Worldwide Animal Day March Draws Thousands RT.com
go to original October 6, 2014

People from at least 136 cities across six continents have marched to press their countries’ authorities to stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos, a practice that has almost led to their extinction.

“Unless action is taken now, we will lose these majestic, highly-intelligent and emotionally-sentient creatures FOREVER,” says the statement from the official page of Global March for Elephants and Rhinos.

Every nine to 11 hours a rhino “is slaughtered…for its horn” and one elephant is killed every 15 minutes, according to the organizers of the global event.

“Their only hope for survival lies in an immediate end to the ivory and rhino horn trade (both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’) and the chance to recover from decades of mass slaughter,” the site says.

The marches were held worldwide in the cities in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Australia. In Europe, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Copenhagen and London also took part in the demonstration. Many rallies were also held in the cities of Africa and South America.

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