Farewell to Satao...

Yesterday, I was reading on the net, and saw a very sad news. If I was living somewhere else, probably I would still feel bad, but obviously I would not be this touched and saddened...Because now, I have a deep connection to this wonderful continent and feel strongly part of it, not only to Kenyan people, but also its wonderful wild life and amazing creatures live here.

I came across Satao's name last year, a 45+ year old mammoth elephant, being famous with long tusks, they were so long that they touched the ground. It was one of the last African great tusker elephant, was so famous that tourists was coming to Tsavo National Park just a get a glimpse of him.  One of the amazing thing about Satao was, he was so big and large that he was visible by air. This wonderful, smart and emotional animal lived 45+ of its life in Tsavo National Park. Up until poachers killed him recklessly, brutally and barbarously. Why a human would do this to another living creature? Why? Because far away somewhere, some heinous and vicious people wanted his tusks for ivory to make jewelers, or so called power medicines! Can you imagine, a kilo of tusk is sold thousands of dollars in Asia! In the name of home decorations or traditional medicine!

According to Kenyan authorities, only this year alone more than 100 elephants killed by poachers.(Conservationists believe real number is ten times higher...) The worst news is, poachers/perpetrators use this money to fund their organized crimes, insurgencies in Africa.

When you buy something, please be aware what the source is, and how sellers buy their materials. Things look so small to our eyes, may have such price and impacts somewhere else...

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/world/africa/kenya-satao-famous-elephant/index.html?hpt=hp_t3