Daphne joined the infant elephants, covering their heads over and over with piles of dirt and rubbing it in to their ears, much to the enjoyment and pleasure of the playful youngsters. She whispered to one of the keepers to put a blanket on Laibon as the temperature began to drop. To this day, large quantities of illegal ivory remain stockpiled both in Africa and in other consuming nations. Africa's volatile ingredients of political instability, severe poverty, a profusion of weapons in the public marketplace and limited enforcement resources, mixed together with human greed, are an ominous concoction for the elephants. To stop the killing, the African elephant must have an Appendix I listing.
Extinction is forever.
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