I was reading this article and it tears my heart!
Hundred of Elephants Killed in Cameroon National Park.
I know I am new to posting diaries here but I have many subjects that I need to get out. I have been bottling my feelings up for too long. Treatment of animals is one of many things that keep me awake at night.
Americans don't often think about poachers but we should. We should educate ourselves where the things we buy come from and I don't just mean which country or which ingredients in our our food, for example. In this case it's Ivory...tusks. THIS is why these animals died...for poachers to make a profit. If more people educated themselves before their purchase they may think twice before spending the money.
I know there is no easy solution but this is just something I wanted other to be aware of...something I wanted to highlight and feature. If one person reads the article I linked to above and learns something they didn't know before or thinks twice before making a specific purchase I will feel like I did a little something to help.