Douglas-Hamilton, echoing colleagues in the field, highlighted to the US Senate committee that current poaching trends could only be stemmed with increased anti-poaching efforts in African range states, better enforcement of laws against poaching, smuggling and money-laundering, and campaigns to reduce the demand for ivory products in Asia.
Douglas-Hamilton says he remains "an optimist" that this second spike in poaching can be contained: "I've been through all of this before in the 70s and 80s.