Asian Elephant

Due to our high demand on resources and things happening around the world animals are going extinct. A Giant Panda happens to be one of those animals. They are black and white. Black on the ears, around the eyes, muzzle, shoulders, and legs, and white everywhere else. Giant Pandas are usually 2 to 3 feet tall and about 6 feet long. There?s an estimated 1600 pandas left. While 300 of those pandas live in zoos, mostly in China. The reason for this decline is that pandas in their natural habitat…

continue with what they have been doing. Everyone knows that elephants are eventually going to die, every living creature does. They may become too old or their habitat may not contain enough resources to support them. So, if the elephants are going to die anyway, why does it matter if poachers kill them a little earlier and then use their ivory for benefit? Forbes states in its article When You Ban the Sale of Ivory, You Ban Elephants that “Elephant poaching is rampant throughout Africa.…

act as a force similar to natural selection on small populations. If all the elephants with big tusks...are preferentially killed, individuals with less favorable traits will be selected to pass on their genes, to the detriment of the species in the long run. “ (McCarthy, 2015) Animals will start evolving to weaker animals because people are killing them for certain parts of their bodies. For example, hunting elephants for their tusks. Trophy hunting doesn’t help anyone economically. “Only 3%…

conditions of these animals, these animals as well act much different due to being held in captivity, which Captive Animals Protection Society quotes about the elephants in zoos with “A government-funded study of elephants in UK zoos found that 54% of the elephants showed stereotypies (behavioural problems) during the daytime. One elephant observed during day and night stereotyped for 61% of a 24-hour period”. Even if you were not at the zoo to see these animals for the research of their…

Poaching is a major concern in Africa for Elephant and rhino tusks. The United States is working very hard to try and catch the poachers. There are poachers steadily decreasing the elephant population therefore, Africa needs helicopters for air support and have thermal heat movement and look below with spotlights to protect our animals. We will also be needing ground support. As the president of the United States should hire helicopters to protect our animals. It will have heat movement, so it…

countries. Poaching and disease are two very big threats. Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) Black Rhinos are virtually living fossils. Their protection creates large blocks of land for conservation purposes, which benefits many other animals (including elephants). Because landless people have invaded their territory, there is an increased risk of poaching. One major…

KOYASO LEKOLOI SHOT His first elephant in anger. The hundred or so that followed he killed for money. During nearly two decades as a poacher, bandit, thief, and alleged murderer Lekoloi killed more elephants than any other individual in northern Kenya until, tired of life on the run, he decided to give up poaching. I met Lekoloi by the side of a dry riverbed just outside Samburu National Reserve in Kenya’s arid, craggy north. We sat on the ground beneath a towering acacia tree to talk. The sand…

The numbers http://iworry.org paint a grim picture for African elephants: http://www.care2.com/causes/african-elephant-extinction-nears-but-there-is-hope.html One elephant is killed every 15 minutes (or 36,000 per year), and, at this rate, none will left roaming wild in 2025. But new research shows that these staggering statistics don't tell the whole story. Because numbers can't capture the African elephant's spirit of resiliency. Life After Poaching It's hard not to watch heartbreaking…

and trophies. The trophy hunting hobby has ruined the lives of species, despite the claims of the pro-hunting groups. These animals are being massacred for fun, yet they are rapidly becoming endangered species. Beautiful creatures, such as lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and so many more are being put to death by rich men and women. Most of the animals that are hunted in Africa are either endangered, vulnerable, or threatened, meaning if these creatures continue to be hunted, they will…

The Trophy Hunting Dilemma A small herd of wild African Elephants wander upon a shallow lagoon no deeper than three feet and smaller in circumference than a standard classroom. A towering female submerges the end of it’s trunk in the water and from beneath its legs, a calf stumbles into the water. The baby elephant throws it’s trunk back flinging water onto the rest of the herd. The other members of the herd let out a high pitched trumpeting sound and wade into the shallow water. Scenes like…