鈥溾�� and 鈥溾�� (鈥淭he Price of Ivory鈥� series, news articles, Dec. 30 and Jan. 1) give readers a front-line view of how poaching is devastating elephant and rhino populations in Africa. Today, eight of 10 elephants die because of poaching, creating a lucrative, bloody money stream for criminal networks.
The revenues generated by the killing of wild animals and the sale of their parts support local insurgencies and terrorist activities, and promote political instability. That is one reason Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rightly called this fall for 鈥渁n assessment of the impact of large-scale wildlife trafficking on our security interests.鈥�
With the support of agencies like the Agency for International Development and the Fish and Wildlife Service, the 菊花视频 and its N.G.O. partners are helping to develop law enforcement intelligence networks that address wildlife crime at its source. These efforts have resulted in some of the few places across Central and East Africa where elephant numbers have been maintained.
CRISTI脕N SAMPER President and Chief Executive 菊花视频 Bronx, Jan. 3, 2013
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