IS IT WORTH AN

ELEPHANTS LIFE?"IF THE BUYING STOPS, THE KILLING STOPS"

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.

ITEMS MADE OF IVORY:

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).

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.

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.

REFERNCES:• HTTP://NEWS.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NEWS/2014/06/140627-CONGO-VIRUNGA-WILDLIFE-RANGERS-ELEPHANTS-RHINOS-POAC

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• HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.CO.NZ/URL?

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• 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