Letter written to African Wildlife Foundation, Letter to Non Profit
Dr. Bergin, I’ve felt honored to be a member of African Wildlife Foundation over the years, until recently. Since a couple of the last great tuskers have been poached, within days of each other, I’ve felt disillusioned with AWF. How can a group, that’s primary focus is the preservation of African wildlife, that brings in more than $30 million dollars a year not do more to protect the world’s largest land mammal? I think of African Elephants daily, several times a day. The nagging feeling that I must do more to somehow help protect this species won’t let me be. I’ve be an environmental and animal welfare advocate since childhood. Knowing that approximately 100 elephants per day are being slaughtered is horrifying and unacceptable. I know that you, Dr. Bergin, agree with everything I’m saying. I know that as you’re reading this you must be thinking, “Boy is her anger ever misplaced?!” A...