Nearly 90 Elephants Found Dead Near Botswana Sanctuary, Killed By Poachers

[GrizzlyBear]

Nearly 90 Elephants Found Dead Near Botswana Sanctuary, Killed B..

[Skerious]

For fuck's sake, the elephants are going to go extinct at this rate.

[Grenadiac]

If it was possible, I'd volunteer as a ranger to help fight poachers over there.

[PsychoFox67]

poach the poachers

[Peachy]

You can.
https://www.iapf.org/get-involved/join-the-green-army/

[spazthemax]

All we have to do is convince rich people that Poacher bones fetch a high price

[Corn]

No he can't

There are no further 2018 vacancies  for volunteers. Our
Green Army program is undergoing a refresh and we will be back with an
even better experience to offer in 2019.

[Grenadiac]

This is a tourist attraction. You pay for it on top of travel expenses and don't confront poachers.

[Peachy]

Did you think that working as a ranger would involve just shooting poachers out of the back of a vehicle? Anti poaching is more than just physically stopping them, and from what I can tell, the organization actually does work which means that the voulenteers are helping to stop the problem. Do you have a source on the claim that it's a tourist attraction that doesn't actually serve its claimed purpose?
He can't this year, which makes sense since the year is coming to a close and something like that isn't exactly just a step away.

[NicoR0bin]

Poachers are the scum of the Earth honestly.

[Grenadiac]

It's a tourist attraction that helps to fund the actual rangers. You pay for a guided tour to experience some of the safe work. It's right there on the page you linked. It's helping, sure, but I'm talking about volunteering as a ranger doing the dangerous shit - working with the animals, dealing with dangerous traps in the wild, and yes, tracking and engaging poachers directly. As far as I know most sub-Saharan countries have laws forbidding foreigners from acting in an official capacity as rangers.

[Peachy]

I mean, isn't the end result the important bit? It seems like the thing I linked is both a way to donate and to actually help out with work.
I know that donating isn't exciting, but it's the best way that you can help if you really want to, even if you stayed home while you did it.

[Sims_doc]

Ah, It's shame we cannot move elephants from Africa to the deserts of the US.

[FPtje]

I was in Chobe a couple of weeks ago, odd to know this was happening around the same time...

Also, three white rhinos is a bitch, those are even more endangered than elephants. It doesn't surprise me, though. When I saw white rhinos in Zimbabwe, there was a dude standing within 100m with a Kalashnikov 24/7, and the horns were cut off as a precaution. In Botswana I've seen a rhino with its horn intact, though that may be because it was raising a baby rhino. Also, the protectors were just driving around, meaning they probably don't stick with them 24/7. An even then, if I read the article correctly, what are they gonna do without a shoot to kill law?