Dear Elle,

We write this letter to convey our utmost sadness for what we did to you.

We witnessed your birth with tremendous joy and even gave you a name-Elle. All the members of your herd had names. We fought hard to protect you and your family for many years and developed a fond bond with you. Through tourism you had many guests every year who would come to visit you and we made quite a handsome penny off those visiting.

However, in your old age and when your herd's numbers increased we forgot you are a sentient being. We sold you to the highest bidder for 20,000 US Dollars and were okay to take that blood money as, 

"a vital and inevitable contribution to wildlife conservation".

Suddenly we forgot your name and you became a tradable commodity, sliced open with your skin, head and ivory preserved to hang in a trophy room somewhere in Texas. We gave away your flesh as a generous and wholesome gift to the poor local communities-the truth is we just couldn't airlift all that steak to Texas!!

Sorry we had to betray you like this Elle. Forgive us!

Forgive us for allowing your blood to be spelt and your head to hang on someone's wall.

Yours

The most dangerous species-Homo Sapiens

We will never support Elephant #TrophyHunting

Write up by Timothy Kamuzu Phiri