The Difference A Year Makes with Johnny Rodrigues - a podcast by Eli Weiss

Here we are one year after Cecil, one lion of thousands, captured the world because an American was involved. Today’s episode with Johnny Rodrigues from one year ago attests we have witnessed a paradigm shift, and the effects will continue to ripple out near and far into the future. It is good we can rally around an iconic species, that USFW EPA has listed lions; that trophy and canned hunting may not be the best way to increase tourism. The impact gained by the attention of multitudes of people can make rapid change happen. We've found some answers for lions, yet the question remains, When will we gather together to solve the elephant and rhino crises? Whether wild or captive or farmed? From burning to crushing to banning, we have not succeeded in either crushing the demand nor stopped killing nor made a dent in the cartels, changed legal status or hunting, nor the illegal trafficking and trade. What will it take to find and rally around the equivalent of ‘Cecil’ The Elephant?

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