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[Uben]

Watching CNN, I saw a segment on poachers killing African elephants for their tusks on wildlife reserves. The numbers were alarming!
Now, I'm no whiz on elephants or law enforcement of poachers, but why in the hell don't the rangers tranquilize these elephants, saw off their tusks, and release them? Poachers only want the ivory, so take that away, and voila!, no more poaching! We have to make an effort to save these animals, and if sawing off their tusks would solve the problem, why the hell don't they do it?

I may be missing something here, but sounds logical to me. Thoughts?