=elephants > >http://ntdtv.org/en/news/china/2013-03-15/china-s-demand-for-ivory-fueling-elephant-poaching.html > > >-David Baker >_______________________________________________ >FrameWorks mailing list >FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > >
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