“The question is not, "Are they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?”

This is built up to bring to the knowledge of readers on the internet about the cruelty faced by various animals in the various parts of the world. The information is collected from various sources and over here I just wish to re-print also so that it goes noticed.

The infliction of physical pain, suffering or death upon an animal, when not necessary for purposes of training or discipline or to procure food or to release the animal from incurable suffering, but done wantonly, for mere sport, for the indulgence of a cruel and vindictive temper, or with reckless indifference to its pain. Recently 26 elephants have been killed in the Central African National Park.
It’s bad enough that poachers are hunting elephants, rhinos and other threatened species to death. But wildlife trafficking has also become an international security issue. There’s evidence that militant groups like al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-backed Somali terrorist group responsible for the devastating attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last week, are funded partially by the illegal wildlife trade.

Ivory is an ideal substance for criminals to trade—it’s portable and valuable, its origin can easily be erased and the criminal penalties for poaching rarely amount to more than a small fine. As the militants have moved in, poaching has gotten more sophisticated and bloodier.

This is a key moment in the fight against wildlife trafficking. On one hand, poaching might be as bad as it has ever been, adding a mortal threat to species that already face habitat loss, disease and climate change. On the other hand, the growing awareness that wildlife trafficking is becoming an international security issue—one connected to terrorism—mean that more resources will be devoted to fighting it. 

Dzanga Bai, also known as the village of elephants, is a large clearing in the rainforest where between 50 and 150 elephants gather every day to drink at mineral-rich springs. This allows visitors and researchers to observe the normally secretive African forest elephant, a different species to the larger savannah elephants found in open country elsewhere on the continent. Two-thirds of the forest elephants have been killed in the last decade.

Recently, twenty six elephants have been found slaughtered in a national park in the Central African Republic. It was concerned that the death toll could be even higher after 17 armed poachers broke into Dzanga-Ndoki National Park. Their body which were cut into pieces as recovered however the head and limbs were missing. It is high time that the Governments of all countries should stop discussing about cartoons and IPL and take strong step against poaching. Serious laws including shoot-at-sight orders should be given in protected sanctuaries and reserves seem to be the only solution now.

It’s also a conservation and development issue. I know I don’t want my children to grow up in a world without elephants. If poaching continues unabated, that’s a very real possibility. Hopefully, today’s commitment at CGI is a sign that the world is up to the challenge of stopping the illegal slaughter, trafficking and consumption of some of the most majestic animals to walk the Earth.