AR-News: (UK) Val joins in fight against ivory trade

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Jan 20 2004


By James Ferguson
 
A CROWTHORNE woman has donated a precious family heirloom to help save 
elephants threatened by the illegal ivory trade.
Dedicated environmentalist Val Linnington inherited a procession of carved 
ivory elephants from her grandmother, but now she has decided to give them to 
the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
It is collecting unwanted ivory to build a public memorial to elephants 
slaughtered for their valuable tusks.




full story:
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"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein

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