Amid the deluge of sickening environmental news in the U.S., there are a few somewhat bright spots from abroad
On Tigers: Cautious Optimism in Thailand: Tigers here
China’s Move toward Shutting Down Ivory Trade: Chinese crackdown on ivory trade
Environmental Impacts of Chinese Looting of Resources Worldwide
More “charismatic” animals such as elephants could slow Chinese resource exploitation around the world. The sad and not-so-sad reality is that elephants are easy to love, and their killers easy to hate. Most of the endangered species on Earth do not have an equivalent “poster child” to represent them, and they are quietly being crushed under the bulldozer of economic “progress.” In a world where celebrity tweets get more of our attention than trees and rivers, there’s little standing in the way.