Sometimes people, with the best will , make unforgivable mistakes .This is the case at hand: The man who killed 40,000 elephants by mistake.
The man who killed 40,000 elephants by mistake
As paradoxical as it may seem, The cause of this disaster was an ecologist convinced: Allan Savory .Allan was born in Rodhesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1935.He belonged to a family of farmers and throughout his childhood he heard that the herds of wild animals ended with the pastures of the extensive African grasslands.Overgrazing was considered for decades the cause of desertification .Because of this, the land was no longer susceptible or of feed the flocks or be cultivated ada .This inevitably led to famine and, therefore, to conflicts between the various human groups that populated these areas.
Following that philosophy, between 1955 and 1969 , Allan Savory worked in North Rodeshia and later in South Rodhesia as an independent research and scientific officer .His role was to try to stop desertification .His advice, backed by other scientists, was that should be drastically reduced , selectively, the population of elephants.During those years the incredible figure of 40,000 elephants was sacrificed .
Over the years, Allan realized his mistake , the desertification not only had not slowed down, but had worsened.He literally said:
«This was the saddest and most wrong mistake serious of my life.»
The solution is not in preventing grazing , but in performing this activity imitating what the large herds in a natural way: move .Change places to graze, with some frequency, allows the grass to grow again, does not deplete the earth , the animals with their fish sinks the remains that rot under the earth generating more life and, in addition, with the feces of the animals is fertilized continuously.It is a system to stop desertification that requires patience and whose results are long term.In many places on the planet programs are being launched following the doctrine of Savory.
Currently Allan Savory, the man who killed 40,000 elephants by mistake , runs a foundation that advocates for the regeneration of grasslands around the world. Affirms that, if this is achieved, it could be return to the levels of CO2 that were in the atmosphere before the industrial revolution.The type of agricultural management proposed is known as "holistic"; "Holo" in Greek means "total" and is a type of integral management. Its application would benefit the carbon cycle , as we have said, the water cycle , to the energy flow of the ecosystem and rebound would boost agricultural and livestock communities leading to greater social welfare.
Like all proposals, holistic pastoralism of Allan Savory, also has his detractors who insist, among other things, that after years he has not been able to prove that it is really effective in stopping desertification.
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Images: Savory Global, Salados Global
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