Ringling Bros. Phasing out Elephants by 2018

Tim Brown said:
No,not covering costs...bought elephants- as in ownership.I know the U.S. quite well(for instance) and there are many rare CITES 1 listed animals in private hands (at least one hundred Pygmy Hippos for one).No,it seems to me that we can either morally pretend these populations do not exist and have nothing to do with them at all,or we can take the pragmatic choice that they COULD be very valuable indeed...and if some philanthropist is willing to see that they cross over the "separation line" then I can accept the circumstance...its a situation far removed from an animal market situation in Java .By the way, it is not illegal to have commercial trade in various levels of CITES provided that the correct procedures are followed.FINALLY,and I'm not saying this to condone the trade in endangered species,but how do you think the zoo world would look if this kind of thing hadn't gone on in the past(dealers/buying)?...you could forget about gorillas in zoos for starters.Or do you think that would actually be desirable?
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Would have to agree with you Tim the amount of rare CITES 1 animals in private hands in the USA is amazing, If one checks some of the websites which include some of the game ranches in Texas its an eye opener for sure!,
 
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