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Oppose South Africa's Plan to Kill Elephants
Target: Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister, South Africa Ministry of Environmental Affairs & Tourism
Sponsored by: Care2.com
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South Africa has announced it will reverse its 1995 ban on killing elephants and resume culling of elephants in May. Elephant family groups could be rounded up by helicopters and shot from the air by marksmen.
Culling has been reinstated due to fears of elephant overpopulation in protected areas and the habitat destruction that too many elephants can cause. But this plan disregards the fact that elephants are extremely intelligent, social creatures with strong family bonds. It is well known that elephants mourn their dead, and killing large numbers of these sensitive creatures is cruel and unethical.
Please urge the South African government to continue exploring non-lethal options for dealing with growing elephant populations.
Culling has been reinstated due to fears of elephant overpopulation in protected areas and the habitat destruction that too many elephants can cause. But this plan disregards the fact that elephants are extremely intelligent, social creatures with strong family bonds. It is well known that elephants mourn their dead, and killing large numbers of these sensitive creatures is cruel and unethical.
Please urge the South African government to continue exploring non-lethal options for dealing with growing elephant populations.
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# 50:
1:02 am PST, Feb 27,
Lene Hansen, Denmark
# 49:
1:01 am PST, Feb 27,
Selina Schecroun, Virginia
# 48:
1:01 am PST, Feb 27,
Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
# 47:
12:52 am PST, Feb 27,
Jim Phillips, California
I am opposed to any cullings, killings and birth controls of Elephants, period. Thank you.
I am opposed to any cullings, killings and birth controls of Elephants, period. Thank you.
# 46:
12:50 am PST, Feb 27,
Can Atik, Turkey
# 45:
12:48 am PST, Feb 27,
Susan Padilla, California
# 44:
12:48 am PST, Feb 27,
Zohar Jordan, Canada
Do you understand that what you do to others will return and be done to you??? This is not a religious statement, it is a Universal spiritual Law...so you kill off amazing elephants and you think you won't pay the price in terms of what will happen to your human population? Don't you people have any gifted wise ones who can help you understand the destruction you are causing? STOP KILLING ELEPHANTS, STOP, STOP, STOP...ENOUGH. KEEP THE BAN IN PLACE, ASK OTHERS FOR HELP WITH SOLUTIONS IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THEY ARE A PROBLEM...DO YOU KILL YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY CAUSE TROUBLE?
Do you understand that what you do to others will return and be done to you??? This is not a religious statement, it is a Universal spiritual Law...so you kill off amazing elephants and you think you won't pay the price in terms of what will happen to your human population? Don't you people have any gifted wise ones who can help you understand the destruction you are causing? STOP KILLING ELEPHANTS, STOP, STOP, STOP...ENOUGH. KEEP THE BAN IN PLACE, ASK OTHERS FOR HELP WITH SOLUTIONS IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THEY ARE A PROBLEM...DO YOU KILL YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY CAUSE TROUBLE?
# 43:
12:44 am PST, Feb 27,
Robert Redmon, Ohio
# 42:
12:42 am PST, Feb 27,
Jude Price, Australia
I urge the Minister to stand by his statement of 27th February regarding all possible alternative management options be used other than the killing of elephant. Removing permanent water sources, opening up trans-frontier boundaries, ensuring the Professional hunting groups do not use this opportunity to resume large scale elephant trophy hunts. I also congratulate the Minister on his stance for captive wild elephant management.
I urge the Minister to stand by his statement of 27th February regarding all possible alternative management options be used other than the killing of elephant. Removing permanent water sources, opening up trans-frontier boundaries, ensuring the Professional hunting groups do not use this opportunity to resume large scale elephant trophy hunts. I also congratulate the Minister on his stance for captive wild elephant management.
# 41:
12:41 am PST, Feb 27,
Janet Gormley, South Africa
If people stopped encroaching on the natural habitat of the elephants, there would be no need for culling. By culling the gene pool of the elephants is being diminished - and who knows what impact this will have on the species in the long run! Relocate the elephants to alternate reserves; that is the sensible thing to do!
If people stopped encroaching on the natural habitat of the elephants, there would be no need for culling. By culling the gene pool of the elephants is being diminished - and who knows what impact this will have on the species in the long run! Relocate the elephants to alternate reserves; that is the sensible thing to do!
# 40:
12:37 am PST, Feb 27,
Name not displayed, Arizona
Please don't indiscriminately kill elephants. If culling is necessary then it should be done humanely and not with helicopters that frighten the entire herd
Please don't indiscriminately kill elephants. If culling is necessary then it should be done humanely and not with helicopters that frighten the entire herd
# 39:
12:37 am PST, Feb 27,
Christina Testa, Italy
# 38:
12:33 am PST, Feb 27,
Yvonne CLAUDIUS, California
These are God's creatures, and they are part of the Earth's habitat and are intelligent and beautiful! Do not think of harming these animals in any inhumane way. Thank you for this consideration.
These are God's creatures, and they are part of the Earth's habitat and are intelligent and beautiful! Do not think of harming these animals in any inhumane way. Thank you for this consideration.
