According to a Wall Street Journal article‚ Africa’s elephant population dropped more than 30% from 2007 to 2014 due to poaching and trophy hunting (Anderson). That means over 100‚000 elephants were killed in seven short years. Trophy hunting is when hunters kill animals for money‚ bragging rights‚ and their own greed. This can cause drops in population or affect the ways animals survive. Even though it is major and causes so many problems‚ trophy hunting is looked past as if it is not an issue.
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USNEWS article‚ it states that PETA’s next aim‚ as of December 2014‚ is to have elephant free circuses. It started with more than one hundred people dressed in all gray laying down on the U.S. Capitol lawn in the shape of an elephant. They did so to attempt to protest inhumane treatment of the animal. Their aim is to get the elephants out of the circus’s captivity and into a safer alternative: a sanctuary for elephants. Dan Carron‚ the leader of the movement‚ states “It’s a really cool way to raise
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turtles‚ and Asian elephants—these are just some of India’s animal species in danger of extinction. Consider the largest land mammal‚ the elephant. The elephant’s ivory tusks are very much in demand. Japan is one of the largest users of ivory‚ and there is similar demand in China‚ where ivory chopsticks are still popular. How has the demand for ivory had an especially adverse affect on the Asian elephant? Some time ago The Times of India explained: “Unlike African elephants‚ only males among the
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Scientific page 2; Mammals: Elephants – Order: Proboscidea Rabbits and hares – Lagomorpha Three characteristics that mammals have middle ear bones (hammer‚ anvil‚ and stirrup) to assist with hearing. All mammals have hair at some point in their development which functions as insulation‚ coloring‚ and aiding in the sense of touch. All female mammals produce milk to nourish their offspring. Elephants require huge amounts of food over 400kg per day. Elephants are capable of pushing down
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woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was a species of mammoth‚ the common name for the extinct elephant genus Mammuthus. The woolly mammoth was one of the last in a line of mammoth species‚ beginning with Mammuthus subplanifrons in the early Pliocene. M. primigenius diverged from the steppe mammoth‚ M. trogontherii‚ about 200‚000 years ago in eastern Asia. Its closest extant relative is the Asian elephant. The appearance and behaviour of this species are among the best studied of any prehistoric
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they need a similar amount of space as they would have in the wild‚ to have any semblance of normality in their lives. Cruelty to circus animals has been well documented. There are many examples of baby elephants being captured rodeo style‚ roped round all four legs‚ tied to a submissive adult elephant‚ known as an ‘anchor’‚ and dragged from their mothers. Bear cubs are put on hot coals causing excruciating pain to their paws‚ all in an attempt to make them dance for peoples’ tasteless entertainment
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desirable trophy. More importantly‚ a recent study shows devastating effects in a herd with the loss of the mature elephants. After the males were separated from the females and juveniles‚ the rhinos began to be violently killed with puncture wounds (not much in the wild can kill this amazing species). After rangers put up video cameras‚ the culprits were discovered. The young male elephants were caught chasing the rhinos‚ knocking them down‚ and piercing the innocent creatures to death with their tusks
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The trade of animal horns should continue to be banned because that is a way of protecting endangered species. In this case‚ endangered species are animals that’s provides ivory such as Rhinoceros and elephant. First of all‚ let’s take a look at why this is such a controversial topic. Elephants are found in 37 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are source of bush meat but their ivory referred to as “White Gold” can provide a substantial reward for poachers. Poachers are illegal animal hunters
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gorilla who can draw pictures and write simple words. He lives in his domain all the time‚ never leaving it for any reason. Ivan is good friends with Stella‚ the elephant who lives beside him‚ and Bob‚ a stray dog who likes to sleep on Ivan’s belly. 2. Stella: One of Ivan’s dearest friends who lives in the next domain. Stella is an elephant. Ivan says she’s a mountain. Stella suffers from an injured foot. She ends up dying midway. 3. Bob: Another one of Ivan’s dearest friends. Bob is a dog. Ivan
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for military forces to assist in protecting threatened wildlife. Those measures were still not sufficient in preventing the rise in poaching or in increasing and improving the habitats. Last year alone poachers killed over 20‚000 elephants in South Africa. Even the Save the Rhinos Conservation and rhino protection organizations give hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to numerous rhino protection groups‚ and it is still not enough.
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