This tactic has been proven to be ineffective especially in areas such as South Central Los Angles, where there is a twenty-five percent chance that gang members will be killed or arrested within five years of being in a gang. Despite the abundance of police presence in this area, gang culture is still thriving and has actually increased as children in this area have turned to gangs in search of a father figure. Liberals on the other hand recognize the gang presence in the exotic animal trade but have separated the two issues and see animal trafficking from a more humanitarian perspective. Liberals have stated over and over again that education is the best way to prevent both gang activity and many of the trafficking businesses. Just this past February, London hosted a conference on the illegal wildlife trade where they created new laws to prevent trafficking and outlawed all items obtained from endangered animals such as ivory from elephants and tiger pelts. In 2015, there will be a follow-up meeting in Botswana to further lobby against animal trafficking (The
This tactic has been proven to be ineffective especially in areas such as South Central Los Angles, where there is a twenty-five percent chance that gang members will be killed or arrested within five years of being in a gang. Despite the abundance of police presence in this area, gang culture is still thriving and has actually increased as children in this area have turned to gangs in search of a father figure. Liberals on the other hand recognize the gang presence in the exotic animal trade but have separated the two issues and see animal trafficking from a more humanitarian perspective. Liberals have stated over and over again that education is the best way to prevent both gang activity and many of the trafficking businesses. Just this past February, London hosted a conference on the illegal wildlife trade where they created new laws to prevent trafficking and outlawed all items obtained from endangered animals such as ivory from elephants and tiger pelts. In 2015, there will be a follow-up meeting in Botswana to further lobby against animal trafficking (The