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Shanghai Window Shopping – Shanghai Shopping

Shanghai Window Shopping – Shanghai Shopping. The Ivory Wars. Ivory Background . Exists in rhinoceros, narwhals, walrus, pigs, and sperm whales Elephant are the most important source A tusk is a “big incisor tooth” Ivory is used for a variety of purposes. Occupy for Animals - 2013.

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Shanghai Window Shopping – Shanghai Shopping

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  1. Shanghai Window Shopping – Shanghai Shopping

  2. The Ivory Wars

  3. Ivory Background • Exists in rhinoceros, narwhals, walrus, pigs, and sperm whales • Elephant are the most important source • A tusk is a “big incisor tooth” • Ivory is used for a variety of purposes

  4. Occupy for Animals - 2013

  5. Sa’dabad Palace, Iran, 2013

  6. Ivory Piano Keys

  7. Hankos – Japanese stamps made of ivory – status symbol

  8. Harvesting Ivory = Lucrative!

  9. Commodity Prices – per pound basis • Gold = $ 16 310 • Oil = $ 32 • Corn = $.11 • Diamond = $49 000 approx. • Raw Ivory (2012) = $900

  10. And dangerous!

  11. African Wildlife Trust - 2012

  12. Zakouma National Park : Southeastern Chad, Central Africa

  13. Elephant Facts • Average elephants live up to 60- 80 years old • Tusks weight 60 – 100 lbs at 60 years • Gestation (pregnancy) is 22 months • Live in large herds, the oldest matriarch is the boss • Eat approximately 150 kgsof vegetation every day Source: Dr. Mike Loomis – North Carolina Zoological Park

  14. The Ivory Trade • Majority of ivory is leaving Africa and destined for the East Asia (China, Japan) • In 1979, – 1.3 million elephants in Africa • By 1989, only 600 000 remained • Many blamed it on the increase in Ivory demand • In 1989 CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna) made the trade of ivoryillegal

  15. Supporters of The Ivory Ban • Eastern African Countries • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda are dependant upon tourism and safaris generate large amounts of income • 44% of Tanzania’s land base is national parks • Safaris generated over $1.7 billion (2011) for Tanzania • People want to see the big five, buffalo, lion, leopard, rhinoceros and of course elephants

  16. Kenya Ivory Burning - 1989 In protest of the Ivory Trade - the Kenyan government rather burn their ivory, then have it sold illegally.

  17. Opposition to the Ban • Southern African Countries including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland • These countries struggle with too many elephants • Suggest culling (harvesting the sick and old) elephants to support community programs.

  18. The Campfire Program Until 1989, Zimbabwe granted locals permission to kill a certain number of elephants. • Revenue from those elephant tusks was used to build schools, wells and health clinics. • Trophy Hunting In Zimbabwe, a family of 8 can subsist on $230/year. A 21-day hunt brings $ 50 000 into the local community

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