Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were
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Faithful Elephants In Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals‚ People‚ and War by Yukio Tsuchiya‚ Japan was at war and the military ordered that the zoo keepers at the Ueno zoo kill all animals. This had an emotional toll on the zoo keepers and trainers. The zoo keepers loved all of the animals dearly‚ especially the three elephants‚ Tonky‚ Wanly‚ and John. The war affected everyone at the zoo in different ways. Throughout the story‚ many characters had conflicts but the central conflict
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the population of rhinos and elephants? Ivory is a rather beautiful item seeing that it holds many qualities. Amongst those many qualities are its durability‚ its smoothness‚ and its value to the market. How would you feel to know that it is also the tusks and horns that you see on rhinos and elephants? Both elephants and rhinos are poached for their horns and tusks every day to the point of becoming an endangered species‚ like the black rhino and the Asian elephant. Many practices are done in order
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Asian Elephants Asian Elephants are well built and very intelligent‚ strong headed animals. The Asian Elephant tusks are used to do very many well serving jobs‚ and have a humongous amount of responsibility for the Elephants. The Elephant trunk has about 6‚000 muscles; they are used to do all sort of chores for the Elephant just like the tusks. Asian Elephants are very intelligent‚ open minded and self-aware. Asian Elephants are well built and resemble to humans in ways we don’t think another
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watch this creature and I would never get enough of it. Yes‚ many people of course know this giant‚ the largest living mammal on land‚ none other than the elephant‚ yet most of them know very little about this threatened species a major tourist attraction in the island. It is well known among Asian societies‚ including our own‚ elephants for centuries have played prominent roles in the pageants of monarchs‚ religious ceremonies as well as in the theater of war. Alexander the Great is reputed
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covers legs‚ stomachs‚ and backs. That is what elephants experience almost daily in circuses and zoos. In the wild‚ elephants can walk up to thirty miles a day. In circuses‚ elephants spend almost twenty-three hours every day chained up. Many elephants experience great hardships. One cannot imagine being taken away from their mother at a tender‚ young age. However‚ almost all infantile elephants are torn away from their mother around eight months old. Elephants have been a primary target for abuse‚ but
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THE ELEPHANTS There are two types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant. Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. It can weigh up to 6.000 kilograms and measure up to 3.3 meters at the shoulder. Elephants can live to be over 70 years old. Elephants are herbivores and can spend up to 16 hours a day collecting leaves‚ twigs‚ bamboo and roots. An elephant’s skin is 2‚ 54 centimetres thick. Elephants have poor eyesight but an amazing sense of smell. Both female
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There are a few main reasons on why elephants are endangered. These reasons being the illegal killing of them‚ the destruction of their habitat‚ and unsustainable practices by humans. Many elephants are illegally killed for their ivory tusks. Because these tusks are sold for a great fortune‚ the killing of African elephants have become tantalizing and tempting. Once they’re killed and their tusks have been detached‚ their bodies are left there without a purpose to slowly decay. Unfortunately‚ you
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Habitat for Elephants After observing the giraffe exhibit‚ my partner Nan Chen and I decided to make our way to observe the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat which was built in 2008; an exhibit‚ home to seven different elephants‚ both young and old. The exhibit is home to adult bull Thai‚ adult cows Methai‚ Shanti‚ and Tess‚ juvenile bull Tucker (Tess’ son)‚ and calves Baylor (Shanti’s son) and Tupelo (Tess’ daughter). Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat exhibit covers an enormous
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Elephant Cruelty Explored Through Circuses There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisedom of almighty God as the Elephant. ~Edward Topsell "The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes" (1607) Elephants are currently suffering in two distinct ways. They are suffering as a species‚ and as individuals. The following essay will introduce elephants and their plight as a species‚ but will focus on the suffering of circus elephants
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