Elephants are the largest land mammals on the plant. They stand at eleven feet tall and weigh over seven tons. The life span of a elephant is around 50 to 70 years old. In a three years time poachers all around the world have killed over 100,000 elephants. Over 64 percent of the elephants in central Africa have been wiped out. Why do people hunt and kill these large mammals ? The answers is for the ivory. In this blog I will talk about the why there ivory is so valuable to some people, The methods used to capture and remove the elephants tusks and the over all cruelty of elephant hunting.
How much is elephants Ivory worth ? Each of an elephant tusk weighs over 250 pounds. One pound of ivory is worth somewhere around 1500 dollars. 250 times 1500 is up to 375000 dollars. Hunting elephant is illegal so any and all money people make from elephant tusk for there ivory is illegal money and the only way to make money off of this practice is to sell them on the black market. The penalty for elephant poaching varies from country to country. In China if you are caught smuggling Ivory you could face life in prison. In the country of Kenya they hope to make the penalty for poaching much more server.
The methods used by poachers are cruel and inhuman. What they do is that they get the elephants stuck in wire snares. When they try to get away the snare just gets tighter. After the elephant are tired they would cut there tusks off. Some other methods would include just shooting the elephant with heavy weapons like a AK47. Other methods poachers use is to shoot a the elephant with a poison arrow and wait for them to die.
Elephant poaching or any poaching for any animal is a cruel and in human practice and it should be stopped. Elephants along with many other species of animals are endanger of becoming instinct . Poaching is illegal and anyone who is caught faces serve penalty. More focus should be put on stoping this.
How much is elephants Ivory worth ? Each of an elephant tusk weighs over 250 pounds. One pound of ivory is worth somewhere around 1500 dollars. 250 times 1500 is up to 375000 dollars. Hunting elephant is illegal so any and all money people make from elephant tusk for there ivory is illegal money and the only way to make money off of this practice is to sell them on the black market. The penalty for elephant poaching varies from country to country. In China if you are caught smuggling Ivory you could face life in prison. In the country of Kenya they hope to make the penalty for poaching much more server.
The methods used by poachers are cruel and inhuman. What they do is that they get the elephants stuck in wire snares. When they try to get away the snare just gets tighter. After the elephant are tired they would cut there tusks off. Some other methods would include just shooting the elephant with heavy weapons like a AK47. Other methods poachers use is to shoot a the elephant with a poison arrow and wait for them to die.
Elephant poaching or any poaching for any animal is a cruel and in human practice and it should be stopped. Elephants along with many other species of animals are endanger of becoming instinct . Poaching is illegal and anyone who is caught faces serve penalty. More focus should be put on stoping this.