Ivory Trade by David Chen
How species of elephants do you think are left on this world? The answer to
that question is two. Not very many, right? There are only two species left because
of two reasons. Well one, because of the overpopulating world taking the animals’
habitat and two, because cruel poachers are illegally killing the gentle creatures to
take the ivory, which is what their tusks are made of.
Most people have never
known that African elephants were and still are being killed toward extinction.
Researchers have warned us that at the current death rate of elephants they could be
extinct by the year 2020.
Beginning of Killing and Why Ivory is Needed
Lots of high-quality items used to be made out of ivory such as piano keys,
billiard balls, and etcetera. Now, there are substitutes for these items so that we do