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vertis on Sept 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elephants Shot with Poison Arrows Travel to Humans...

The original report (https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?R...) which someone else linked is much more interesting.

While it definitely claims that the Elephants come to DSWT for help, it stops short of claiming that the arrows came from poachers.

Indeed, I have to wonder what the survival rate is for Elephants that come into contact with poachers? The report suggests that ~10 Elephants were treated with Arrow wounds. This seems quite disconnected from the intent of poachers (kill them), and more in line with the intent of farmers (drive them away).

I'm not saying it wasn't poachers (I don't know the subject well enough to claim anything like that). It just seems odd to me for a poacher to do that.

seunosewa on Sept 20, 2015 [–]

Why do you feel there was no intention to kill the Elephants? The injuries in the photos look really bad.

vertis on Sept 20, 2015 | [–]

The wounds were septic, so it's really difficult to tell how much of that is just a wound that hasn't been cared for.

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