an estimated 25,000 elephants are illegally attacked each year for ivory for their tusks.

The number of victims of hunting has grown so much that

Once common in Africa and Asia, elephants have
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in recent years it exceeded the reproductive rate of the species. If this trend is not changed, the elephants will be extinct in the coming years.
declined significantly during the 20th century, largely
An estimated 25,000 elephants are
6 illegally attacked each year for ivory for
due to the illegal ivory trade. Although some
populations are now stable and growing, poaching,
their tusks. The number of victims of
hunting has grown so much that in recent human-elephant conflict, and habitat destruction
years it exceeded the reproductive rate of continue to threaten the species.
the species. If this trend is not changed,
the elephants will be extinct in the
coming years.

we must avoid harming

elephants, avoid illegal
hunting and trade in ivory

STOP ILLEGAL TRADE IN

IVORY

there are entities that are

in charge of the
monitoring network that
work to reduce the main
threat that illegal and
TEACHER: JOSE ACUÑA illicit activities pose to
wild elephants.

ANA PAULA VIERA RAMOS

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