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...roll of animals that stand worrisomely close to the brink of extinction. That decision, supported by 76 nations and a legion of conservation and environmental groups, triggered a worldwide ban on the ivory trade. The hope is that it will bring an end to a decade of slaughter in which poachers have reduced Africa's once proud herds from 1.3 million...
Such scenes of slaughter, a tragedy overlooked for years, are at last forcing their way into the public consciousness. Reports of the elephant's plight are now stirring outrage in every part of the world. This week delegates from a hundred nations are gathering in Lausanne, Switzerland, to consider how to save the giant of beasts. They represent the countries that have signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the treaty that regulates the trade in ivory and other products from threatened animals. The delegates must decide whether to declare the elephant an endangered species, an action...
...break rank. The more porous the ban, the more the opportunities for illegal trading. Already South Africa and Botswana are on the smugglers' routes. An ambiguous result in Lausanne could embolden the trade and undermine enforcement efforts in Africa. Time is not on the elephant's side. If the slaughter continues at the rate of the past decade, 1,000 elephants will be killed during the week of the debate...
Forensic evidence showed that the slaughter occured in 1940--well before the Germans occupied Katyn...
Back in 1984, a furor arose after a club newsletter that described women as "pigs" and a "bevy of slobbering bovines ripe for the slaughter" surfaced. The letter encouraged men at the party to "slice into one of these meaty but grateful heffers [sic]." Although club members called the letter a parody at the time, President Derek C. Bok and other University officials formally condemned the club...