3/1/2006: Poisoned elephants die

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Originally Posted by glatt

I look at this, and just don't get it. ...

Well, I guess after thinking about it, I do know what this is about. The person(s) who did this want money. ...

This is about money and laziness. It makes perfect sense. ...

But sitting here safely behind my clean desk, I think the people who did this are monsters.

One need only go back to the mid 1800s and what the white man did to buffalo. One scene in 'Dances with Wolves' demonstrates the inhumanity.

Elephants are rather intelligent creatures. Park Rangers has determined that elephants somehow knew where park boundaries were. The elephants would sneak off the park at night to go on feeding raids. And then get back inside the park before sun up.

Unfortunately, in some locations, the elephant population has become too large. Too many in the wrong place - too few elsewhere.