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trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission” (Dicitonary.com). Many animals including elephants, tigers, rhinos, and snub-nosed monkeys are on the verge of extinction due to humans poaching them for felt, ivory, etc. According to, Legal, Moral and Biological Implications of Poaching and Illegal Animal Tracking on an International Scale, the loss of animals will endanger the ecosystem and therefore hurt the entire world. We need flora and fauna in our ecosystems

Elephant Slaughter In this lesson we watched a video about elephant slaughter and how people sale the Ivory illegally, and for a high price. Ivory is not only beautiful in its own nature but it is very expensive. But unfortunately if we don't stop killing elephants for their ivory they will be extinct in the next 10 years. We also read an article about the same topic, each one has different information about the same topic. The video helps you visualize the article, and the article gives you

think the ivory from elephants and rhinos are a type of medicine or cure but it’s not . Poachers want money for the animal parts. Big horned sheep antlers can cost $20,000 dollars on the black market. A rhino horn cost $2 million dollars, so this is a regular job for a poacher. I do not understand why poachers can’t just get a job like everyone ,and just save money in the bank instead of killing helpless animals About hundred african elephant are killed every single day by poachers seeking ivory meat

humans they have the ability to feel emotion and create kinship bonds with other elephants, so much so that they grieve over the deaths of other elephants (The Ivory Game). This is something that very few other animals have the capability of doing. Not only are they unique in their behavior, but also in the precious cargo they carry, known as ivory. A few hundred years ago millions of elephants roamed the sub- Saharan and the rainforest of Central and West Africa, but less than 400,000 African Elephants

Africa's elephant population suffers 25 year decline as more poachers kill for their ivory tusks. (Durando) The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), has been an organization for over 61 years concerning the protection of native African animals. Elephant poaching has become a more increasing issue over the past years. Hunting is used for control of population, but poaching can threaten the African elephants, and could cause the species to need to be protected. Many organizations have been made to

Can Realists Save Elephants from Extinction? Elephants are being poached at a horrific rate, and their population has dropped over thirty percent in just seven years. For realists, this trend will continue as more pressing issues take precedence over the future of elephants. Realists believe states are the primary actors in international politics and that the international system is anarchic. International politics is thus a power struggle between self-interested states., This crisis is occurring

animals, mostly on the endangered species list, and sell them to high buyers on the black market, which are then sold to business corporations to make clothes, jewelry and unnecessary natural medicine. The whole point of this policy is to eliminate ivory and rhinoceros horns trading sales because both animal species are on the IUCN Red List. This policy mentions that in order to make this bill work in Pennsylvania, some laws are going to be needed in order fulfill this salvation and to spread the word

Many people aren’t aware of how many elephants are killed each year by poachers. These poachers want to kill elephants for their tusks which contain ivory. I believe that elephants should not be poached for the ivory that their tusks contain. The elephant population has decreased tremendously, and in 1997, only about 600,000 elephants were left. Poachers are killing about 35,000 elephants every year, and this should stop right away. Elephants are on the verge of becoming extinct. Knowing this, some

“Lions and tigers, oh my!” Some know animals such as these to be scary; other people understand these animals to be a beautiful creation of Earth. Whether you are afraid of mighty beasts or simply in awe of them, it astonishes many people when they realize how few of them are still alive. Rhinoceroses, elephants, leopards, tigers, African lions, and many more creatures are all considered an endangered species, and we are the reason they are deemed that way. The one element all of those animals have

become passionate about elephant conservation. I had learned about the rapid decline of elephants along with the threat of poaching based on the ivory trade. Yet after completing the readings, I realized that the issue was more complicated than I had previously appreciated. For example, I was unaware of the complex geopolitical elements of the issue: the ivory demands of middle-class China, the