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What I really wanted to make a topic about was to ask for ways we can help animals and the environment WITHOUT killing animals, harming them, or putting them below human convenience.

I think it would already be a good idea if there were more national parks for the animals to live there freely and safely. But i think that still there would be alot of hunters.. (Exemple, elephants. There are some in parks and they still get killed because of the hunters that sneak into the park.) I mean, seriously, animals against money? It's just cruel. I'm not a vegetarian but i wont go in search for a rare animal and kill it. Even if it's not a species in danger, some should still be in parks for their safety.

Well, one way to fix the parks issue is if they were to establish a sort of wall, where the hunters couldn't even get through unless granted permission. Have people guarding the perimeter, although this would cost a lot of money so it would be best reserved for the most endangered of animals.

Exactly what i thought, except, i'm sure they would still sneak in. Why? Because hunting animals like elephants is forbidden and illegal and they still do it.

The reason Elephants are hunted is that the Ivory their tusks are made of is insanely expensive. A good way to end poaching would be to cull the black market of rare animal parts.

People have tried to cut off the tusks of elephants to slow poaching, but that seems a bit inhumane if you ask me. But that is only my opinion. If it helps reduce the amount hunted then it isn't too bad.

Well if you remove their tusks, you kind of remove their defense system.. and the system of how they push trees down.. For idontrememberwhat reason.

They most likely push trees down so that they can get food. I am not sure, which is disappointing seeing how I plan to be a biologist.

Let's just say there are way more trees then elephants.

I suppose. Did you know the world's largest organism is a fungus? Not the largest species of animal, that would be a blue whale, but the world's largest organism. If I remember correctly it got to the size of around.... 1,600 football fields?

Those a mushrooms.. right? Sorry.. it's just that i'm not an expert in english.

Indeed, a mushroom. And that's quite alright, at least I think it's cooler that you know French.

Thanks but still less useful then knowing english.

I am just happy that animal cruelty is considered as a crime.. No living thing deserves to be treated like that, obviously.

Yeah. I agree.

Speaking of fungus, anyone know if we're doing anything about that white fungus that's going around and killing bats?

I haven't heard of that! Huh, I'm going to have to look into that.

Me too.

''White Nose Syndrom''?

Skiing the old alps, duh.

That a Canadian joke?