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Dana-Phoenix Arizona, on 12 Jul 2008

Please don’t tell me that is a cell phone cover? Unbelievable!!!!!!!! Cell phone cover=dead elephant?

TheTeach, Seattle, on 12 Jul 2008

I continually try to refrain from falling into the “China bashing” mode, but day after day it gets harder not to cave in to my gut frustrations on the matter. From backing the genocidal government of Sudan, to blocking sanctions against Robert Mugabe, from producing lead laden toys and toxic pet food, to participating in the highest trafficking in endangered wildlife worldwide, from pouring coal fired greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere to their dismal status as the highest rate of annual executions in the world, the dragon seems to have its teeth dug into some of the world’s most pressing problems of late. The worst part of it all is that the Chinese government doesn’t seem to care what anyone else in the world thinks about these issues. I expect the ivory issue will be no different. China is digging into Africa to take up where the European colonialists left off. We can’t resolve any of these issues without China’s participation. That makes for some difficult days ahead. How do we convince them that rhino horn is just common hair with no aphrodesiac properties? Or bear gaul bladder? How do we get them to take tiger paw soup off the menu? We expect better from such an educated populace and a government that has led the way on saving and conserving the critically endangered Panda Bear, the animal symbol of their nation. We need to get the Chinese people and government as a whole to apply the same level of reasoning they give to their own pandas, to species such as elephants, rhinos, bears, and tigers in other parts of the world. That is the only way to cut the demand and save the elephants. As for the ivory covered cell phone…sick! I wonder…would they still buy it if the blood stains of the host hadn’t been polished off. One word…Ecocide! -TheTeach

Annie, on 16 Jul 2008

I agree..I am not trying to China bash but it is very hard………this is just unbelievable……….the crap they use animal parts for…what are they going to do when they have destroyed everything?? What will the use for their aphrodisiacs then? Unbelievable crap………