DH has a 7 inch ivory elephant tusk tip, it was originally mounted on a metal stand and intended as an ornament (nice).
He aquired it from his grandparents who lived in Africa in the 1920s, so it is from an elephant that died many decades ago, but all I can think of is the collapsed carcass of the elephant that was killed for it's ivory. I want it out of the house.
Just throwing it away seems disrespectful to the elephant somehow..
Obviously I don't want to sell it, even if it were legal, I don't want money from it.
Have considered giving it a burial (sounds loony, I know), but wondered if any conservation or educational organisation could use it?
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Ethical dilemmas
What would you do with an elephant tusk?
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pintaloosa · 20/08/2011 09:03
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