Global March: Stop Elephant and Rhino poaching!

Agencies Published October 4, 2014
Hundreds of Kenyans join conservationists and activists for a march demanding action to stop the soaring rhino and elephant poaching, in Nairobi. Photo-by-AFP
Hundreds of Kenyans join conservationists and activists for a march demanding action to stop the soaring rhino and elephant poaching, in Nairobi. Photo-by-AFP
Hundreds of Kenyans join conservationists and activists for a march demanding action to stop the soaring rhino and elephant poaching, in Nairobi. Photo-by-AFP
Hundreds of Kenyans join conservationists and activists for a march demanding action to stop the soaring rhino and elephant poaching, in Nairobi. Photo-by-AFP
Hundreds of Kenyans join conservationists and activists for a march demanding action to stop the soaring rhino and elephant poaching, in Nairobi. Photo-by-AFP
Hundreds of Kenyans join conservationists and activists for a march demanding action to stop the soaring rhino and elephant poaching, in Nairobi. Photo-by-AFP
Demonstrators show the message “Let Live” on the palms of their hands as they take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AP
Demonstrators show the message “Let Live” on the palms of their hands as they take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AP
Demonstrators take a “selfie” with their smartphone and display the message “Let Live” on the palms of their hands as they take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AP
Demonstrators take a “selfie” with their smartphone and display the message “Let Live” on the palms of their hands as they take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AP
A demonstrator wears a cut T-shirt to display the elephant tattoo on his back as he takes part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AFP
A demonstrator wears a cut T-shirt to display the elephant tattoo on his back as he takes part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AFP
Young demonstrators sit with a placard as they prepare to take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AP
Young demonstrators sit with a placard as they prepare to take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AP
Demonstrators take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AFP
Demonstrators take part in the “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos” to raise awareness for their plight, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo-by-AFP

Poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants and rhinos could near extinction in a decade.

Multimedia

Read more

On DawnNews
Dawn News English
Comments (2) Closed
Moiz Omar
Oct 07, 2014 12:30pm
I support these protests.
Recommend 0
anony
Oct 09, 2014 08:51pm
Innocent people are getting bombarded and killed every single day and these people are protesting for rhinos and elephants.
Recommend 0

Latest Stories

dawn images site

Most Popular

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09

Must Read

Opinion

Editorial

Economic plan?
Updated 15 Dec, 2024

Economic plan?

So long as the government does not realise that it needs to put its own house in order, growth will remain anaemic and the world will be reluctant to help.
Registration tussle
15 Dec, 2024

Registration tussle

MAULANA Fazlur Rehman appears to be having trouble digesting the fact that he was taken for a ride. The government,...
Dangerous overreach
15 Dec, 2024

Dangerous overreach

THE latest wave of arrests and cases filed against journalists and social media users under Peca marks an alarming...
Half measures
Updated 14 Dec, 2024

Half measures

The question remains: Were suspects' prolonged detention, subsequent trial, and punishments ever legal in eyes of the law?
Engaging with Kabul
14 Dec, 2024

Engaging with Kabul

WHILE relations with the Afghan Taliban have been testy of late, mainly because of the feeling in Islamabad that the...
Truant ministers
Updated 14 Dec, 2024

Truant ministers

LAWMAKERS from both the opposition and treasury benches have been up in arms about what they see as cabinet...