Paula Kahumbu: Kenya’s ivory burn will help close demand worldwide by making people ashamed to buy and own ivory We are often told that wildlife conservation should gain economic sense, and so it should. In my preceding article I outlined some of the economic arguments in favour of burning ivory stockpiles.
Wildlife conservation should gain moral sense as well. Winning the moral argument is probably even important than good economics for saving elephants and wildlife.
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Source: theguardian.com