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> Researchers found the number of tuskless female elephants in Mozambique increased by almost double over 30 years. This overlaps with a period of civil conflic
by bogwog 5y ago
> Researchers found the number of tuskless female elephants in Mozambique increased by almost double over 30 years. This overlaps with a period of civil conflict, where armed forces slaughtered 90% of the elephant population to produce ivory. This ivory went on to finance the conflict.
People suck.
- mpfundstein 5y agonice generalisation. i for once never thought even remotely about slaughtering a freaking elephant in order to get the tusks. yes lots of people are bad and do bad things , but that does not mean that all people suck.
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- SamBam 5y ago#NotAllPeople
- 1cvmask 5y agoThe civil war and conflict was created by white colonizers and CIA (America): https://www.africanexponent.com/post/4981-civil-war-in-mozambique-was-created-by-the-colonizers https://www.africanexponent.com/post/4981-civil-war-in-mozam...
- xupybd 5y agoWhilst I agree that this was a proxy in the cold war and that Colonial history messed up Africa big time, I don't understand what you are trying to say here?
- theaussiestew 5y agoHe's saying that it's not a case of "oh, silly uncivilised African warlords", but rather, "look at another underhanded neo-liberal operation that destabilised a region".
- bordercases 5y agoThat Africans would have had no incentive to behave poorly were it not for whites.
- gowld 5y agoDo you think anything else may have happened over the course of 30 years that may influence demand for ivory?
- max_ 5y agoThe good thing is that humanity's days are numbered. All the planet needs is the short incoming fever.