Meghan Clark Endangered Animals

Kenya, a place in mid east Africa; home to thousands of endangered elephants. Humans aren’t the only living things seeking love and affection, animals do too. Not only do humans have an incredible bond with each other, but humans share this bond with elephants as well. With the ability to foster and adopt an elephant, Meghan Clark, author of “Fostering Family,” a story from U.S. Catholic, argues, “Elephants and humans share a deeply emotional and social nature” (8). Animals, as well as people, have feelings and emotions that Clark got to see first-hand. Innocent animals are being slaughtered by poachers that could care less about the animal’s feelings. Imagine if humans were killed for nothing but sport… there would be a lot more reactions than when animals are killed. Clark claims, “National Geographic estimates that more than 100,000 elephants have been killed by poachers since 2011—all to satisfy sinful human greed and the selfish desire for ivory trinkets” (8). In order to meet the poachers’ own needs, they’re killing elephants. Why? They can’t really say it’s for money because the poachers aren’t even making anything compared to the worth of the ivory itself. Peter Canby, author of “Elephant Watch,” from a magazine The New Yorker, asserts, “ The poachers themselves are paid much less-only a hundred or …show more content…
These innocent animals are losing their lives for ivory, at the same rate that the demand is rising. If people are trying to put an end to poaching elephants, more court officials and people in general need to be educated on the issue. If this doesn’t happen, then the poachers are just back to doing what they know best which is killing the elephants for their own good. Putting an end to poaching can be possible if everyone becomes involved and aware of the situation. Attention to the situation and punishment for actions will reduce the number of elephant lives