It's somewhat surprising that the EU wasn't in favor of making all elephants appendix 1. I can understand the population argument but you'd think that they'd be all over protecting elephants. I really didn't like that part about the couple countries voting to reopen the ivory trade. What's weird is the countries that want ivory trade have great elephant population statistics and the countries that want to protect elephants don't.

I hate hearing stories like this... It really makes me nervous that elephants are going to go extinct. That generations will grow up never getting to see one in real life. And that a whole breed, of a beautiful amazing creature, will cease to exist soley because humans can be evil and selfish and cruel.