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Every day, close to 75 African elephants are killed for ivory (their tusks). Poachers also target male Asian elephants, and the numbers killed are getting higher. Demand comes from around the globe, including here in the United States where we have the world's second largest market for ivory and other trafficked products.
Elephants are already at risk from global climate change and habitat loss; the increase in poaching worsens the threat to species survival. If the market for ivory isn't stopped, we swill very soon live in a world without wild elephants. |