The scourge of the skin poachers: Hideous sight of a butchered elephant exposes the sick trade in animals' hides to feed soaring demand in China

Couldn't starving people eat the elephant meat? Or is that not politically correct?

Sadly your comments; won;t save them;

Profit come before anything.

I know the west is screwed but the east is much worse killing these animals for their skin you have to be evil or not give a dam about nature.

Population control wasn't working there it seems... Whenever I see "fueling huge demand" it reminds me that no one is talking about the population growth.

Just when you think it cant get any worse they sink to a new all time low ......................... disgraceful

Backward, multiplying locusts...for the sake of these species China needs to vanish...Their economy will soon be crashing anyway then they will have to hunt for d ick medicines elsewhere.

Skin carved into transculent beads? Sone kind of gelatin? Then, why leave bones intact?

China is sick

Knowledge is power, watch cowspriacy on youtube.

Truly heartbreaking!

A suitable punishment would be flaying alive such poachers and something worse for their customers.

Barbarians

This should be seen as "an act of War" on the civilised world entitling a coalition of forces to invade China. I feel so strongly about this. We all own the world's wildlife. But greed will prevail, as ever... And the elephants will be slaughtered for vacuous women...

God Bless those who battle against the evil of this world!

The animate is worth so much more than the inanimate.

There's too many obtuse fools in this world. "I can gain immortality if I consume..." Idiots...

Time we started executing people who abuse elephants and rhino and market their "products". It should be mandatory unless one is a recognised threat. If these species are to survive at all in the wild, only the most drastic action will save them.

Well if the ivory trade doesn't eradicate elephants then this will! They will never stop until these beautiful creatures are all gone... then what will they do?!!!!!!

Poachers - when sighted must be dealt with as follows - judge, jury and executioner and their bodies burnt.