march to save elephants attracts massive crowds

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This morning Arusha, Tanzania joined 15 other cities in a Global March to Save Africa’s Elephants. 10,000 people from all streaks of life, backgrounds, and cultures marched united in one desperate message, ‘stop the ivory trade – stop killing elephants’. An elephant is killed every 15 minutes in Africa and at this rate there will be no wild elephants remaining on the continent within the next 12 years.

To push home the urgent need into finally BAN TRADE IN IVORY The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust(in Kenya, East Africa) engineered the global ‘March for Elephants’ alongside the iWorry Organization. It generated a resounding and universal cryto save the elephants. Elephants live on the edge of extinction andunless the world turns about face the world’s largest mammal will quickly be wiped out.

Honoured Guest, Tanzania’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, KhamisKagasheki, marched alongside team members of the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operatorsthat managed the local march, under the umbrella of the David Sheldrick Foundation and iWorry.

A sea of supporters numbering an estimated 5000 people marched as one, complimented by well over 30,000 spectators who lined the route through the centre of Arusha town. The peaceful march unified Tanzania with other Sub-Sahara nationand major cites across the Western World.Together theyall put on their walking boots and marchedin unison for elephants today, October 4th, 2013.

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