Threats to African elephants

Despite the prohibition of international trade in ivory, the African elephant is still being dug out. Thousands of elephants are killed every year for ivory. Ivory is often engraved on jewelry and jewelry - China is the largest consumer market for such products.

After years of poaching, CITES (International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) introduced the International Trade Ban in 1989. In the 1980s, an estimated 100,000 elephants were killed each year, and in some areas up to 80% of the cattle died.

However, in recent years, the increase in demand in Asia has resulted in a surge in poaching and illegal ivory trade, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of forest elephants and the number of some grassland elephants.

Insufficient anti-poaching ability, weak law enforcement and corruption behavior weaken the efforts of some countries to prevent poaching and trafficking

The habitat of most elephants is still spread beyond the protected area and rapid population growth once thought to be unsuitable for agriculture and expansion of agriculture to pastures and forests has led to elephant habitat I mean to keep going.

As the population increases, more land is turning into agriculture. As a result, elephant habitats shrink and become more dispersed, people and elephants are increasingly in contact with each other - and are contradictory

Elephants sometimes attack farmers 'fields, destroy agricultural crops - influence farmers' lives - and even kill them. Elephants are sometimes killed by revenge

As the population continues to increase within its limits, loss and decline of habitats - and conflict with the local community - remains a major threat to elephant survival.

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. Shrubs are the world's largest terrestrial animals. In both African elephants, men and women have ivory; these are modified front teeth that can grow to dozens of kilograms and are used for various basic purposes in elephant life is. These ivory are important ivory sources for ivory ornaments and jewels, but the ivory of mammoth (page 21) has also been excavated and its ivory is legally traded.

Loss of habitat, collision of people, poaching target meat and jungle meat is a big threat to elephant population. As of 2013, the number of Asian elephants has decreased by 90% and the population of African elephants has decreased by 75% in the past 100 years. People can play a role in protecting wild elephants and must do so.