This is a link to what is happening with the poaching of elephants for their ivory in Africa. We can help and we can stop this by not buying anything ivory or supporting those that do. Right now thousands of elephants are being slaughtered in Africa for the ivory trade, it's an international crime.
You can sign the AVAAZ.org online petition that will be presented to the UN convention before its too late.
click AVAAZ.org for the petition.
Below are more links on this crime:
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/
Bloody Ivory : Elephants CITES 2010
Hi, Have you read "The White Bone" by Barbara Gowdy. This is THE great adult elephant novel, told from the point of view of the elephants themselves. Barbara, herself, is an important animal rights activist.
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OH gosh yes, I loved that book. I should read it again.
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