The Slaughter of Elephants in Chad Grows
The news coming out of Chad is more and more disturbing. I wish we had the resources to help there as this is one of the key areas in greatest crisis mode right now. Elephants are being machine gunned down at such a pace that over one three day period, last year, over 100 elephants were killed. Another 30 have been slaughtered in the last 10 days.
Please read the article on this link :
http://bushwarriors.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/breaking-news-even-more-cha...
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Dear Nick,
First of all, I wanted to say that i think you are a wonderful photographer. TYour pictures always inspire me to do better.
Secondly, I want to compliment you on what you are doing for african wildlife. It proves to me that there are some good people left in the world who can see past the selfish lifestyles that we all get swept away to lead. As a person who has lived in Kenya for all of my childhood and as someone who has deep respect for all living beings, I take my hat off to you for doing what others could only imagine.
I would love to contribute to your fund and will be doing so shortly. However I wanted to say something. I only came to know about you because of my interest in photography. Lots of my friends who are amateur photgraphers have not heard of you but all are deeply moved by your photographs when i tell them about you. If you were to exhibit your photos to a wider audience, then you would certainly make more people aware of the fragile wildlife situation in Africa and this in turn would allow more funds. I live in a small village outside Hull in UK. I live amongst good, kind people - I am sure there are good kind people in every city in the world. Why don't you reach out to them by making your work more accessible?
I just discovered this site after someone sent me some of Nick Brandt's magnificent photos--they took my breath away, as I feel he has captured the souls of these beautiful animals. And I was so saddened to find out that many of them have been murdered by poachers. I think your foundation is very important, but I have one question, that I have seen partial answers to on your site--one of the reasons that poaching is so prevalent is poverty. While it is true that many poachers are most likely living quite well, and that in war-torn zones, the money made from ivory, animal parts and bushmeat is used to buy arms and fund more killing, often people are killing elephants and other animals either so they can eat them or to keep the elephants from destroying crops. You have mentioned some efforts to help communities, and I read with interest about the poacher turned ranger, but do you work with the communities to help them find other ways to keep or put food in their bellies? I think that sometimes, important and well-meaning projects fail because there is not enough community involvement. I have heard of cases of entire villages being destroyed because they were on land deemed as a park, and the people thus displaced were left with nothing. From what I have read here, it does seem that you have taken some measures to work with communities, but could you provide more details?
Hi Janis
No, poachers do not kill elephants so they can eat them. Nor lions. And the giraffes killed are for the bush meat trade. In many of these instances, it would be sort of like saying that drug dealers on the street need to make a living, so we should be finding other ways to help them put food on their plate. Yes, some are very poor, but just because you are poor does not therefore give you the right to break the law. When there are no more animals, there will be no more tourism, the second leading economy in the two countries. The selfish actions of a few for illegal material gain will kill the opportunity for long term employment for (hundreds of) thousands making an honest living in tourism.
Not so long ago, just 20 years ago, when E Africans were equally poor, animals roamed everywhere outside of protected park areas. Not anymore. Poaching has mostly become a big business.
In answer to your other question, as I mention in one of the recent postings, by employing people in the local communities as we are very focused on doing, the people and animals have a chance to benefit and thrive.
Thanks for the compliments on the photos.
Nick