Reply #3: Tusks and teeth are different [View All]

[Uben]

They chew with teeth, tusks are for defense, but ivory does not repel bullets, unfortunately. It was just a thought. I don't see why they don't just shoot poachers on sight. I hate seeing species being eliminated, but, I guess it's gonna happen either way.

We seem techonologically capable of preventing these travesties, but no one seems to want to tackle it. I would look at some kind of chip implant that would signal when there was no heartbeat. Rangers could locate the carcass by GPS, and maybe get to the poachers before they were through. It would not save that elephants life, but it might prevent others from being killed.