Europäer kümmern sich mehr um Elefanten als um Menschen, sagt Botswanas Präsident

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2. Elephants are near endangered, people aren’t.

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5. There are a lot more people than elephants in the world. The number of elephants is declining.  The number of people, not so much. 

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9. People know how to survive and adapt, meanwhile the existence of elephants is up to us. 

10. To be fair, looking back at Europe’s history I think they’ve learned the hard way that people suck.

11. Most people should, yet here we are.

12. I certainly care more about elephants than the people who would kill them or destroy their habitat, including heads of state in Botswana, and I claim that this is the moral position.

13. >Masisi is in support of elephant hunting in Botswana, and believes that allowing some ivory trading would allow more funding for conservation. In 2019, he presented stools made from elephant feet to the national leaders of Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, a move that received some criticism from international media outlets.

    It’s whataboutism and projection.

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15. How about Mokgweetsi Masis start showing us how to care about people. Set an example for everyone else to follow. Start taking care of your people so well that it makes Europeans look shameful in comparison.

16. well cunt you seem to care more about extorting people than them or elephants

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18. It’s easy to care for elephants when they’re somewhere far away, affecting other people’s lives.

    Would Europeans care for wolves in Europe to multiply as much as possible?

19. Ngl, I really do prioritise elephants over people…. 😅
    Never have I ever seen an elephant doing harm to others for money…

20. Elephants treat each other better than humans treat each other. So of course it’s better to save the elephants. Elephants facing extinction due to humans, whereas humans biggest threat is ourselves.

21. Animals need protection from us because they can’t protect themselves against us. While we should know better because we simply *can* know better.

    To prove this point: Due to humans, there are less elephants in the world than the natural balance can provide that existed from when humans weren’t at the top of the food chain.

22. I’m up to my ears in people. I rarely see an elephant.

23. He’s absolutely completely and utterly correct.

24. When elephants start massively overpopulating and showing up on European shores, that will change.

25. He’s not wrong. I care more about elephants than I care about most people. There are way too many people and too few elephants.

26. Yes we care about animals, proud

27. I don’t like most people because they’re awful.

    I like most elephants because they’re not awful.

    Simple, really.

28. I’m Canadian, and I also like elephants more than people.

29. He’s not wrong. 

    At the same time tho, stop killing the elephants (I think they’re pretty cool)

30. So it’s either people or elephants? Well shit, in that case I go with elephants

31. We have enough people, not enough elephants

32. Supply and demand, my friend. Also, many people are garbage.

33. There are billions of humans. Very few elephants left.

34. Well humans kind of suck, and elephants are pretty cool.

35. Animals are innocent and they were on this planet long before us. Humans kill, use and abuse everything on this planet. Yes, I do care about elephants much more.

36. People are scum. Elephants are not.

37. There are too many of one of those species, too few of the other.

38. Just because humans are smarter than animals doesn’t mean an animals life is less important. 

    I would also save my dogs before most humans

39. We care more about endangered elephants tha we do about corrupt presidents. Easy mistake to make.

40. Last time I checked humans weren’t in danger of becoming extinct 🙄

41. We also care more about Zebra, Lions, Rhinos, and just about every other animal.