Now This is Animal Activism - Africa's Vegan Female Anti-Poaching Unit

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When you think about what animal activism means, it's hard not to think of a traditional idea. Protests, vigils, cubes of truth, word of mouth etc., these types of everyday activism are what we're using to reading about or seeing and although they most definitely classify as activism, there's a whole world of activism out there and some of it is incredibly dangerous. 

Africa has some of the most beautiful and unfortunately, most at risk animals on the planet. Animals like rhinos, elephants, and big cats are poached regularly and there's an all female, vegan anti-poaching group in Africa that is risking their lives everyday to help protect and conserve these animals. The group, Akashinga which means "The Brave Ones" were most recently featured on CBS news and in the past year alone, have arrested 80 poachers and likely saved hundreds of animals.

The group is comprised of previously disadvantaged women who have been the victims of sexual abuse, were once married to poachers, widowed, etc., and the curator of the group stated that the women are significantly more motivated and dedicated than men as he also tried to create a group for men but almost all of them dropped out during training whereas the women made it all the way through and continued to demonstrate an eagerness and dedication to their jobs. 

What's especially great about this group of hard-working women is that they have a solid plan for their growth and for putting an end to trophy hunting and poaching. By 2030, they expect to have a working group of over 2000 women and hope to completely eradicate trophy hunting altogether. 

As we know, trophy hunting is often disguised as conservation because the money these assholes pay to hunt these endangered animals is claimed to go towards conserving them but there couldn't be any more of a hypocritical statement then that. There is absolutely no logic behind this and frankly, trophy hunting needs to be banned completely. What kind of a sick person would spend tens of thousands of dollars just to stalk and shoot a living creature? It's sick and is driving beautiful animals to extinction regardless of these claims of conservation. 

Kudos to these amazing women who risk their lives to protect some of the most endangered animals on the planet. This is what true activism looks like and I can only hope to one day be as valuable to the animal kingdom as these amazing women are.

HAPPY VEG