[Jewelry making - Article 00055] - Re: [Orchid] Endangered species materials

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>     I don't believe that poached ivory should be warehoused, or sold,
>     or metered out to the world or anything of the kind. 

    my opinion/suggestion that ivory confiscated from poachers should be
    auctioned still holds: the more 'legal' ivory is in circulation, the
    less 'ivory exclusivity' there will be, and there will be less profit
    going to poachers. results: more live elephants. 

    and - again, there should be something beautiful made to mark those
    already dead - put on an analogous level, look at all the gravestones
    in cemeteries. my partner and i paddle to barrier islands in the gulf
    of mexico in our canoe and camp on those still dry at high tide
    (ocean's rising all year round, people). on one trip i found a
    manatee skull - a huge full-size adult skull. i knew immediately what
    had to be done with it but considered other possibilities (at that
    time i had no knowledge of any studies on manatees) - but nothing
    could be justified except picking up a paddle and digging a very
    deep hole and putting the skull at the bottom. so we did. 

    some will find fault - but, you know people, it was my personal
    ethic - on the skull, and the ivory - and after developing it for so
    long, i trust it enough to follow it's path. 

    as my email address says: i'm me, no one else. 

ive -
who asks: people, when you're all by yourself, are you in good, enjoyable
company?
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