ELEPHANTS NEED YOUR HELP WORLD ELEPHANT DAY San Francisco Zoo 12th August, 2018 8:30am-5:00pm 2945 Sloat Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94132
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WHY REDUCING CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ELEPHANTS MATTERS The greatest threats facing elephants today are poaching, conflict with humans, and habitat loss and degradation. Elephants across Africa and Asia are being poached for their ivory at increasing levels. Elephants are also losing their habitats—and ancient migratory routes—due to expanding human settlements, plantation development and the construction of infrastructure such as roads, canals and pipelines. As a result, the level of human-elephant conflict rises as elephants are forced to try access resources. In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) banned the international trade in ivory. However, there are still some thriving but unregulated domestic ivory markets in a number of countries, which fuel an illegal international trade. Poaching to meet growing demand from affluent Asian countries is driving up the rate of poaching. In some countries, political unrest contributes to elephant poaching.
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Asian elephants, smaller than their African cousins, are highly endangered. The subspecies shown here is found only on Borneo and faces threats from the conversion of their forest habitat to agricultural use.
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Tusks are found in African elephants of both sexes while only in Asian males. 2013 saw the greatest quantity of ivory confiscated in the last 25 years. An African bull’s tusks can grow to over 11 feet long and weigh 220 pounds.
,000 [3%] SURVIVE MORE THEN 10 YEARS IN WIDE
“WE ADMIRE ELEPHANTS IN PART BECAUSE THEY DEMONSTRATE WHAT WE CONSIDER THE FINEST HUMAN TRAITS: EMPATHY, SELF-AWARENESS, AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BUT THE WAY WE TREAT THEM PUTS ON DISPLAY THE VERY WORST OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.”
Since 1997, there have been sustained attempts by certain countries to weaken the ban. In 1999, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe were allowed an ‘experimental one-off sale’ of over 49,000kg of ivory to Japan. Then in 2002, a further one off-sale was approved, which finally took place in 2008–and resulted in 105,000kg of ivory being shipped to China and Japan. Today, levels of poaching and illegal trade have spiralled out of control once again. In many areas, rates of poaching are now the worst they have been since 1989. In 2011, just thirteen of the largest seizures amounted to over 23,000kg, breaking all records since the ivory ban. In July 2012 CITES recognised that elephant poaching had reached ‘unsustainable’ levels, not only in small unprotected populations but also among larger populations traditionally regarded as safe.
STOPPING ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE
GET INVOLVED, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. With your support, We can continue working on vital programs like providing training to, and equipping, wildlife scouts; setting aside protected areas for elephant habitats; and educating the public on the atrocities of wildlife crime. Donate for a cause that will help with wildlife conservation and ensure the elephant does not become an endangered species.
WORLD ELEPHANT DAY San Francisco Zoo 12th August, 2018 8:30am-5:00pm 2945 Sloat Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94132
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