Poaching Elephants: Saving Wildlife by Saving People | Kevin Frech | TEDxBeaconStreet

Why do poachers poach? The was the question that lead film maker and documentarian Kevin Frech to go to Africa. What he found are the real reasons: lack of income, lack of education, lack of opportunity, and options so limited that poaching elephants was desperate action to achieve basic sustenance and basic family support. Why do poachers poach? The was the question that lead film maker and documentarian Kevin Frech to go to Africa. What he found are the real reasons: lack of income, lack of education, lack of opportunity, and options so limited that poaching elephants was desperate action to achieve basic sustenance and basic family support. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx