The Amboseli elephants inhabit both Kenya and Tanzania—they are a cross-border population. Kenya banned all hunting in 1977 but Tanzania has an active hunting industry. Recently three male elephants from this trans-border population were shot by sport hunters in an area south of the Kenya border in Tanzania. The hunts were legal, but we contend that they go against everything we strive for in conservation. The fact that the bodies of the hunted elephants were burned to avoid them being identified suggests the hunters felt the same way...
Please sign this petition for the Tanzanian government to stop the hunting of elephants in the cross-border area.
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The Amboseli elephants inhabit both Kenya and Tanzania—they are a cross-border population. Kenya banned all hunting in 1977 but Tanzania has an active hunting industry. Recently three male elephants from this trans-border population were shot by sport hunters in an area south of the Kenya border in Tanzania. The hunts were legal, but we contend that they go against everything we strive for in conservation. The fact that the bodies of the hunted elephants were burned to avoid them being identified suggests the hunters felt the same way...
Please sign this petition for the Tanzanian government to stop the hunting of elephants in the cross-border area.
secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/her_excell…
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