African Elephants and Human-Elephant Interactions: Implications for Conservations by P.C. Lee and M.D. Graham

Ivory trading is devastating to elephants, and despite its authoritative efforts, it only grows in time. According to Elephant Daily, elephants are killed every 15 minutes and in the past 4 years poachers killed a third of the population. By 1989, the population again fell to 600,000. That is when action started. Richard Leakey was the first important effort to clarify the situation. Leakey is responsible for convincing President of Kenya to burn ivory resources in these countries This is a very big statement to save the elephant.

African elephants are classified as vulnerable to the International Conservation Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN), but Asian elephants are classified as endangered species. One of the biggest threats to the elephant population is ivory trade. Because these animals are dug for ivory. Other threats to wild elephants include habitat destruction and conflict with local people. Elephants are used as animals working in Asia. It was used in the war in the past, but today it is exhibited in the zoo, and it is enjoyed for entertainment in the circus. Elephants have a high reputation and have many features in art, folklore, religion, literature and popular culture.

African elephants are divided into two different species: the African jungle elephant, the most common species, and the smaller African forest elephant. Jungle elephant is the world's largest terrestrial animal. In both African elephants, both male and female have ivory; these are modified to be able to grow to dozens of kilograms and are used for various basic purposes in elephant life It is an anterior tooth. These ivories are the source of ivory which is important for ivory ornaments and jewelry, but the ivory of mammoth (page 21) has also been excavated and its ivory is legally traded.

African elephant is the largest terrestrial animal in the world, up to 23 feet in length and weighing from 4,600 to 6,800 kilograms. They are further divided into two species, one is African elephant and the other is African jungle elephant, African elephants are taller, longer and heavier than Asian elephants. They are listed as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union for Nature (IUCN). Both elephants have various shapes such as ears, head, torso, wrinkles, toenails, tooth, back shape. Let's briefly introduce the table below to compare Asian elephants and African elephants before digging down all these differences.