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Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare?

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The Chinese have always appreciated ivory sculptures as well as ivory jewellery that only the upper bourgeoisie could buy. In traditional Chinese medicine, ivory is used from time to time. The significant development of this country has enabled a larger proportion of the population to buy ivory objects.
African people living in forest areas have always eaten small game caught by trapping. As the population is now concentrated in large cities, it have switched to imported frozen meat (beef/sheep/chicken), cheaper than poached game, although many people enjoy " Bush meat ".
To ensure its economic development, China has significant needs in raw materials and therefore many Chinese companies have established themselves in Africa to extract minerals and exploit wood.
The important demand for ivory, the very important presence of Chinese-people in the forests of Central Africa, some poachers have switched from small game to elephant and its tusks: a more profitable trapping opportunity!
They set snares (nooses) made of wire or steel cables that penetrate deep into the animal's flesh, desperately trying to free themselves. Some elephants succeed but unfortunately the snare and parts of the cable remain tighten around a leg or trunk whose part under the snare is no longer supplied with blood.
The tip of the trunk finally drops off. This appendage is equipped with two fingers (one in Asian elephants) allowing:
- to pull out clumps of grass, shake them all the sand off and put them in his mouth.
- to remove the leaves from the branches with a precise gesture and place the young leaves in its mouth
- to pick up fruits that has fallen on the ground or on fruit trees and send it into his mouth
This trunk also allows him to suck water from the rivers and discharge it into his mouth.
How did this old elephant without a trunk tip could survive?
- drinking water with his mouth in deeper creeks?
- tearing off with his lips the vegetation in front of his mouth or the vegetation on the ground by kneeling on his front legs?
In Gabon, where a large number of elephants have been killed in recent years, the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN) has dismantled many ivory trafficking networks, the largest of which, during this recent Nzok operation (= elephant), is expected to increase the maximum sentence for ivory trafficking (actually 6 months).
Watch my videos of elephants that managed to destroy the wire snare without keeping a noose around their feet. Thanks to their extensive knowledge of how to care for their deep wounds, they were able to heal.
https://youtu.be/VgXNY2wGQ1Q
https://youtu.be/HPk5vWoNTCQ
At the end of 2020, he still triggers our photo traps.

Depuis toujours les chinois apprécient les sculptures et bijoux en ivoire que seule la haute bourgeoisie pouvait s’offrir. Le développement de leur pays a permis à une part plus importante de la population d’en posséder.
Depuis toujours les africains habitants dans les forêts se sont nourri de petit gibier attrapé par piégeage. La population se concentrant maintenant dans de grande ville, elle s’est tournée vers des produits carnés surgelés moins chers que le gibier braconné même si nombreux, sont ceux qui apprécient la « viande de brousse ».
La Chine ayant besoin de matières premières pour assurer son essor économique, de nombreuses sociétés chinoises se sont implantées en Afrique pour exploiter des minerais et du bois.
L’importante demande d’ivoire et la présence de nombreux chinois dans les forêts d’Afrique Centrale ont conduit certains braconniers à piéger l’éléphant pour son ivoire.
Ils posent des pièges avec un nœud coulant en fils de fer ou en câbles d’acier qui pénètrent profondément la chaire des éléphants lorsqu’ils tentent de se libérer. Certains y réussissent mais beaucoup conservent le collet et une partie de câble autour d’une patte ou de la trompe dont la partie sous le nœud n’est plus alimentée en sang.
Le bout de la trompe finit par tomber. A son extrémité, ce membre est muni de deux doigts (un chez l’éléphant d’Asie) permettant
- d’arracher des mottes d’herbe, de les secouer pour enlever le sable et de les mettre dans sa gueule.
- d’effeuiller les rameaux d’un geste précis et déposer les jeunes feuilles dans sa gueule
- de saisir les fruits tombés au sol et de les envoyer dans sa gueule
Cette trompe lui permet aussi d’aspirer l’eau des rivières et de la rejeter dans sa gueule.
Comment ce vieil éléphant amputé a-t-il pu survivre :
- buvant l’eau avec la bouche dans des rivières ?
- arrachant avec ses lèvres la végétation se trouvant à la hauteur de sa gueule ou celle se trouvant au sol en s’agenouillant sur les pattes avant ?
Au Gabon, la peine maximale actuelle pour trafic d’ivoire est de 6 mois.
Regardez mes vidéos d’éléphants ayant réussi à casser les câbles du piège sans garder de collet autour du pied. Ils ont pu guérir ! Fin 2020 il vit encore !
https://youtu.be/VgXNY2wGQ1Q
https://youtu.be/HPk5vWoNTCQ

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