African Elephant

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This endangered animal is also the second largest creature on Earth, second only to the blue whale, it's the African elephant. African elephants, while not quite as endangered as some of the others in this book, are still very much endangered. While their population may not seem that low at approximately 400,000, that number is dropping fast, with approximately 20,000 elephants dying every year. That means that if this keeps up, then by my calculations, we will only have until around the year 2041 before the African elephant goes extinct. (Please correct me if I'm wrong about that number btw.) The reason why they are dying at such an alarming rate is a combination of poachers hunting them for their skin, meat, and their ivory tusks, and because of bacteria and diseases enhanced by climate change.

Sites you can donate to to help save elephants:

Wings for Conservation.

Asian Elephant Conservation Fund.

Shola Trust.

World Wide Fund for Nature 

More information will be added when I find it. Let me know if I missed anything. Bye!


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