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Yesterday was my birthday and I went to the zoo with my family.

I'm still full of anxiety but it was a good time.

Here is a picture of elephants: momma Renee and baby Kirkja!

Elephant Babies by Levi Robinheart [lyrics]

Something strange to me must be something wrong Something that doesn’t care who for I can’t say anything anymore but everything in me was already said before

You’re a stranger daddy’s gotta getcha is daddy gonna getcha yet?

you don’t have any skin I feel big in this apparatus I been carrying this since I foundout how it happens I’m not scared, look at me don’t you be so sensetive don’t you look at her that way! don’t you love him anymore?

I don’t have the light in my eyes it’s just reflectin off the glasses You don’t seem so kinda weird until the particle passes

There’s no safety where you’re from it’s same and it’s different for me mad as hell to find a girl who doesn’t care about rights it’s all they expect from a clan I swear I could take you and they’d say it’s typical

cause you got too close I don’t get what I want enough I need daddy to say that I’m special cause he loves me, loves me, loves me, loves me just like a gun

how can this be the life? stayin in my hometown my whole life watchin the animals lie I know, that’s right Found her, I was sleepin on a rock this old rock that I never listen to but I love so dearly this old rock

She says I’m searchin for  acceptance and investment rejected to me when I was in development ‘n that I’m the  product of generations of misguided communication and the entitled adoration of an overzealous nation built upon intimidation and the lack of acknowlation of the feral sterilization by religious militarization and embration of what they don’t even know will hurt them

and I listened and I listened and all I could say was “I guess”

how can this be the life? theory wear for the thrill of anger throwin darts at a chalkboard ‘cause anythin’s better than dyin alone (I’m dyin alone)

is it okay to think this way about people you don’t give a shit about? is it alright to feel this way about someone you might give a shit about? is it okay to think this way about people you don’t give a shit about? is it alright to feel this way about someone you might give a shit about?

how bad can it get? how bad is this gonna get? is it too late for me to give up the ghost?

is there a way? is there any way? is there any way at all?

lets hold trunks with mama

Demand for ivory in Asian markets is driving illegal elephant poaching, with China posing the greatest threat.

Elephant populations are in decline throughout Africa largely due to poaching. Poaching is a problem in all regions of Africa, but especially severe in western and central Africa.

A recent study looked at the demographics of an elephant population in Samburu, Kenya, and the impact of poaching. This graph shows the annual PIKE, or Proportion of Illegally Killed Elephants. PIKE is calculated as the number of illegally killed (poached) elephant carcasses divided by the total number of elephant carcasses discovered that year. The graph shows a recent dramatic increase in poaching.

The authors state:

Illegal human killing caused over half the recorded mortality in the Samburu elephants over the age of 9 (and indirectly caused the deaths of all victim’s dependent calves under 2 years). The high illegal killing in the latter part of the study had serious ramifications for the structure and organization of the population... the illegal killing appeared to select adult individuals in Samburu and particularly males resulting in increasing skew in the sex ratio over the course of the fourteen year study. Social disruption also resulted, with numerous well known and stable family groups being completely lost (i.e. no surviving breeding females) causing increased numbers of unaffiliated juveniles (orphans)

According to the New York Times, the recent spike in poaching, the greatest in decades, is driven by rising demand for ivory in Asia.

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the long awaited part 2 (made this a while back but forgot to post 💀)

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