Too many elephants

SS! · Apr 3, 2024

mild winters and being very far from UT has led to an over population of elephants:

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies.

www.yahoo.com

HikeHunt61 · Apr 3, 2024

I like it. Woolly Mammoths once roamed the entirety of Germany, and since they are so concerned about saving the world's "endangered" animals, it's the least they can do.

Rette die Elefanten!!!

Moe · Apr 3, 2024

Biden just shut down some elephant hunting imports. Elections matter.

CAelknuts · Apr 4, 2024

Gotta love President Masisi! He’s standing up for his country and people and calling out the western world for their hypocrisy and modern colonial attitude.

Vanilla · Apr 4, 2024

I love this. You can just feel the disdain in his quotes. I love seeing these countries stick up for themselves. The power dynamic is certainly tilted away from them. There was another good one recently that someone shared with me:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773754505059852529

Not the same topic of elephants, but these people are ready to do what all the west has done, and that’s utilize their resources to benefit their people and it’s probably time for the rest of us to stop telling them what is good for them. I’m all for protecting truly endangered species, and the elephant bans likely helped at one point, but it’s time for the west to start listening here instead of talking on these topics.

CAelknuts · Apr 7, 2024

Vanilla said:
I love this. You can just feel the disdain in his quotes. I love seeing these countries stick up for themselves. The power dynamic is certainly tilted away from them. There was another good one recently that someone shared with me:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773754505059852529

Not the same topic of elephants, but these people are ready to do what all the west has done, and that’s utilize their resources to benefit their people and it’s probably time for the rest of us to stop telling them what is good for them. I’m all for protecting truly endangered species, and the elephant bans likely helped at one point, but it’s time for the west to start listening here instead of talking on these topics.

Wow! I love this guy! Everyone should listen to this.