It's chic to save the elephant, but what about the world? | Lucy Siegle

This poshest of enviro-crusades fails to question why animals are facing extinctionWhen Michael Gove teased the announcement of an environmental victory on the Today programme last week, I wondered if he had solved climate change.But no... of course it was elephants. A partial ban on the UK's domestic ivory trade, missing since the manifesto, was back on the table, he revealed. Gove tipped his hat to former environment secretary and major landowner Owen Paterson for championing the elephant. (Paterson's greatest hits include an attempt to scrap the UK's Climate Change Act.) Continue reading...