One of the unique ecosystems of the world hosts one of the largest concentrations of elephants, making it a prime target for poachers. Just 10 years of this level of poaching would be enough to exterminate the elephant population, albeit the richest in the world. This is a cause that concerns us all, because we are all responsible.
The Government of Tanzania assumes sole protection of this common heritage, in the tradition handed down by President Julius Nyerere through his famous Arusha Declaration. It is necessary, and just, to give them our support to save our heritage, to save these endangered species which face extinction.
Our mission is to protect those who cannot save themselves, criminally exterminated in the lure of profit. Thanks to this intervention, the ivory trade in the world was finally banned. Unfortunately, as of , elephant poaching resumed to then reach dramatic proportions in , and that are totally out of control.
Every day, the elephants disappear into the culpable indifference of all the international powers combined, having the right to shed tears of good conscience only after it may be too late. If tomorrow the media told you that this giant that leaves its huge imprint on the dusty earth, the African Elephant, had disappeared, that he is no now more than a legend or an animal of the past that we might only encounter in the corner of a museum Would you remain indifferent?
Men are fighting out in the field to protect them, for us and for future generations, sometimes risking their lives. It is a real Ivory War that is being waged out there. It is not a question of leaving it to those for whom it is a vocation, it is about allowing their action to continue.
