New (?) Demand for Elephant Trunks and Penises in China
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:51 pm
AFRICAN INDABA » ELEPHANT, POLICY & ECONOMICS, SUSTAINABLE USE, WILDLIFE CRIME » AFRICAN ELEPHANT SUMMIT – KASANE, BOTSWANA BY DR. ALI KAKA . APRIL 2015, VOLUME 13-2
This is a remark in an article about the 23rd March African Elephant Summit in Kasane, written by Dr Ali Kaka, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa at the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and member of hunting organisation CIC International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation.
This is a remark in an article about the 23rd March African Elephant Summit in Kasane, written by Dr Ali Kaka, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa at the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and member of hunting organisation CIC International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation.
What is certain however is that the demand is by no means declining and neither is the price for the commodity. A rather interesting comment by a senior member of the Chinese delegation was a side query to the range state members on whether there is any interest in selling other parts of the dead elephant to the Chinese market, e.g. the trunk and reproductive organs, namely the penis! This was apparently not meant as a joke and was said in the sitting session of all the Technical Heads chaired by the Wildlife Minister of Botswana. No one knew how to respond!
