Elephant gun Essays

  • How To Do Hunting Persuasive Essay

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    will this year. I will tell you how to load a gun safely and properly. I will also tell the different ways you can load it. It is one of the most important things to do in hunting. The type of gun that I am showing how to load is a pump shotgun. Other guns are semi- automatic, pump, and single shot. The first step is to take the gun out of the case. When the gun is out of the case and ready

  • Shooting An Elephant

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    The story that my evaluation will be based on is Shooting an Elephant written in 1936. The author George Orwell was born in 1903 in India to a British officer raised in England. He attended Eton College, which introduced him to England’s middle and upper classes. He was denied a scholarship, which led him to become a police officer for the Indian Imperial in 1922. He served in Burma until resigning in 1927 due to the lack of respect for the justice of British Imperialism in Burma and India. He was

  • Ivory Trade Research Paper

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    in electronics, art, and objects of decorative value, the number of elephants in the wild are diminishing drastically. Poachers take advantage of the poorly secured reserves to obtain the ivory. Elephants in wildlife reserves across sub- Saharan Africa and West Africa are being slaughtered to feed the lucrative and unjust business called the ivory trade. If nothing is done to bar the slaughter, or at least retard it, the elephants will pay the ultimate price, extinction. The boundaries that are in

  • Essay On Hunting

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    must abide by. • It is essential for the ecological balance of the environment. Poaching • Poaching is hunting illegally. • Animals are hunted during illegal hours and off season. • Hunters don’t have permits and use illegal weapons, spotlights, stun guns or are hunting from a moving vehicle. • The animals declared endangered are also hunted. • The poachers hunt on private property without permission from the owners. • The animals, plants or animals parts are sold for profit. Let’s Peep into the Past…

  • On Eating Elephant Essay

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    On Eating Elephants The largest land animal on Earth can stand up to 13 feet tall and weigh up to 15,400 pounds, yet it is still a vulnerable creature. Perhaps this is because it has one of the largest hearts in the world, weighing up to 46 pounds. This shows in the creature’s endangerment and its compassion. Elephant populations have decreased rapidly in recent decades, primarily to habitat loss and ivory poachers. Elephants also experience emotions such as anger, joy, and grief. Perhaps the most

  • Elephant Poaching Research Paper

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    illegal killing of animals. Many animals, especially elephants are poached by hunters all over the world. Fewer than 100 years ago, millions of elephants lived on Earth. Today, there are less than half a million. Elephants are poached for their tusks made of ivory which is sold and traded all over the world. Poaching has been made so popular that the lives of elephants as a species are at stake. Elephants are endangered because of the effects of elephant poaching. Although trading of tusks was banned

  • The Pros And Cons Of Hunting Rhinos

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    countries. This belief is false and in truth rhino horns have the same medical value as biting one’s toenails. Poachers hunt African elephants exclusively for their tusks that are made out of ivory. Elephant tusks are used as trophies or turn into other materials Poachers wipe out and separate elephant herds with machine guns and cruel traps. Poachers tend to hunt the elephants with the largest tusks. Which is usually the leader of the herd and if killed leaves

  • Elephant, a Film Analysis

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    The Tragedy of Columbine was caused by the social injustices inflicted upon two students; Alex Frost and Eric Deulen. This is the message Gus Van Sant portrays in his movie `Elephant.' These two characters are not part of the `in crowd' and are picked upon in school to the point that they come to school with guns. Present day schools are treating this issue incorrectly by not trying to relinquish the social injustices of high school. Many schools today now completely cut off the school from the

  • Stop Poaching In Africa

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    Poaching is a serious matter in countries overseas. In one specific area is Africa. Hunters who are poaching in Africa are damaging the wildlife and proper precautions should be taken in preventing this crime; however, African leaders are not doing much about it. If proper precautions were being taken, then there would be less poaching in Africa. Also, poaching is very damaging to the wildlife because all animals depend on each other. Some conservation activists have tried to speak out about this

  • Zoos, Circuses, and Aquariums: Cruel and Unjust

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    conditions are often poor with animals limited to cramped, dirty enclosures (PETA). For example, elephants are usually kept in enclosures with an insufficient amount of space. According to In Defense of Animals (IDA), ... ... middle of paper ... ... "Meet the Staff." University of New England: Marine Animals Rehabilitation Center. NOAA Fisheries, n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. . Mott, Maryann. "Wild Elephants Live Longer than their Zoo Counterparts." National Geographic. Ed. Chris Johns. N.p., Dec. Web

  • George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant

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    George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" In 'Shooting an Elephant,' George Orwell finds himself in a difficult situation involving an elephant. The fate of the elephant lies in his hands. Only he can make the final decision. In the end, due to Orwell's decision, the elephant lay dying in a pool of blood. Orwell wins the sympathy of readers by expressing the pressure he feels as an Anglo-Indian in Burma, struggling with his morals, and showing a sense of compassion for the dying animal.

