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I'm talking about the use of language, not questioning the factual basis of the article.

I wonder if we should call it a breeding program though, as that's the usual word for evolution due to human slaughter.

(Note that I made a top level comment and dang rolled it into this thread; I forget that when I initially replied here)

To me "breeding" means intentionally selecting for desired traits. That's not what's happening here. In a sense, it's the opposite--presumably, elephants without tusks is exactly what poachers don't want.

Yeah, I was being flip there, not really offering a serious thought.

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