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What Does Arnold Scwarzenegger Kills Kill 96 Elephants?

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In probably the most important mission of his career, the Terminator is back and elephant poachers should be worried. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former California governor and actor, is lending his celebrity to save our elephants in true Hollywood and Schwarzenegger style. The Terminator Terminates an Elephant Tusk According to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) press release, http://newsroom.wcs.org/NewsReleases/tabid/13614/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8324/TERMINATOR-TERMINATES-TUSK-ON-VIDEO.aspx Schwarzenegger has became the latest ally of WCS's 96 Elephants Campaign. You might be wondering "Why 96 elephants?" In a campaign video, Schwarzenegger let's us know that: "Stop killing 96 elephants every day just because of this ivory. Let’s get rid of the demand once and for all." Then in true Terminator form, Schwarzenegger obliterates an elephant tusk into thousands of tiny pieces. Pretty badass, right? Sadly, Schwarzenegger's message is true. Ninety-six elephants are killed every single day. This roughly translates to an elephant being killed every 15 minutes. At this rate, none will be left roaming wild and free in 2025, says iworry. Http://iworry.org There's no denying that poachers, in Africa and Asia alike, have a strong incentive to kill elephants and steal their tusks. As reported in The Week, "A single male elephant's two tusks can …show more content…

Firstly, the attached rider debilitates already weak efforts to crack down on the illegal ivory trade. As the WCS describes: "Section 120 of the FY16 House Interior Appropriations Bill contains a harmful rider that would prevent the FWS from taking any further action" on the FWS's proposal to close loopholes in the existing ban on commercial ivory sales. Secondly, Congress could make huge funding cuts to already underfunded anti-poaching programs and wildlife conservation. Is this time of unprecedented species extinction really the time to make these funding

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