Short Conservationists Poems

We save remnants from our past
  As if precious jewels, we guard them to the last

Won't part with them for millions, even billions
  Hand them down as heirlooms to wide-eyed children... 

Nostalgia leads the way
  Sentiment rules the day

While ideationally we may be far apart ~
  We are all conservationists at heart...

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Innocently lured off Hwange National Park
shot at with a bow and arrow 
injured and confused
then tracked down
and killed in cold
blood with a gun

Cecil was killed on July 1 of 2015
whether he was murdered by a
big game hunter  or a researcher--
the truth remains—such a friendly
lion did not deserve to die in a horrible way
conservationists and all good people are outraged
surely someone somewhere has to account for this
horrifying act of cruelty  and other poaching crimes...

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