[CH] Grow Some Chile-Save an Elephant

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Last year I sold some chile seeds to a lady who was going to Kenya to try to 
save some elephants. Apparently it was successful. Here's a couple of 
paragraphs from the e-mail I received today. Let's hope the elephants don't 
learn to smoke dope:-) 


"I am just so glad that with the chili ropes and bombs being so successful 
at keeping most elephants away from the gardens, that spearing and snaring 
them has almost stopped!  Exciting. 

Thought you might be interested to know that I met a wildlife veterinarian 
from Holland who was staying at the same tented camp I was.  He also knew of 
the success of the chili ropes.  He was aware that there were still some 
very stubborn bull elephants who managed to break the ropes and get into the 
gardens.  The farmer would then call Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and they 
would come and try to get rid of the elephant - sometimes having to shoot 
and kill it.  The vet. thought about ways KWS could get rid of the elephant 
without killing it.  Thus he created a small plastic ball filled with 
capsacin which can be fired from a paint ball gun.  He was trying it out 
with the wildlife authorities last week and they were very excited about it. 
When the pellet hits the elephant in the chest, it doesn't injure the 
elephant, the pellet just explodes the capsacin into the trunk and eyes and 
the elephant takes off.  Great stuff going on with chili!!!" 

Dave
TLCC 

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