Every year, thousands of Asian and African Elephants are killed just for their ivory tusks. Ivory is an elegant material that is used for piano keys, hiking sticks, and practically any item that has sturdiness to it. But the danger of having such wonderful items is wiping out the elephant population to near extinction. As of a couple years ago, only about sixty-thousand Asian elephants are still alive and are officially considered to be endangered. But the ivory business is one of great wealth and profit. The term for people who hunt elephants for their tusks are called poachers and poaching is considered to be illegal, yet people still manage to do it. When poachers hunt for elephants, they kill them by either shooting extremely poisonous darts, or catching the elephants in snares and then mercilessly cut out their tusks and leave the body behind. Elephants are amazing creatures that need to be protected from illegal poaching, so please help us spread the word of this animal cruelty or else someday, elephants may not even exist in this world without your help.
Top: Endangered Asian Elephant
Bottom: Elephant Tusk Collection
MLA Citation:
eleaid. eleaid. np. sept. 2003.web. 24 September 2013
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