Explorer: Warlords of Ivory explores the ivory trade that runs rampant throughout Central Africa. Bryan Christy, an investigative journalist, seeks to answer the question, who is killing the elephants and what are they doing with the ivory they obtain? Christy visits Central Africa to track the ivory trade and find out how exactly it operates. He relied on specially crafted phony elephant tusks, and the help of many African natives. Christy hopes to put a face to the criminals behind the ivory trade and expose the cruelties that are inflicted upon wild elephants. Bryan Christy, with the help of taxidermist George Dant, designed several forged elephant tusks that were implanted with GPS tracking devices that would be used to track where the ivory travels after it has been forcefully taken from the elephants. The replica elephant tusks had to look, feel, and smell like real ivory in order to fool the smugglers. Once the phony tusks were complete, Christy traveled …show more content…
The scenes showing their dead carcasses were extremely disturbing; however, I think that the documentary was very eye opening and informational. I was surprised to learn that the ivory trade was so widespread and that it’s linked to the infamous Joseph Kony and other terrorist organizations. I’ve previously learned about the illegal poaching that occurs in Africa because ivory is so valuable, but I, like many others, didn’t realize the illegal ivory trade was tied to terrorism and Joseph Kony. It makes sense that terrorism and the illegal poaching of elephants for their ivory are closely linked; they trade the valuable ivory for weapons and money, which in turn helps them poach more elephants. As we have learned throughout this class, terrorists need to obtain money for their organizations in order to carry out their attacks, and the ivory trade is the perfect way for terrorist in Africa to get their desperately needed
With the passing of decades, most Europeans mistakenly believed that King Leopold spent his considerable fortune funding public works in the Congo and stopping slavery in East Africa. He was the unintimidating King of Belgium; but it was all a sham. Underneath the veneer of generosity and graciousness laid a cunning and self-engrossed scoundrel, a duplicitous fraud to rival the evil charm of Iago or Richard III. Under the guise of an international charitable foundation, he personally owned the colony of the Congo, and he ran it as a brutal business investment. His “charity” resulted in the death of ten million people, approximately 50% of the population in the Congo.
Mary Walters Michael Lynch Section 003 Dude, Othering is So Not Cool Anymore In the years of Marco Polo (1254-1324) leading to the Ethiopian Age of Exploration (1306-1458), othering, orientalism, and racism was a big leading factor of separation between civilizations. More so, between the “east” and “west.” What do these words mean you ask?
In Africa during the Post-Classical era, 600-1450 CE, the Saharan was no longer a barren wasteland hardly suitable for travel, but, an essential part of both North African and Sub-Saharan West African societies. Camels and caravans allowed for quicker and more effective traveling. With trading becoming increasingly popular in this area, it provided the resources to build new and larger political structures. During this era, Africa’s economy began to change and the western part of Sub-Saharan was no different. With the Trans-Saharan trade routes ability to increase with the help of wealthier Islamic states, it allowed for the spread of religious and political ideas such as larger empires and the Islamic faith in which both greatly influenced
Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger Thornhill’s (Cary Grant) life changes drastically after he is kidnapped and mistaken for a spy named George Kaplan. After a successful escape from attempted murder by Phillip Vandamm (James Mason), Roger Thornhill begins a journey to search for George Kaplan. On his itinerary, he meets the beautiful Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint). A romantic relationship is started between the two, leaving Thornhill to believe that Even Kendall would cooperate and help him to meet Kaplan.
The contemporary biographical film form of Garth Davis’ Lion (2016) explores the idea that technology brings people together and how it impacts identity. Davis connects Saroo’s story with the audience and also shows the connection Saroo has with both his biological and adopted family, showing the power technology has in bringing people together. Additionally, technology shapes one’s identity through the constant improvement of technology and how it affects life. Through the medium of film, the idea of technology brings people together is explored through Saroo’s experience of being adopted in Australia, a foreign country, after having struggles of being separated with his biological family back in India. Prior to his move to Australia, he
Every year hundreds of wild, exotic animals are killed, primarily in Africa, for money, bragging rights, and even decoration. Big game trophy hunting is a booming business, but has sparked a worldwide debate, especially after the killing of Cecil the Lion. Trophy hunters claim they are helping conservation efforts, but in reality, they are harming them. This sport is damaging the overall population of a species, especially lions, rhinos, and elephants. Also, the overall revenue from big game hunting is a small amount, and only a small percent of that goes to help the community.
Once imperialism started, these large and powerful countries began to realize the benefits of taking over weaker countries to exploit cheap labor and natural resources. Imperialism and colonization became a sign of supremacy and almost an unspoken measuring stick for these large and powerful countries. I 'm not sure you would exactly call the imperialists evil, but they were very greedy and primarily focused on attaining any resource available , by any means, to increase economic profitability for their own country. This self centered and egotistical approach also motivated beliefs that their culture and religion were superior to those of the inferior nations. In the passage "Shooting an Elephant", the individual went to do his job as
This film about these extremely diverse mammals shows true footage of the whales and what they are capable of in captivity. It also talks about a lot of wrongs that are done to the whales in captivity by people who were there and done it or witnessed it themselves. The film gives out a lot of good information and statistics that have been proven by others as well. Because this source focuses on captivity and the poor treatment of whales, as will my paper, It will come to great use when the time comes to use
The Babadook, directed by Jennifer Kent, is a film representing a person's life when they deny their past and do not face grief. One of the most important scenes in the movie is the basement scene when Samuel ties his mother up and forces her to face the Babadook. This scene shows that eventually a person will be forced to face grief, even if they do not want to. The scene takes place in the basement of Amelia and Samuels home because it was the forbidden room of the home. Down in the basement is where the husband's belongings were kept, therefore the basement represented how deep down they had to face the root of the problem.
The tusks are not the only parts of the elephants that are hunted, and I honestly think they are not worth it. We should leave the beloved animals in the wild so we do not lose the entire species as a whole. Every year, more and more species are being executed due to humans needs and wants. If killing animals is what is “needed” to survive then the Earth will turn into a
When the narrator heard the news about an elephant going wild and destroying most of the Burmese homes, he rushed to find the elephant and shoot it. During his journey, he told himself that he would not shoot the elephant. But when he arrived face to face with the large mammal, with thousands of people watching, he shot it multiple times until the elephant fell. Minutes later, he came back with a different weapon brutally killing the elephant.
On one side it is educational and conservational, but on the other it is unfair and sickening. Wild animals are captured and brought halfway across the world to a place that in no way resembles what once was theirs. In captivity animals face challenges which life has not prepared them for. Confined behind cage bars they are trapped. Four walls separate them from doing all things natural including hunting, roaming, and breeding.
The childhood dream of owning a pet monkey or tiger is a common one, but that’s all that owning an exotic animal should be: a dream. Over 10,000 exotic animals are trafficked into the United States each year, a multi-million-dollar industry on the black market. Owning a wild animal may seem fun and exciting, but with the ownership of such a creature, dangerous consequences follow. The ownership of an exotic animal not only puts the owner 's life at risk, but the animal 's and the environments. There is a common theme among people that it 's humanity 's responsibility to preserve the world we live in, yet there are more tigers in captivity than there are in the wild.
This proves wild animals, despite being wondrous and beautiful, can be dangerous in captivity. (Estrada). Lastly, the price it takes to
Banaag, Paul Christian O. Gr/Sec:11-TAYLOR THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894) By: Rudyard Kipling INTRODUCTION. The Jungle Book its written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling or simply known as Rudyard Kipling, he was a British author and poet best known for the jungle book published in 1894 and it’s regarded as major innovation in the art of short story.