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SAVING THE ELEPHANTThe Poaching Crisis
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THE HUNTERby Paul Geraghty
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How do you think the baby elephant and Jamina are
feeling?
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Why did Jamina decide to never be a hunter?
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The Poaching Crisis
• Poaching is the illegal taking of wild plants and animals (or their parts).
• Approximately 38,000 elephants are poached every year for their ivory.
• African elephants could be extinct in 15-20 years.
• Scientists estimate that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for their ivory.
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ELEPHANT INFO FACTS
• Two types of elephant: African and Asian.
• Largest land living ‐mammal in the world.
• Female and male African elephants have tusks but only male Asian elephants have tusks.
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ELEPHANT INFO FACTS
• Elephants have no natural predators.
• An elephant’s trunk can grow to 4 metres long and can weigh up to 140 kg.
• Female elephants spend their entire lives in large groups called herds.
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ELEPHANT INFO FACTS
• Elephants can swim –they use their trunk to breathe like a snorkel in deep water.
• Female elephants are called cows. They start to have calves when they are 1 year old.
• An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water.
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HOW TO HELP ELEPHANTS
• Study them in their keystone role in the wild.
• Support organizations that protect wild elephant habitat & solve human elephant conflicts.‐
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HOW TO HELP ELEPHANTS
• DO NOT support organizations that exploit or abuse elephants and other animals for entertainment and profit.
• Experience elephants in their natural environment by choosing eco tourism operators ‐who support local elephant conservation projects.
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HOW TO HELP ELEPHANTS
• Be an elephant aware consumer.‐
• DO NOT BUY IVORY or other wildlife products.• Do not buy coffee that
is not fair traded or ‐shade grown.‐
• Do not buy products with palm oil.
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DRAW YOUR OWN ELEPHANT POSTER!