14 DAY TRIAL // News from Cameroon says that, throughout these past few weeks, a total of 28 African elephants have been killed by poachers in this part of the world.
To make matters even worse, it appears that the killings took place in the Nki National Park and Lobeke National Park, which pretty much proves that not even wildlife rangers can keep these animals safe from their hunters.
23 of the slaughtered animals were discovered in the Nki National Park, whereas the remainder 5 were killed in the Lobeke National Park.
International Business Times reports that neither of the carcasses later on found by conservationists and rangers in the area had their tusks still attached to them.
This can only mean that the animals were killed for the sole purpose of collecting their ivory and later on selling it on the black market.
The World Wildlife Fund, whose members have taken a special interest in protecting the elephants living in Africa, explains that most of the people who are ready and willing to buy ivory taken from poached elephants currently reside in Asia.
Given the fact that one kilogram of ivory sells for about several hundred dollars, one cannot be all that surprised that poachers are not yet willing to quit their working agenda and turn towards other ways of making money instead.
As pointed out on several occasion, poachers constitute a threat to both animals and humans. This is because they hardly ever shy away from using weapons in order to make sure that they do not get caught by wildlife rangers.
“We hope that governments will take a stronger stance against these countries considered the biggest problems when it comes to the illegal ivory trade, and that should include much more urgency than we saw today,” reads a statement issued by Carlos Drews, the current director of WWF´s Global Species Program.