Arthur
Turnure, a magazine editor, sets to change this by using his knowledge of the
glamour magazine industry to increase the money flowing into conservation. He was elected Artistic Director of the World
Wildlife Foundation (WWF) one year ago.
His first plan, “Kiss or Cull” was immediately implemented at the Kaziranga Tiger reserve in India. The plan involves removing the “least
adorable, least cool and least majestic animals” in a population and
selectively breeding the most aesthetically pleasing.
When
asked for his reasons for implementing this plan, he replied “I’m doing it for
future generations of Conservationists...it’ll be easier getting funding for
cuter animals.”
 |
| Set to Outlive the Dinosaurs |
His
blog contains a video explaining his inspiration, the simple house cat. “Cats
have never been endangered, why?” the video asks, “Because they are adorable.
Unlike the engendered Trilobite Beetle which seems to embody death
itself.” He also defends his strategy of
killing the least “majestic” tigers. Stating; “What do people want to save? The
noble Tiger or the child killing bastard that is the [United Kingdom’s]
Cuckoo? More majesty, more money.”
Turnure
has revamped the WWF campaign posters stating “photo-shop and airbrushing works
for humans, why not for the rare Black-and-white ruffed Lemur too?” In the
six months since the posters have been released People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) have reported a 63% increase in Lemur anorexia and bulimia. PETA
also fear that “other animals will try to copy the unnatural images shown in
the media”.
The WWF have given a press release which
states “[eating disorders] are infinitely preferable to being shot through the
head because people think your paws are magic” and that “birds have been
regurgitating food for their offspring for millions of years, and they seem
fine.”
Economist
Dr Fan Li, China, also highlighted the financial sense behind such a plan,
focusing on the amount of money one can charge to “adopt” a single animal in
the wild. “As animal numbers decrease the amount you can charge per animal
rises exponentially. In this instance less is, in fact, more, much more.”
One
of the strongest supporters of the plan is noted conservationist Leonardo
DiCaprio who has tweeted “I think this is a genius move, I mean no-one would
listen to me about conservation if I looked like Al Gore.”
Liam
All the animals featured in this article are currently endangered. Your move humanity.
All the animals featured in this article are currently endangered. Your move humanity.
No comments:
Post a Comment