I have become increasingly sad and disturbed about what is happening to wildlife, and the lack of interest that Governments seem to have (especially the African Continent) in ensuring that there is a healthy population of animals for the future, if the elephants, big cats and the assorted prey animals all become endangered or even extinct, there will be no tourism, which is a large part of Africa's income, if hunters are allowed to carry on killing for the pleasure of it, large areas of habitat are destroyed due to logging, and even more large areas cleared for farming, there will be nothing left in Africa but people and desert! the has to be a wake up call for the powers that be, instead of leaving the responsibility to small charities to save them! What can individuals such as I do to press the issue? How can we collectively put pressure on the Governments to reprioritise? I would dearly like to see large areas of land/habitat bought by ordinary people like me, and
have them "policed" and cared for by local populations, the present situation makes me angry and upset! and scared for the future of all our planets' animals!

Yeah! I'm moving to the Out Back of Austrailia (some day) to save the Chickens and Turkey and Retired race dogs and the rest of the land to be used as a reserve...civvilisation is a jerk, thoses who want to not live in it should have land to live how we, as 'humans' should!

Thats a dream worth having! The only snag is, who is going to give us the land to allow us to save the world? Those few who are helping the wildlife give up so much, they sacrifice much that most people value, but hey! who needs a mobile phone?

Enviromentleist dreams are the best! But any remains of hope we got left to run along side them, the faintest even, is forming our own party, or something, whether as small as council or big as Goverment, TAKE OVER! ...but I'm scared of taking lead...help ourselves you know? Can't trust any current Polliticians these days...or ever, really...

P.S I think there's a even bigger sign they not so good other than reality, I KEEP HAVING NIGHTMERE'S ABOUT POLLITICIANS! One time, I gone woke up REALLY earily in the mourning, where all I can remember, is SOMETHING to do with Gordon Brown and David Cameron looking REAL annoyed, then I guess I must have gone woke then. Mabye they finnally blew up, or something. I also had a real horrid one I can't say on this thing I suppose...that sounded weird...MURDER one. Not the most dissturbing...I'll go before I find them at my door...

Whoops! ...that were'nt a Envioromentleist dream. Those really arn't the best! ...probebly just better off reading the first paragraph of that one up there!

African Elephants are not endangered, quite the opposite. But certain organisations perpetuate this myth for their own means.

Ivory imports, other than ancient has been banned since 1989, of course we know their is still a small black market but elephant numbers are actually too high, yet the myth continues that they are endangered, which is just not true.

Hunters in Africa are not the problem, Poachers are which is very different. Hunters don't shoot endangered species. Hunters pay huge amounts of money to shoot an animal for a trophy. An old or weak male is normally selected & tracked (females are far more important in the animal kingdom as they give birth & one male can sire many females). If shot the hunter will have his trophy, while whats left will either feed the village or other wildlife & the money the hunter has paid goes back by paying for wardens & goes back into the village/community etc.

The down side of hunting, which I don't agree with, is rich people who don't normally Hunt who want a trophy of their own shoot, even though they are not a good shot & are not willing to put any energy into it & as so pay to shoot an animal, which is bred to shoot , which will be within vry close range & sometimes druggged. That I think is appalling & whilst banned in many African countries, still goes on in parts of Africa & should be stopped.