The Poaching Problem: The Decline Of African Elephants

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everywhere, in piano keys, jewelry, religious objects and more, but this demand caused a massive decline in the populations of African elephants. Elephants have been around for an uncountable number of years, and within the last decade poachers have killed 60% of the African Elephant population according to World Elephant Day, an organization hoping to preserve the elephant population and habitat, also state if no action is committed then the extinction of the elephant could come in the upcoming decade.
Humans have been killing elephants for meat and their ivory for countless years, according to PBS.org's article, "The Poaching Problem", an estimate was made "In 1977, 1.3 million elephants lived in Africa; by 1997, only 600,000 remained."

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