Keenen Ivory Wayans

African Ivory Trade Throughout the course of history there has remained one constant, humans are never satisfied. Since the dawn of human history humans have had this desire to crave more and want better. The idea of never being satisfied has led to many accomplishments for the human race, from the expansion of empires such as the Greek and Roman empires, to technological advances in medicine that have pro longed life, and the expansion of knowledge through books and curiosity. All have come…

Over the course of the last five wildlife management eras, wildlife management methods in South Africa, the American West, and Mexico have proved successful. This is in large part due to the developing strategies and philosophies in the last three eras that helped resurrect declining wildlife populations. For example, buffalo and buffalo grasses are steadily being restored to the American plains, a stark contrast to the near extermination of them in the 1800’s. Another example in the American…

An Issue of Justice and the Wolf Packs of Yellowstone National Park The ivory trade is big business. Statistics show that in a ten year period, one hundred thousand (100,000) African elephants are killed for their ivory, approximately 65% of the elephant population. (Safina 100) These sacrifices are tremendous and have a severe impact on the wolf pack hierarchy, and it is obligatory on our part that changes can be made for their preservation. With the help of Carl Safina, Ph.D. in ecology…

Because of excessive poaching, agricultural expansion, and many other factors humans are slowly killing off these beautiful and sophic creatures. China is the leading country in ivory sales with almost 70% of all illegal ivory being shipped, and then sold at 10 times its average cost. In China, the trading of ivory is illegal unless: the tusks came from an extinct mammoth, were bought from the government stockpiles…

for their body parts and are used for medicine in Asia.” “Elephants experienced a severe population decline in the late 1980s due to illegal killing (poaching) for their ivory tusks”(US Fish and Wildlife Service) “The threat of extinction caused by poaching is real, and the losses are staggering. During the 1970s and 1980s, ivory poachers killed 93 percent of the elephants in Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park.” “Birds, monkeys, and other animals are captured and sold as pets; predators that…

illegally killing elephants in Africa and Asia to use their ivory for objects such as piano keys and billiard balls. In 1989, an international ban was put on the ivory trade. The ban made it legal to trade in one’s own country, but illegal to export the ivory to other countries. Even with the ban, tourists buy ivory trinkets when visiting Africa and Asia, and some people believe it would be okay to export some ivory to help the economy in Africa. Ivory poaching should be stopped due to animal…

Purpose of the myth: Every myth has a purpose, whether it is to explain a natural phenomena or the 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…

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…

the ivory in their tusks. Every year it is estimated that over 100,000 elephants are killed and every kill brings elephants close to extinction, which is why there should be stricter consequences for poaching. Currently, in countries around the world, there is a ban and set consequences for the trade of ivory, yet there is no law specifically illegalizing the killing of the elephants. Therefore, trophy hunters, who are interested in the size of the kill rather than the value of the ivory,…

At the rate that poaching is transpiring, elephants will be extinct by the year 2020 (Mosbergen). The population of elephants has drastically decreased. Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, which is roughly 100 elephants everyday. This ecological impact is immense, and if nothing is done to stop poaching, elephants will become extinct before we know it. Poaching is a serious problem, especially in Africa and Asia and it takes place for commercial…