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    The ivory trade is a horrible business triangle that is destroying the population of an incredible animal the elephant. Wild elephants are hunted and killed for there tusks to be sold. The ivory take be used in pianoes sculptures and combs. The biggest reason the ivory trade is a problem is that it is illegal. Not only is selling ivory wrong because of killing an innocent animal it is also an illegal process. If you are caught smuggling ivory to other countries around the world you will most…

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    (30). Their warriors pursue him. Eventually, Asante is captured. A punishment collar is placed on his neck, as he becomes their slave. Ali and Sefu are in the trade business. They trade ivory tusks. Ali falls sick. When other slaves trip and fall into a chasm, Asante volunteers to retrieve the fallen tusks. Ali is impressed with Asante. For some reason, Ali decides to trust Asante when he claims he has a better trail passage for them to travel by. Along the way, Asante spies DIBA (20), a…

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    crisis, the documentary was filmed undercover for sixteen months in the heart of the problem. Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani’s documentary “The Ivory Game” expresses the concern of elephants possibly becoming extinct due to poaching for their ivory tusks. The film delves into well-known poachers and their hotspots in an attempt to arrest them and stop their practices. While the context takes mainly a political approach to gain prominent authority figures assistance in solving the ivory…

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    with them. Narwhals have a tusk that is actually a tooth that can grow to 10 feet long, but not all narwhals have tusks. Octopi are the smartest invertebrates. Octopi are able to open a container with prey in it. My favorite underwater creatures are narwhals, spotted jellyfish, and octopi. One of my favorite underwater creatures are narwhals. Narwhals live in the Arctic waters of Greenland, Canada, and Russia.They are known as the unicorns of the sea because their ivory tusk tooth grows through…

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    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…

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    against trophy hunting are coming up with new ways to deter hunters from different species. Wild elephants are killed just for their tusks and the left is rest for scraps and maybe a few other things. Conservationists are now painting many elephants tusks pink to deter trophy hunters as they no longer want to keep these pink tusks as it is not natural. The dying of the tusks does not effect the elephant at all. Elephants are the biggest land animal. Trophy hunters go after the biggest and most…

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    Tanzania’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit or NTSCIU the chance to arrest her. It is believed that she has been in the Tanzanian Ivory Trade since 2006. A local paper reports that Yeng has been accused of smuggling 706 elephant tusks, worth about $2.5 million, and she faces up to 30 years in prison. She is thought to be one of the most notorious traffickers of ivory brought to charges so far and, overall, this is a victory for those who stand against the trading of…

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    numbers continue to decrease at the same rate they have been. C. Elephant poaching has to end completely before the entire species becomes extinct. D. Today I will show you the decrease in elephant population due to the poaching of elephants for their tusks and limbs, while ending with the ways you can make a difference in their lives. I. BODY A. Many types of elephants fall under the endangered species category due…

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    and skeletal structure including their many lost or fused vertebrae. The modification that carries the most significant importance has to be their tusks. Their tusks give the walrus the capability to stir up all of which is in the substrate below and also use their modified sucking disc. Walruses have also been reported starting to use their tusks like ice picks. They will come up for air and stick their teeth in the ice in order to hold on and rest meanwhile they catch their breath.…

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    Poaching Since 1997, people in Africa and other countries around the world, have been poaching elephants for 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.…

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