Petition updateIntroduce wild elephants into the British countryside
Cohabiting with elephants in 21st century Britain - Pro's and Con's

Open WoundsWankendorf, Germany
Mar 26, 2018
Life is about risks, and living alongside potentially dangerous beasts the size of buses is no exception. Here is a list of Pro's and Con's associated with introducing wild elephants.
Pros;
- They eat a lot of grass, potentially saving the taxpayer £1.2 million a year on rural upkeep.
- Elephants can understand human language. Could we potentially communicate in the future? there is no solid evidence we can't.
- the Elephant has no natural predators that currently live in the UK, giving them a chance to repopulate (except the rare sighting of the Black Panther, which hasn't been sighted since early 2018)
- Elephants are job creators. We wouldn't just introduce these animals with no supervision, we will need people to keep an eye on them as there is a slight risk they could stage a coup d'état. This hasn't happened since 1647, and we will make sure a declaration of peace is signed. Poaching is an issue, but we will provide the Elephants with synthetic human skin so they will have no desire to take the local children.
Con's
-Unfortunately, Elephants are known for the far right views. We don't tolerate fascism in any form, but the Elephants mostly keep their views to themselves.
- Elephants are known to hunt and travel in packs, and have been documented bullying small mammals.
- Introduction of elephants could potentially fuel the current civil war in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights.
- There is a real current risk that elephants carry the Zika virus, which is why we will initially quarantine Wiltshire during the introduction phase, if the introduction of Elephants fails, at least it'll take Wiltshire with it.
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