# 37:
12:29 am PST, Feb 27,
Justin Hayzelden, United Kingdom
# 36:
12:23 am PST, Feb 27,
Jess Moon Senour, California
# 35:
12:21 am PST, Feb 27,
Jason Bowman, California
# 34:
12:21 am PST, Feb 27,
Janine Daniels, South Africa
# 33:
12:18 am PST, Feb 27,
Zombie Booth, Texas
# 32:
12:17 am PST, Feb 27,
Candy LeBlanc, California
# 31:
12:13 am PST, Feb 27,
Kathleen P Abazia, Ohio
# 30:
12:00 am PST, Feb 27,
Karin McElrath, Nevada
# 29:
11:50 pm PST, Feb 26,
Izzy Wilhelmsen, Norway
# 28:
11:45 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Pakistan
Please,stop this cruelty.Every living being has a right to live on this earth.Stop killing God's creature.
Please,stop this cruelty.Every living being has a right to live on this earth.Stop killing God's creature.
# 27:
11:44 pm PST, Feb 26,
María Dolores Knobloch, Germany
# 26:
11:42 pm PST, Feb 26,
Terri VanKuipers, Canada
# 25:
11:36 pm PST, Feb 26,
Peggy Singh, California
Do the right thing, and do not murder any elephants. Some humans need to give in life, and not take.
Do the right thing, and do not murder any elephants. Some humans need to give in life, and not take.
# 24:
11:36 pm PST, Feb 26,
Sergio Merz, Italy
# 23:
11:35 pm PST, Feb 26,
Tracy Kotze, South Africa
# 22:
11:32 pm PST, Feb 26,
Deb Seiler, Australia
# 21:
11:31 pm PST, Feb 26,
Marilyn Bartlett, New York
# 20:
11:28 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro
# 19:
11:21 pm PST, Feb 26,
Pam Fioretti, Australia
Please continue to seek more humane,ethical,and intelligent solutions to what is,after all, a problem because of human habitation!A decision to reverse the ban will have an extremely adverse effect on your reputation in the world.And shooting from the air is a detestable concept!
Please continue to seek more humane,ethical,and intelligent solutions to what is,after all, a problem because of human habitation!A decision to reverse the ban will have an extremely adverse effect on your reputation in the world.And shooting from the air is a detestable concept!
# 18:
11:20 pm PST, Feb 26,
WN DGetal, Tennessee
# 17:
11:20 pm PST, Feb 26,
Marija Dosic, Bosnia And Herzegovina
# 16:
11:19 pm PST, Feb 26,
JAMINET Myriam, Luxembourg
# 15:
11:18 pm PST, Feb 26,
Sonja BONFILS, France
# 14:
11:17 pm PST, Feb 26,
Laura Gowing, Australia
# 13:
11:14 pm PST, Feb 26,
Rebecca Lewis, Canada
# 12:
11:11 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Idaho
# 11:
11:10 pm PST, Feb 26,
Carle Dehning, South Africa
Dont kill Elephants - they are so unique.
Dont kill Elephants - they are so unique.
# 10:
11:09 pm PST, Feb 26,
Lisa Buchman, Idaho
Elephants are so sweet and care for their babies just like we do and dont deserve to be killed for any purpose, stop this cruelty now!
Elephants are so sweet and care for their babies just like we do and dont deserve to be killed for any purpose, stop this cruelty now!
# 9:
11:07 pm PST, Feb 26,
Cecy V Aguirre López, Mexico
# 8:
11:05 pm PST, Feb 26,
Izabela Kaszuba, Poland
# 7:
11:04 pm PST, Feb 26,
Joanna Renda, Poland
# 6:
11:02 pm PST, Feb 26,
Radoslaw Renda, Poland
# 5:
10:52 pm PST, Feb 26,
Radovan Milicevic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 4:
10:48 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, California
# 3:
10:44 pm PST, Feb 26,
Georgia Mathisz, Hungary
# 2:
10:43 pm PST, Feb 26,
Rebecca Young, California
Elephants are known to mourn their dead and have such a complex social structure. It would be unethical to shoot these animals down from the air in order to control their population, I understand the difficult balance between protecting elephants and protecting their habitat when habitat is limited, but given how intelligent and emotionally developed elephants are, non-lethal means of population control must be explored further. Please reinstate the ban on culling.
Elephants are known to mourn their dead and have such a complex social structure. It would be unethical to shoot these animals down from the air in order to control their population, I understand the difficult balance between protecting elephants and protecting their habitat when habitat is limited, but given how intelligent and emotionally developed elephants are, non-lethal means of population control must be explored further. Please reinstate the ban on culling.
# 1:
10:40 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Australia
if an animal hurts a human in the slightest way (in defence), they are killed straight away. then why is is okay for humans to kill animals, especially in such large numbers without going to jail. no human has the right to kill an animal
if an animal hurts a human in the slightest way (in defence), they are killed straight away. then why is is okay for humans to kill animals, especially in such large numbers without going to jail. no human has the right to kill an animal