How to really save elephants and rhinos


  • Letters
  • Tuesday, 03 May 2016

“KENYAN park rangers piled up thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns to burn on Saturday (April 30),” reports Reuters, “sending a message to poachers and smugglers that their trade will be stopped.”

Well, no. The message this operation sends to poachers and smugglers is “we’re driving the price up for you – make hay while the sun shines.”

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