Elephant

say an elephant is being shot for its ivory every 15 minutes” (Dinmore). Throughout the world and the history of it, elephant poaching has become a real problem. The United States has not done very much to prevent this, but more should be done. Elephants are killed everyday for their tusks. In a lot of places there aren’t many elephants left. Without tusks, there is more of a challenge in digging for food and water and defending themselves, so even if they do not die when their tusks are removed, there is a big chance of death soon after. Over many years, elephants have have been endangered on and off, but they could eventually go extinct if the poaching of this unique animal does not end. “This time the hunt was legal. And the…

Elephants are the largest land animals in the world that are strong and gentle. Thousands of years ago, large like animals called American mastodons and woolly mammoths roamed the Earth. These ancient relatives of the elephants are now extinct. Between 26 and 12 million years ago there were about 350 distinct species of elephants now only two species remain. Those two species are African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus). (Allen, W. R. Philosophical Transactions of the…

An elephant is killed every 15 minutes and now some believe that in 12 years the elephant population will be extinct. This is due to habitat destruction, disease but mostly the illegal poaching of elephants for their ivory (Gandelman, 2013). This poaching has caused the population to rapidly decline and the threat of extinction is near. Elephants are an essential part of the ecosystem and existing and new ways to restore the population should be considered. Between the years of 1970 and 1990,…

unknown. In the case of “Nama and the Elephant”, the purpose is to show why an elephant’s tusks are made of ivory. Nama, a stunning African girl, caught the eye of an elephant. Determined to marry the girl, he followed her home and began bargaining with her father for her hand in marriage. Persuaded by the significant sum of money the creature offered in exchange for his daughter, Nama’s father handed her over to him. She was trapped inside the elephant’s palace and the relationship, unable to…

tribe,” but does it go beyond the title in elephants? Throughout history, elephants have stood as symbols as strength, wisdom and longevity. Demanding respect with their majestic frames, roaming in families that sometimes span three or more generations, Elephants are nothing but regal. Different species have diverse ways of caring of their young, but the elephant is the peak of captivation in their maternal characteristics. From the differences in the sexes of calves and their connection with…

Standing majestically on a huge rock, an enormous 8 feet pygmy elephant bull with his long tail, straight ivory tusk and wide ear but shorter trunk than the typical Asian elephant, he stood on his hind leg and gave a loud trumpeting call. He was the leader of the herd and also my father. We had had been walking for few days now. My previous home, acres of lush green pastures with valleys of huge beautiful shady trees and a wide clear and cool river had been intruded. Few days ago, humans…

Animal activists and federal laws have practically forced the Ringling Brothers to eliminate the use of elephants from their circus due the their volition of the Animal Welfare Act and unequivocal evidence of the cruelty toward their animals. Due to the exposure of these cruel acts, the company decided to rule out the use of their circus elephants by the year 2018 and send them to their multi-acre central Florida Center for Elephant Conservation. The revelation of the unfortunate events that…

Did you know poachers are the biggest threat to African Elephants? They are being killed illegally for their ivory which is their tusks. Lots of poachers were armed with grenades and AK-47s, they killed more than 300 elephants at Bouba Ndjida National Park, Cameroon, in 2012. Poachers have killed 100,00 elephants in the last 3 years. The elephant population has declined by 64 percent in a decade and at this rate they will be extinct soon. Ivory is a very expensive material and is illegal to…

Poaching elephants is a serious problem in Africa Ivory is used for piano key, sculptures, and jewelry . Hundreds of elephants are being killed for their ivory, because of this they are becoming an endangered species. All over Africa different organization are trying to stop the trade of ivory and the extinction of the African elephant. They poaching of elephants for ivory has been going on for centuries, and is even said to be the cause of the northern african elephant extinction. King and…

continues the African elephant and African rhino’s may never be seen by our grandchildren. Elephants are continuing to be poached for their horns which are being sold for high prices to people looking to buy ivory. The black and white rhinos that inhabit Africa are already close to extinction with only a couple thousand of each left. If both of these animals end up being removed from their respective environments by poaching, then their environments will also be changed. The poaching of…