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    In the year of 1977‚ 1.3 million elephants lived in Africa. Twenty years later only sixty thousand remained. In that same time period Kenya’s elephant population decreased by 87%. By the year 2006 there was only ten thousand elephants living in the wild in Africa. Elephant poaching is still a continuing threat to the population of elephants there. Elephant poaching is the illegal hunting of elephants. In a number of African countries elephant poaching is legal‚ but it is illegal to import it elsewhere

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    How does poaching affect 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

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    Elephant PoachingWe 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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    animals with respect. First of all‚ we have to make authorities aware of the fact that animals are being ill-treated by people when you witness them. Laws will make these people realize their mistake. For example‚ there was a Singaporean who broke his dog’s legs‚ just because his dog has eaten his food. One of his neighbors who saw this reported to police. After that this man had to pay $500 for his action. Other examples in Vietnam people hunt elephant for stuck or cows for food. Secondly

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    What can we do to Stop Global Warming? Climate change may be a big problem‚ but there are many little things we can do to make a difference. If we try‚ most of us can do our part to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the atmosphere. Many greenhouse gases come from things we do every day. As we have learned‚ these greenhouse gases trap energy in the atmosphere and make the Earth warmer. Some of these gasses occur naturally while others are caused by humans. The most common of

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    PSE: What is homophobic bullying and what can we do to stop it? Homophobic bullying affects people on a very large scale and it causes depression‚ especially amongst young people (teenagers). Statistics of the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement shows that approximately 11% of adolescents have a depressive disorder by the age of 18. In contrast the average figures suggest that out of the 7 million 11-19 year olds is the Uk‚ 770000 of them suffer from depression. according the the

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    Elephant Poaching Elephants were once a common species to see around Africa and Asia‚ but due to ivory trading elephants have become critically endangered. Every day elephants become more and more endangered and soon they will be extinct. Elephants are killed everyday and used for ivory. Elephants are beautiful creatures and it would be shameful to let them go extinct. Elephant poaching is a serious problem and is not being stopped. According to the 96 Elephants Foundation‚ “96 elephants are killed

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    Stop Poaching Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing a living organism. Poaching is wrong because it endangers animals‚ plants‚ the environment‚ and many more things in this world. Animals and plants are living creatures that deserve to be alive and living in their natural habitat. They do not deserve to be taken away from their homes just for the benefit of others. The environment is a complicated structure in which the animals and plants depend of each other to survive. Everyone should the

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    A couple days ago‚ a British pilot named‚ Roger Gower‚ was fatally shot by a group of elephant poachers while he was on an anti-poaching mission in Tanzania. He was part of the Parliament and a conservation fund and was working with the Tanzanian wildlife. When the poachers saw his helicopter‚ they opened fire which wounded Gower. However‚ he passed away before rescuers were able to make it there. Nyalandu‚ the country’s former tourism minister stated that‚ “Capt Roger represented the very best in

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    Kinzie rush Poaching and Ivory Trade Before there was poaching‚ Africa thrived with many amazing animals‚ but now it is rare to see these animals roam the plains of Africa (OP). Poaching has left some species on the critical endangered list because the animals are being poached faster than they can reproduce. The poaching in Africa is becoming one of the main reasons for elephant and rhino population decline incredibly fast. Also poaching is causing many baby elephants and rhinos to become

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