Pour les éléphants du parc Kruger

Pour les éléphants du parc Kruger

Dans le cadre s'une campagne internationale et pour protester contre le massacre imminent de quelques 6500 éléphants dans la parc National Kruger en Afrique du Sud (pour de soit disant causes de régulation de population), vous pouvez envoyez la lettre suivante :



EMAIL BLOCK :

rspaull@deat.gov.za ; raucamp@deat.gov.za ; mwillemse@deat.gov.za ; ambassador@saembassy.org ;

OBJET (à varier pour éviter le classement vertical) : Kruger National parc / save the elephants...

LETTRE :


Dear Mr. Van Schalkwyk and the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism:

I firmly oppose South Africa National Parks' (SANParks) strategy for
cultivating biodiversity in Kruger National Park. To preserve Kruger's flora
and fauna, SANParks intends to roundup and slaughter some 6,500 elephants,
thereby decreasing the country's elephant population by half.

This cull is profoundly inhumane. Helicopters will drive panicked elephants
into groups so gunmen can immobilize them with tranquilizer darts and shoot
them at close proximity.

An elephant's range of communication is vast. Other elephants will hear
death cries from more than a mile away. Survivors will live in a shadow of
terror and panic. Mass killings will irreversibly disrupt a complex
community of animals who forge societies, care for their young, and convey
emotions from joy to sorrow.

This cull has no scientific merit. Before wiping out a significant sector of
the park's elephants, officials must authorize an unbiased scientific study
to determine if the elephants actually threaten biodiversity. Presently,
there is no empirical proof to support this claim.

This cull is a reckless and outmoded form of wildlife control. I implore
officials to heed viable guidance from scientists, as reported by Care for
the Wild International:

--Restrict manufactured water holes to redirect elephants to under-used
locales.

--Expand elephant habitats by linking Kruger National Park to other
safeguarded areas through a chain of migration corridors.

--Create wildlife conservation programs beyond already protected areas to
enhance tourism in nearby rural communities.

--Build/maintain fences and other nonlethal deterrents to guard vulnerable
terrain.

--Initiate a targeted wildlife contraception program.

Integrating non-lethal methods is not only more humane, but could also
sustain current elephant numbers over a broader range.

This cull is bad for tourism. In 1994, South Africa prohibited the culling
of herds in response to public opposition. The global community disapproves
of this massacre. It will have a negative impact upon South Africa's
significant ecotourism industry.

I strongly urge you to order a scientific assessment of the situation and
employ non-lethal solutions, if necessary. Please do not stain Kruger
National Park with the blood of thousands of elephants.

Thank you,


N'oubliez pas d'indiquer vos coordonnées!!


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SOURCE OF INFORMATION
IDA : http://ga0.org/campaign/KrugerElephants/wi3kiuur45i3bix?
Kruger National Park Plans Large-Scale Elephant Slaughter
http://www.savewildelephants.com/saelephants.asp?int=weekly_enews


Mr. Marthinus Van Schalkwyk
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of South Africa
Private Bag X447, PRETORIA, 0001
Fedsure Forum Building, 10th Floor, North Tower
315 Pretorius Street, PRETORIA
ph: (012) 310 3611; fax: (012) 322 0082

Private Bag X9154, CAPE TOWN, 8000
3rd Floor, Room 328,
20 Plein Street, CAPE TOWN
ph: (021) 465 7240; fax: (021) 465 3216

Mr. Robert Spaull, Director, Media Liaison: rspaull@deat.gov.za
Mr. Riaan Aucamp, Media Liaison Officer: raucamp@deat.gov.za
Ms. Marika Willemse, Private Secretary: mwillemse@deat.gov.za

COPY:
Her Excellency Barbara Joyce Masekela
Ambassador of South Africa
Embassy of South Africa, 3051 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
ph: 202-232-4400; fax: 202-265-1607
email: ambassador@saembassy.org

Article paru dans le journal Méro du 10 mars 2006 :

Eléphants trop gênants
Le parc national Kruger en Afrique du Sud envisage de tuer des milliers d'éléphants. Le pachyderme dont la population a doublé ces dernières dix années pour atteindre le nombre de 12500 est trop à l'étroit dans le parc. Il détruit l'habitat naturel d'autres espèces protégées les mettant en danger. Le parc Kruger de la taille d'Israël ne devrait normalement pas accueillir plus de 7000 éléphants.

Réguler la population ????? c'est n'importe quoi !!! si on arrêtait de détruire les espaces naturels, les populations d'éléphants pourraient mieux se répartir sur un territoire plus vaste ! Mais comme les hommes détruisent tout, c'est sûr que 3 arbres pour 6000 éléphants c'est tout de suite interprété comme de la surpopulation