This is tragic and infuriating. Why can't anyone tell the Chinese people that elephants are threatened? If elephants are extinct there will be NO MORE IVORY. Don't they have media in China? Get the word out.
Why don't the Chinese import some elephants and start their own herd? They could manage them carefully and eventually harvest ivory when the herd needs thinning. No matter the cost; demand for ivory will drive the price ever higher. They could promote "homegrown" ivory as superior. Documentaries shown in the US and Europe make us feel bad but don't save animals. How about showing some documentaries in China? How about a message on every cell phone in China? I'd give money for that. - Sandy Maliga On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:02 AM, David Baker <dbak...@hvc.rr.com> wrote: > 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 Sandy Maliga 4763 Toland Way Los Angeles, CA 90042-2255 323.898.6331
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