boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoBotswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germanywww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down14
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minus-squaretobogganablaze@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoSo the elephants might be a bit “stressed” but being a box for a week won’t kill them (not most of them anyway), so the plane is not needed.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoStress can literally kill them. And “not most of them” sounds like not caring about them dying.
minus-squaretobogganablaze@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoThe point was to get 30.000 live elephants to Europe at a price that Botswana can afford, which, ignoring the “why” aspect, is definitly feasible. Just add a couple of extra elephants to account for the ones lost during shipping.
So the elephants might be a bit “stressed” but being a box for a week won’t kill them (not most of them anyway), so the plane is not needed.
Stress can literally kill them. And “not most of them” sounds like not caring about them dying.
The point was to get 30.000 live elephants to Europe at a price that Botswana can afford, which, ignoring the “why” aspect, is definitly feasible. Just add a couple of extra elephants to account for the ones lost during shipping.