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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 324597, member: 5833"]Have often thought that if I could sell my few inherited ivory pieces (mother bought a couple of bracelets in big sales held right before US ban law went into effect), I would be happy to donate the proceeds to an elephant conservation/protection program.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every time they hold a big, much publicized smashing or burning, all I can think is, You fools. You're just making it rarer, more expensive, more worth risking poaching for.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm most disgusted by ivory going to traditional Chinese medicine, seemingly mainly for purposes of improving male potency. Rhino horn, ditto. My solution is fake news: get a reputable medical journal to publish a convincingly scientific sounding paper on how just touching ivory can make a man impotent, get that spread around on the Internet - many animals saved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 324597, member: 5833"]Have often thought that if I could sell my few inherited ivory pieces (mother bought a couple of bracelets in big sales held right before US ban law went into effect), I would be happy to donate the proceeds to an elephant conservation/protection program. Every time they hold a big, much publicized smashing or burning, all I can think is, You fools. You're just making it rarer, more expensive, more worth risking poaching for. I'm most disgusted by ivory going to traditional Chinese medicine, seemingly mainly for purposes of improving male potency. Rhino horn, ditto. My solution is fake news: get a reputable medical journal to publish a convincingly scientific sounding paper on how just touching ivory can make a man impotent, get that spread around on the Internet - many animals saved.[/QUOTE]
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