African Elephants Face Extinction By 2020
August 5th, 2008
Here’s one to think about.
The population in the 1980s was around 1 million, with around 70,000 elephants being killed a year. The total African elephant population is now less than 470,000.
“Elephants are also a major part of ecotourism, which is an important source of hard currency for many African countries. Recent reports have shown that demand for ivory is growing in places such as China, Japan and the US.
Why the hell would people buy ivory when they KNOW they are killing the elephants?
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