The Brutality of the Ivory Trade (Kenya hunts for armed elephant poachers‚ 1). Anne Passera April 1st‚ 2014. CGR 4MA The brutality of the ivory trade In 1989‚ CITIES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) approved a worldwide ban on ivory trade due to extensive poaching reducing the African elephant population by more than half. However‚ levels of poaching and illegal trade are getting out of control once again. Since 1997‚ certain countries
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of the ivory trade. The ivory trade is a trade for elephant tusk. The ivory trade takes place in Africa. Most of the ivory is hunted for illegally and is mostly by poachers. Poachers are people who hunt illegally‚ and don’t have a license from the government. However‚ most poachers aren’t using the ivory the Chinese are. Three fourths of all ivory hunted is bought by the Chinese. Ivory is used to make many objects like rings‚ jewelry‚ chopsticks and other objects. There are about 220 ivory items in
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Andrew McClarren Professor George 4/3/13 Ivory Trade Poachers in countries such as Tanzania‚ Zambia‚ Nepal‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and China are rapidly lowering the population of animals with tusks in Asia and Africa. Wild animals such as the greater one-horned rhinoceros‚ elephants‚ narwhals‚ and walruses are mercilessly hunted and killed for their horns. Governments and organizations have implemented many laws to eliminate the poaching of these animals‚ but with little success. Since 1997 poaching rates
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Hayley Schneider November 13‚ 2013 Global Issues “The Ivory Wars” Africa is in the middle of a growing epidemic elephant slaughter. This growing slaughter began in 2002 and is currently happening till this day. Conservation groups share that elephant poachers are killing tens of thousands of elephants every year‚ which is more than at any time since the “Ivory Wars” has started. Recently in Garamba National park‚ Paul Onyango says that he has never seen anything like this before. 22 elephants
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The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is the third largest bird on Earth. It has a 18-20 inch wingspan and if standing on the ground it is 30-31 inches tall. If you would see only an outline of the bird‚ you would mainly see an oval. It has feathers that are black‚ white‚ and red. The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker eat beetle larvae periodically throughout the day. The female woodpecker would produce about 2-5 eggs between the months of January and March. Both parents are responsible for giving their young food and
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The trophy room fills with the gazes of lifeless beady eyes watching intruders every move. Hundreds of furry‚ scaly creatures crowd the area each in their own position: the tiger poses next to the antelope‚ the snake curled up by the rat‚ and the dog stands guard by the door. Each of these animals has its own stories to tell. The giraffe tells the story of the money he made for the man with the gun‚ the housecat tells the story about a loving home‚ and the panther tells the story of his fading species
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Robert Ištok‚ Tomáš Koziak. “Ivory Coast - From Stability to Collapse. Failed States in Time of Globalisation.” In Beyond Globalisation: Exploring the Limits of Globalisation in the Regional Context (conference proceedings)‚ 81-87. Ostrava: University of Ostrava Czech Republic‚ 2010. http://conference.osu.eu/globalization/publ/10-istok_koziak.pdf. Ivory Coast - From Stability to Collapse. Failed States in Time of Globalisation Robert Ištok‚ Tomáš Koziak Robert Ištok University of Ostrava Czech
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doubt human beings cannot live without animals‚ but can animals live without humans? Such controversial questions highlight the importance animals are to humans because they are not like plants that will grow every season. Killing elephants for their ivory is wrong because they are going extinct on the planet‚ should not be killed to make a profit and killing them will have a negative effect on the planets environment. Killing elephants is immoral because it is leading to their extinct on the planet
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com/apnewsbreak-elephants-endangered-land-grabs-120512322.html 2. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140211-united-states-rules-wildlife- trafficking-ivory-science/ 3. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Poaching-fuelled-by-corruption--Study/-/539546/2288814/-/2ab7nm/-/index.html 4. http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1281175/demand-ivory-mainland-has-led-illegal-poaching-africa
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The mass killings of elephants for their ivory‚ the widespread pollution across the ocean‚ and the careless behavior towards nature are all things that people are contributing to. Mary Kate Frank‚ the author of both “Saving the World’s Ocean” and “The Race to Save the Elephants” believes that people’s lack of respect towards the elephants and the ocean is resulting in negative effects to the U.S and other diverse nations‚ such as a dramatic drop in trade and transportation‚ and an economic breakdown
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