Guardian: With the exception of Juan Carlos, king of Spain, who this spring chose to go on a luxury elephant-shooting holiday in Botswana, few are direct supporters of elephant slaughter. Was Juan Carlos using a public relations handbook handed down by Marie Antoinette? He avoided provoking a revolution, but was expelled as honorary president of the WWF.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) estimates that last year 25,000-50,000 wild elephants were killed for their ivory. From January to May…

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