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el jefe, on 2012-02-21 17:04:00, said:
I'm confused. There are legal sources for elephant hide. (Do your own google search.)
So are you complaining because elephants are an endangered species or because the hide may or may not have been obtained legally?
I know one place in CM that will get you an export certificate that states that the hides were from legally culled elephants. The certificate is available for a very small fee. I doubt it's enough to pay off the proper authorities if it was illegal, but I can't state that for certain.
So if there is a good chance that the elephant skins are legal, there should be no problem buying and using them, right? Why is it OK to kill a water buffalo, or a cow, pig, snake, stingray, or dog for it's skin?
So are you complaining because elephants are an endangered species or because the hide may or may not have been obtained legally?
I know one place in CM that will get you an export certificate that states that the hides were from legally culled elephants. The certificate is available for a very small fee. I doubt it's enough to pay off the proper authorities if it was illegal, but I can't state that for certain.
So if there is a good chance that the elephant skins are legal, there should be no problem buying and using them, right? Why is it OK to kill a water buffalo, or a cow, pig, snake, stingray, or dog for it's skin?
I'm sure there are some regional exceptions but I tend to view the "legal culling" of elephants on the same level as the Japanese assertion that they're only killing whales for scientific purposes. The products are too valuable to sanction grey areas like that.
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