The Elephant Vanishes

poaching has increased so much that at the beginning of the 20th century there were a few million African elephants and about 100,000 Asian elephants. However, there are now about about 450,000-700,000 African elephants and around 35,000-40,000 Asian elephants (“11 Facts About Poaching Animals,” n.d.). Upwards up 35,000 African elephants are poached each year for their prized tusks. Elephant tusks are composed of ivory that is sold on the black market for an immense amount of wealth. A…

A huge elephant rumbles through the jungle, swinging her trunk from side to side. She trumpets ear-splitting elephant sounds and stomps her feet as loudly as she can. The elephant is on her way to play with her friend, the fuzzy blue goose. They meet up and are having a tea party, but then they get attacked by a one-legged pirate. Then suddenly it starts raining cupcakes! An epic cupcake fight ensues, and Batman and Robin show up for a while too, and the fight could have lasted forever--except…

They claim that animals have no souls or emotions, so killing and torturing them is humane. Yet there have been countless examples to show that this isn’t true. Elephants who have lost their family members were grieving and omitting mournful tones. A dog who 's 'best friend ' was killed, stood by them until help arrived. Animals do deserve our respect. They have saved humans ' lives before. There have been numerous…

Though often called the Koala “bear,” this cuddly animal is not a bear at all. It is a marsupial, or pouched mammal. After giving birth, a female Koala carries her baby in her pouch for about six months. When the baby emerges, it rides on its mother's back or clings to her belly, accompanying her everywhere until it is about a year old. Koalas live in eastern Australia, where the eucalyptus trees they love are found. In fact, they rarely leave these trees, and their sharp claws are absolutely…

“Black Rhinoceros”(www.bagheera.com) The Black Rhinoceros are not completely extinct, but it critical.The reason that the Black Rhino’s are being hunted is because of their horns. The horns on them are very valuable and can also be used for other things. There were 65,000 Black Rhino’s in 1970 and now almost 90 percent of them were killed. Now there is 2,500 left in the whole entire world. Their horns are packed with fibers that hold it together that make it strong. They have two horns instead…

continue to, receive based solely on tourism. If the number of elephants throughout the continent continue to decrease at the present rate, tourism numbers will decrease as well and the country, as a whole, will be greatly negatively affected. Supporting Argument #3: As of 2013, 1.1 billion human beings lived on the continent of Africa (World Population Review, 2015). That is a relatively large number, in comparison to the other continents, with Asia being the exception. While not all of Africa…

Cameloserpentes, also known as the Giellephantes is a new breed made up of an elephant, a giraffe, and a snake. Created in a lab by Dr. Henry Wu, who created the Indominus Rex, the Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes breeds and grows in captivity. One of the first Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes, Ella, was released into the wild after one year of captivity. With her snake tusks, Ella was able to defend herself in the wild. Without elephants’ famous Ivory tusks, the Loxogiraffa Cameloserpentes would not be…

composes elephant tusks. Due to the high price of ivory killing elephants for their tusks has become quite a lucrative business which has resulted in the African elephant being brought to the brink of extinction. The prohibitionists dominate the ivory trade debate, however is a ban on ivory trade really all that beneficial. I argue that an ivory trade ban is in fact counterintuitive and brings with it more detriments than benefits and a legal ivory trade is a far better solution to the elephant…

blowing through some corpse. This “corpse” is exemplified by the dying African people and their elephants as well. The people are maltreated because of the company’s willingness to cut corners and not caring for their workers well being. They are forced to work long hours in inhospitable conditions often resulting in their deaths. The “corpse” that Marlow speaks of is also exemplified in the Elephants themselves. The Company not only mistreats their workers but perverts their homeland by taking…

“No More Curtain Calls for Elephants,” an article published in the Los Angeles Times’ newspaper and composed by its own editorial board, brings the issue of domestic elephant mistreatment to light and declares its support of the Los Angeles City Council’s consideration of a measure that would promote domestic elephant welfare. In writing a story that was most immediately available and applicable to Los Angeles residents, the LA Times’ editorial board hopes to bring more awareness of the problem…