via Wildlife Crime Of The Century with Nick Lynch – VoiceAmerica 04/04/2016
Cecil has become a gateway topic for those unfamiliar with the Zimbabwe situation; people in the outside world who previously only had a cursory understanding of Zimbabwe’s politics, are now paying more attention to why the systems in place apparently failed so dismally, and enabled the tragic death of Cecil.
Zimbabwe’s immediate fate is directly tied to the country’s political situation.
It’s easy for the world at large to show outrage for Cecil the lion, but the people of Zimbabwe have been suffering much worse for over three decades.
Through this lens, It is perplexing that CITES endorses any wildlife trade from Zimbabwe – yet it does.
By doing so, CITES, is in effect, complicit in aiding and abetting this illegitimate government perpetuate the biggest transnational wildlife crime of the century.
This is not an ‘Africa Problem’. This concerns everyone.
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“Zimbabwe’s immediate fate is directly tied to the country’s political situation.”??? OK, so what country’s isn’t, 24/7? What does this mean? What does the “T” stand for in CITES? Sorry, but this is waffle of the highest magnitude.