EXCLUSIVE: Obama acts on wildlife after Prince William’s plea
PRESIDENT OBAMA has declared war on wildlife traffickers after meeting Prince William and hearing his impassioned plea to stamp out the illegal trade.
US intelligence agencies, including the CIA and National Security Agency, will now become involved in targeting the £15billion-a-year black market.
It paves the way for pilotless drones to be used to track poaching gangs who have decimated endangered species such as the black rhino.
Using the resources of the CIA and its army of spies will give US officials a major advantage in their fight against the traffickers. They will be able to track their movements by monitoring phone calls and emails.
Pressure will also be brought on Asian countries, particularly China, where most of the rhino horns, ivory and other items are exported. A record 1,020 rhinos were killed in South Africa last year. Mr Obama’s announcement comes just weeks after his meeting with William at the White House.
During his visit to the US with wife Kate last December, the 32-year-old Prince announced he was forming a royal task force to help stamp out the illegal trade by working with airlines and shipping companies. In a speech in Washington, he accused poachers of “looting our planet”.
John Crudden, of the US Wildlife Service, said: “Illegal wildlife trafficking has become one of the most profitable types of organised crime and its impact has been devastating. Some species are facing extinction.”
William’s spokesman said he welcomed the US initiative and was “very pleased” to have raised the topic with Mr Obama during his visit.
This story is old, I know, but it goes on.
9 February 2014
This story is old, I know, but it goes on.
One day prior to giving a public plea on behalf of animal welfare (!), Prince William is to be found in Spain (with Prince Harry) shooting and killing as many deer and boar as they possibly can! Although William's speech (no doubt written by his publicity aides at Clarence House) will concentrate on endangered species, William is too thickwit to realize that animals such as tigers and rhino are only driven to near extinction because people who are precisely like himself and his brother have shot them off the map - all in the name of sport and slaughter. Whenever you shoot an animal in the head the outcome is usually the same: death. Just why William kills innocent and defenseless deer does not matter – the fact is, he does it, and we must go on and on asking why any form of violence is acceptable to the British establishment. It is easy for privileged people to assume jealousy to be the reason why anyone would wish to condemn them, but the British Boil Family never fails to be a colossal embarrassment to the United Kingdom. The Spanish trip is more than likely unwillingly funded by the British taxpayer, and we know very well that the British press is duty-bound to always defend and cleanse the bad behavior of the Boil Family - no matter how abysmal and hypocritical their actions. But the rationalists amongst us - who are never allowed to speak, are intelligent enough to realize that endangered species are dying out onlybecause of people like William and Harry, and, for this we can only pray to God that their hunting guns backfire in their faces.
MORRISSEY
9 February 2014, France.
9 February 2014, France.
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