Some personal thoughts September 2012 9 months after my Deportation

My new favourite saying unfortunately its very sad...
" I believe in my heart that most people are good, experience however has shown me otherwise"....

My Epiphany after 9 months of waiting.
In theory one would believe it’s important to stand up for what one believes in. In reality if that problem does not directly affect a person in their daily lives they don’t really give a damn.

The only people that are directly affected by the poaching of elephants in Chobe (which in fact represents half of the entire population of the world) are the tour operators and lodges in the area that get their income. It’s an infinitesimal small community of which over half should be committed to an insane asylum and the other half are career alcoholics. So in theory they would be the ones that should be crying out for the slaughter of innocents in their backyard should speak out but are too scared or don’t grasp the severity of the situation at hand.
The one “people” suffering here is the elephants that are being slaughtered for profit. Contrary to popular myth, the Government of Botswana is not proactive in efficient antipoaching techniques . Being the official veterinarian and Game warden for the park for 4 ½ years proved this otherwise. Not a single elephant poacher was caught during my tenure there despite the often encounters i had will elephants shot and carcasses with thier faces chopped off for the ivory. I don’t have the political clout or extreme finances to be heard and was wiped away like a nuisance ant and deported for speaking out. The poaching has continued unabated even tough efficient and practical solutions were presented over 3 years ago.
All organizations contacted to be educated have also not listened.
As I quoted.” It doesn’t affect you” no one gives a damn.
I cry for my babies In Chobe and the rest of Africa. I know not what else to do except go forward and fight the battle in another country. I cry for my babies…….