EXTINCTION!! :(

I was watching this documentary on tv that was about African elephants, and then i remembered what was happening to them and a whole lot of other animals in the wild. There used to be alot of Elephants in the wild out there, millions of them!


But between 1976 and 1987, the total population of Elephants in Africa fell dramatically from about 3 million animals to fewer than 700,000 elephants. Adult elephants have no natural predators. This rapid decline was mainly as a result of we humans who killed elephants for their ivory or maybe because they threatened our crops or property.

As a result of it’s decline, the African elephant is classified in The Red Data book as ‘vulnerable to extinction’. Scientists predicted that the ivory trade continued undebated, the elephants would become extinct in about 20 years or so. :(

So, in response to this threat, some countries agreed a worldwide ban on the ivory trade in 1989. Today, there are about 600,000 African elephants remaining in the wild.

Many other animals, very interesting animals i must say are at the brink of extinction, that is inclusive of all those rare, vulnerable and endangered species...... Currently, there are fewer than 30 white rhino, 400 mountain gorillas, 100 giant pandas, 400 tigers and 15, 000 polar bears.

On Average, about 74 species go extinct!! Most people don’t even know!!!