Renewed Hope

"War zone could be new Serengeti"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/06/sudan.national.parks/index.html

The devastation that war causes for humans alone is unforgivable, realizing that that same devastation reaches wildlife too elevates the tragedy to an entirely new and more tragic height. However, seems like nature has its own ways to fight. Animals in the southern Sudan region, which has been consumed in war for the past 25 years, seem to be thriving against all odds. Despite concerns that much of the distinctive wildlife had been hunted to extinction, convservationists have found large numbers of elephants and antelopes, both of which were thought to have disappeared from the region completely. Though yes, not all animals, such as the zebra, are thriving quite as well, this discovery provides enormous hope for the future of the area.

Sadly enough there will still be threats to the wildlife in peaceful times. Problems of human settlement expansion and poachers with modern automatic weapons continue to creep, but various organizations are working with the Sudanese government to preserve the wildlife, which in turn will help preserve these poor people. As is stated in this article, "The poorest people in the world are those who live in environmentally degraded places." Thus protecting this animals is key to protecting our fellow beings as well as this planet as a whole.