Shocking statistics of elephant slaughter have been revealed by Born Free Foundation before the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos on October 3, in which hundreds of thousands of animal lovers will march in 100 cities worldwide. Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA and Born Free Foundation, will speak at the march in Boston. Says Roberts, “Elephants and rhinos are the victims of an illegal wildlife trafficking enterprise that is more organized, militarized, and lucrative than ever before… As documented in Born Free USA’s groundbreaking reports, Ivory’s Curse and Out of Africa, poaching is not only a wildlife conservation and animal welfare issue, but also is intrinsically linked to terrorist networks and global criminal syndicates that use bloody ivory money to fund their violent activities, threatening national security.”
Link: Daily Express