The African Elephant

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  • Endagered species

    Elephants were put on the endagered species list

  • Elephants

    Elephants were listed under appendix 1 of CITES, or the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species

  • Elephants

    Elephants
    100,000 elephants are being killed every year

  • Conservation act

    African Elephant conservation act of 1989

  • Ivory trade

    The United States, Australia, and Europe banned the commercial import of ivory.

  • Conservation

    Conservation
    The African elephant population act was passed to assist other conservation programs and financially aid them,

  • Ivory Trade

    Ivory Trade
    Price of ivory in China has tripled

  • Throwback

    The intensity of the slaughter of elephants reaches what it was in the 1980s when 100,000 elephants were being killed every year. (in Africa).

  • Extinction

    African Elephants are predicted to go extinct within this century, probably mid 21st century.