2. OVERVIEW
Why are the elephants going extinct?
Why is Ivory So rare?
Why are the elephants still decreasing in numbers?
Facts
(A video of what's happening to the elephants)
3. WHY ARE ELEPHANTS BEING
PUSHED ON THE VERGE ON
EXTINCTION?
Hunting & Poaching - Trophy Hunting and Ivory
Poaching is the main reason for the decline in
numbers of African elephants. There were once
millions of these animals and now only a few thousand
survive
Habitat Loss - As human numbers grew, people started
settling into forests and that has also affected
elephant populations.
Predators: the lion, that eats them, only when
completely helpless and alone
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_the_African_eleph
ant_an_endangered_species
4. WHY IS THE IVORY SO RARE?
Ivory is the material found in elephant's tusks. It's
slow growing, and basically you only get one set out of
each elephant. Simply put there are more people who
want some than there are elephants to get it from, so
it becomes rare and expensive.
Now the international animal rights organisation
(IARO) have made a law prohibiting the hunting or
prohibiting people from taking the elephants ivory
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_makes
_ivory_so_expensive
5. WHY ARE THEY ELEPHANTS
STILL DECREASING IN
NUMBERS?
People are still desperate for Ivory so many people
(poachers) still kill and take the elephants tusks
because it is now so rare because African elephants
are so few in numbers
In 20 years their was a 600,000 decrease in the
numbers of African Elephants
http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/poa
ching-factor-declining-forest-elephant-
populations/1336/
6. FACTS
The African elephant lives in Africa, south of the
Sahara desert in tropical forests, savannah areas,
deserts and river valleys.
Elephants eat mainly leaves and grass and they drink
a lot of water (190 litres per day).
They eat also eat Up to 200 kg of food a day
http://www.afrizim.com/Travel_G
uides/Animals/Elephants.asp
7.
8. SUMMARY
The African Elephant Is decreasing by 30,000 a year
on average
Poachers still illegally kill and take the ivory from
elephants
The loss of their habitat has also contributed to the
decrease in numbers