  • The History of Ivory Trade

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    attractive. The Asian ivory came from tusks of elephants that were largely different from African elephants. For starters, they had a smaller build and differently shaped tusks. The African elephants had an average tusk size of about sixty pounds to the Asian elephant’s forty. The African elephants lived in the tropical jungles of Africa’s east coast, while the Asian elephant lived in a far different environment. As it happened, it was the African elephant that man desired but had a difficult time

  • Shooting an Elephant by Geroge Orwell

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    Imperial Police in Burma, which began his transformation into a writer of primarily political topics. His essay “Shooting an Elephant” describes his feelings of frustration in attempting to perform his duty – shooting a mad elephant discovered to have broken its chain, destroyed property, and killed a man – while avoiding the ridicule of the local population. (Orwell, 1936) The elephant can be seen to represent a number of individuals and groups in the story, held by various chains in their different circumstances

  • George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant as an Attack on Colonialism and Imperialism

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    George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant as an Attack on Colonialism and Imperialism The glorious days of the imperial giants have passed, marking the death of the infamous and grandiose era of imperialism. George Orwell's essay, Shooting an Elephant, deals with the evils of imperialism. The unjust shooting of an elephant in Orwell's story is the central focus from which Orwell builds his argument through the two dominant characters, the elephant and its executioner. The British officer, the executioner

  • Abuse Under the Big Top

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    Humans have always been enamored by the beauty and majesty of the wild creatures of the Earth; Asian elephants, the big cats of Africa, and of course the adorable monkeys, apes, and chimpanzees. Capitalizing on the public’s love for these animals, entrepreneurs and business moguls have captured some of these creatures and allowed people to buy an up close encounter with the wild beasts of the world. Some have even trained these beasts to perform tricks for the pleasure of the audience. It is a

  • The Hippopotamus: Endangered Species Report

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    Wapiennik Mr. Trippeer, Biology January 6th, 1997 The ban on elephant ivory trading has slowed down the poaching of elephants, but now poachers are getting their ivory from another creature, the hippopotamus. For the poacher, the hippo is an easy target. They stay together for long hours in muddy water pools, as many as eighty-one can be found in a single square mile. This concentration is so big it's only second to that of the elephant. Poachers kill the animal, then pick out the teeth and sell them

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    sturdy enough to stop the overall sadness of the animals. Trainers in the circuses beat the animals in order to do certain tricks. PETA states that trainers use tight collars, whips, beatings, and torture as a daily occurrence for circus animals. Elephants are hit with bullhooks on a daily basis on the skin around the eyes, under their chin, inside their mouth, and behind their knees and ears. Bears’ noses are broken and their paws are burned to teach them how to walk on her hind legs. In order to

  • Argumentative Essay On Ivory Trade

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    have been hunting Elephants for their ivory for 30 years. Even though ivory trade is illegal, many people need money for food and other important things. As a kid, I witnessed farm animals get tortured by the hands of human and they were killed so they can be used for food that people can eat. A decade later, the world hadn’t adjusted to preserving animals and protecting them from people who show no shame and honor to life. My position is that I am against it because elephants are very vital to ecosystems

  • Thoughts After Watching Ancient Futures Learning from Ladakh and Planet in Peril

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    thing to watch a film and it is another to actually experience it first hand. One scene that specifically stands out is one of the more graphic parts of the the film. The scene is with CNN news reporter Lisa Ling reporting the death of an elephant. The elephant was just killed a few days and the smell is so putrid it almost brings her to tears. Watching that scene made me so angry because it was confusing to me why people would do such a thing to an innocent creature. On the other spectrum in

  • The Ivory Game Documentary Analysis

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    The Ivory game is a documentary about the illegal poaching that is going on in Africa. It is aimed at bringing awareness to the black market business of ivory that is running rampant in China and the danger that it poses on elephants and even people who want to help against poaching. The producers of the movie are Kief Davidson, Wolfgang Knopfler, and Walter Kohler. These people worked together to bring the movie that has information about the illegal ivory trading in China and Africa and released