African Elephant Research Paper

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Africa was once filled with nearly a million elephants, divided into large herds stomping their large hoofs on the dirty grounds of the Sahara. Now, hundreds of thousands of elephants are found dead, lying on the ground with their ivory tusks removed. To be shipped off to countries to be sold to make items for human enjoyments, such as piano keys, billiards balls, identification chops, and many other items.

African elephants have been an endangered species since 1976 and continue to be threatened with the chance of extinction as several more elephants are being brutally killed for ivory. According to the U.N. an estimate of 100 African elephants die each day because of poaching, and as of 2017 more elephants are being killed each year for

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