ReadingAnimals

Just a quick pointer to a new article in The Independent: Elephant culling ‘unnecessary’

And an excerpt:

“The public is being asked to accept an unpopular decision which has no support among respected scientists. This decision would bring our internationally respected standards of animal husbandry into disrepute.”

The sources quoted in the story have tried handily to connect the trauma of elephants to the risk of future trauma among people, but only in the context of tourism, unfortunately. With respect to that, I’d hope that just the existence of the cull would be devastating for tourism.