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IS IT WORTH AN ELEPHANTS LIFE? "IF THE BUYING STOPS, THE KILLING STOPS"

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1 IS IT WORTH AN ELEPHANTS LIFE? "IF THE BUYING STOPS, THE KILLING STOPS"

2 WHAT IS IVORY? IVORY IS THE TUSK OF AN ELEPHANT, WALRUS OR NARWHAL. IVORY IS USED FOR JEWELRY, RINGS, ORNAMENTS, PIANO KEYS AND OTHER DECRITIVE ITEMS. IVORY IS FUNCTIONAL FOE ELEPHANTS BUT DECROTIVE FOR HUMANS.

3 ITEMS MADE OF IVORY:

4 WHY DO PEOPLE BUY IVORY? ONE REASON WHY PEOPLE BUY IVORY IS BECAUSE ITS DECROTIVE. IVORY IS ALSOEXPENSIVE. ANOTHER REASON WHY PEOPLE BUY IVORY IS BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS REASONS. AN ELEPHANT TUSK WEIGHING 2.7KG COULD BE SOLD FOR $12,700USD ($20,112NZD).

5 WHERE DOES IVORY COME FROM? IVORY MAINLY COMES FROM A DEAD ELEPHANT. MOST IVORY COMES FROM POACHERS KILLING ELEPHANTS. ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLE FROM 2014, 40,000 ELEPHANTS WERE KILLED BY POACHERS ARMED WITH AK47'S, GRENADES AND POISON TIPPED ARROW'S.

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7 ELEPHANTS AREN'T THE ONLY ONE DYING: This picture shows dead african vultures after they tried to eat a elephant carcass laced with poison. Because of the quantities dying, most affrican vulture species are endanger of extinction.

8 REFERNCES: HTTP://NEWS.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NEWS/2014/06/140627-CONGO-VIRUNGA-WILDLIFE-RANGERS-ELEPHANTS-RHINOS- POACHING HTTP://NEWS.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NEWS/2014/06/140627-CONGO-VIRUNGA-WILDLIFE-RANGERS-ELEPHANTS-RHINOS- POACHING HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.CO.NZ/URL?SA=T&RCT=J&Q=&ESRC=S&SOURCE=WEB&CD=2&VED=0CA8QFJABAHUKEWJU8CH32PDHAHXEK6 YKHDB2BA0&URL=HTTP%3A%2F%2FWWW.IUCN.ORG%2F%3F17196%2FRISING-MURDER-TOLL-OF-PARK-RANGERS-CALLS-FOR- TOUGHER-LAWS&USG=AFQJCNHW8SK4HJ3DQD-FULEL2KWLHZLFRG&SIG2=FIA1ZL9JQ6-G98BVCSCW7G HTTPS://EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/IVORY_TRADE HTTP://EDUCATION.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/MEDIA/HISTORY-IVORY-TRADE/ HTTP://WWW.BLOODYIVORY.ORG/STOP-THE-IVORY-TRADE HTTP://WWW.IFAW.ORG/UNITED-STATES/OUR-WORK/ELEPHANTS/ENDING-IVORY-TRADE HTTP://EDUCATION.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/MEDIA/HISTORY-IVORY-TRADE/ HTTP://WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM/2013/02/27/BATTLE-FOR-THE-ELEPHANTS_N_2768184.HTML HTTP://AMERICA.ALJAZEERA.COM/ARTICLES/2013/10/4/ACTIVISTS-SEEK-TOPUTSTOPILLEGALIVORYTRADE.HTML HTTP://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/ENVIRONMENT/2015/JUN/19/US-CRUSHES-BLOOD-IVORY-IN-NEW-YORKS-TIMES-SQUARE HTTP://WWW.BBC.COM/NEWS/WORLD-ASIA-CHINA-26167893

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