A. I will have an elephant stuffed animal and I will say, “Intelligent. Shows signs of grief, anger, and joy. Playful. Develops deep family bonds. 5,000-14,000 pounds of amazing. These are all characteristics of elephants.”
B. Elephants are very endangered and are expected to become extinct in the next decade if the population numbers continue to decrease at the same rate they have been.
C. Elephant poaching has to end completely before the entire species becomes extinct.
D. Today I will show you the decrease in elephant population due to the poaching of elephants for their tusks and limbs, while ending with the ways you can make a difference in their lives.
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A. Many types of elephants fall under the endangered species category due …show more content…
Tragically, according to the article titled “11 Facts About Poaching Animals” on the website dosomething.org, the elephant population in the last century has decreased from five million to about 400,000.
3. Any promising attempts of recovery could now be at risk due to a recent spread of elephant poaching.
TRANSITION: This terrifying decrease in population has an even more terrifying reason behind it.
B. The main cause to elephant poaching is due to the demand for ivory in the illegal ivory trade.
1. About 100 elephants are killed every single day by poachers who are seeking ivory, meat, and limbs, stated factually in the journal, “A System of Extinction: The African Elephant Disaster”
2. According to worldelephantday.org, there are an increasing number of orphaned baby elephants due to the female African Elephants being killed for their tusks.
TRANSITION: Although ivory is already illegal, many items are still being made with it today.
C. A big step in lowering the demand for ivory includes not buying any products made with ivory. By taking the online quiz called, “The Ivory Quiz - can you spot illegal ivory products?” it is obvious that you may not always be able to tell what an object is truly made of, therefore it is better to be knowledgeable of what you are buying and it is better to be safe rather than
B. Elephants are very endangered and are expected to become extinct in the next decade if the population numbers continue to decrease at the same rate they have been.
C. Elephant poaching has to end completely before the entire species becomes extinct.
D. Today I will show you the decrease in elephant population due to the poaching of elephants for their tusks and limbs, while ending with the ways you can make a difference in their lives.
I. BODY
A. Many types of elephants fall under the endangered species category due …show more content…
Tragically, according to the article titled “11 Facts About Poaching Animals” on the website dosomething.org, the elephant population in the last century has decreased from five million to about 400,000.
3. Any promising attempts of recovery could now be at risk due to a recent spread of elephant poaching.
TRANSITION: This terrifying decrease in population has an even more terrifying reason behind it.
B. The main cause to elephant poaching is due to the demand for ivory in the illegal ivory trade.
1. About 100 elephants are killed every single day by poachers who are seeking ivory, meat, and limbs, stated factually in the journal, “A System of Extinction: The African Elephant Disaster”
2. According to worldelephantday.org, there are an increasing number of orphaned baby elephants due to the female African Elephants being killed for their tusks.
TRANSITION: Although ivory is already illegal, many items are still being made with it today.
C. A big step in lowering the demand for ivory includes not buying any products made with ivory. By taking the online quiz called, “The Ivory Quiz - can you spot illegal ivory products?” it is obvious that you may not always be able to tell what an object is truly made of, therefore it is better to be knowledgeable of what you are buying and it is better to be safe rather than