Tusk

In 1977, when Fleetwood Mac released their multi-platinum album Rumours, I was 4 years old and far too young to appreciate music. As I entered my mid-20s, I had acquired a passion for music of the 1970s and fell in love with the Eagles, Rush, Led Zeppelin, but most importantly, Fleetwood Mac. Their music had become a part of me. It had developed into my personal therapeutic outlet and helped to keep me sane during any emotional upheaval that I might have been experiencing. It was then that I realized

saving an animal they perceive as a large, more destructive cockroach. Another issue is the perspective of those in Asia. Ivory has always been a symbol of wealth in Asia. Those who can afford to buy full tusks often commission experienced artists to carve intricate scenes and designs into the tusk for display in their homes. Although the resulting artwork is beautiful and the preservation of tradition is important, another medium should be used in order to create these art pieces, one that does not

The region they are usually located is around the Arctic waters of Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. They are known as unicorns of the sea because they have a tusk, one of their teeth, coming out of the front of the skull. According to the World Wildlife fund (2014), “Males most commonly have tusks, and some may even have two. The tusk, which can grow as long as 10 feet, is actually an enlarged tooth.” The

Extinct? Poaching for the ivory tusks from elephants has become a more prominent idea within the past twenty years. Elephants are killed for their tusks made of ivory. These are typically used for jewelry, ornamental carvings, and art objects. (Perlez, 1989, n.p.). The elephant population has slowly dwindled down throughout the years because of the poaching for ivory and it has caused elephants in some countries to become extinct. The poaching of elephants for their tusks has driven the animal in some

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

person who invented the burning method towards destroying ivory has noted that ivory isn't necessarily burnable yet they persist to burn jet fuel to “Destroy the ivory”. Most ivory tusks are approximately 50-130 pounds and the burning method only burns 7g per min so if there are approximately 50 pounds of ivory per tusk thats aprox 22650 grams of horn burning at 7 grams per min so it takes about 54 minutes to fully “disintegrate” a horn and that's only one of the hundred of horns they burn so imagine

Persuasive argument Culling is a method of killing animals for population control but does not kill so many elephants so that they become extinct. The African elephants grow up to 4 m tall and weigh 7000 KG's. Adult elephants consume 130 Kg's of food a day. African elephants live on average for 55 to 60 years in the wild. Food consumption for the average elephant life span is 2,609,750 kg's. In South Africa the Kruger National Park has more than 12,500 elephants 5000 more than the sustainable

in seven years.”(Mckenzie “Our Living Dinosaurs”) This is a devastating statistic. People are poaching elephants for their ivory tusks. This is a serious problem with humanity. A problem that comes from greed and selfishness. They are causing a major extinction of these gentle giants. These “living dinosaurs” are getting mutilated for one reason. Elephants have Ivory tusks that is very expensive on the black market. To start with, Africa is causing one of the biggest extinction next to the dinosaurs

Elephant tokens, with their exotic type, have never ceased to fascinate researchers in Early American coins. This article will bring to the attention of researchers an overlooked source that may hold the key to the origin of the Carolina elephant tokens, and to discuss a possible explanation for their existence. We will begin with a review of the previous research and highlight the findings of particular importance. Hyman Montagu seems to have been the first to record that the London elephant tokens

Just a few decades ago, there were over 4 million elephants across the world. Today, there are fewer than 500,000. This enormous loss within the elephant population has been largely due to excessive, illegal poaching for their tusks. In the year 1989, two major revelations occurred for the elephants—first, the International Ivory Trade Ban had been accepted worldwide in hopes of slowing down the rapidly depleting elephant population. Second, Kenya’s president at the time, Daniel Arap Moi initiated