Elephants Attention Getter: What’s big‚ grey and stands in the rain but doesn’t get wet? Elephants!! Background info: It is estimated that there were once more than 350 species of elephants in the world. Today we only have two of them left (well tree) the Asian‚ the Africa and the mix of them. Both of them are at risk of extinction. Between illegal hunting of them for ivory as well as the destruction of their natural habitat things are simply closing in on them at an alarming rate. Specific Purpose
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Cruelty To Circus Elephants Cruelty to elephants as well as other circus animals has been a global issue for over a hundred years‚ and we are just now recognizing the severity of it all. Millions of charges have been pressed against different circuses in the United States for the abuse and death of the circus elephants. With the rise in charges and complaints of animal cruelty‚ eyebrows have begun to rise and activists have taken notice and taken a stand. Circus elephants have been said to
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Indian Elephant Crisis The Indian elephant‚ scientific name being Elaphas Maximus‚ is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephants and is a native animal to the mainland of Asia. Since 1986‚ thee Elaphas Maximus has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened
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The elephant Make a point-form list of the people‚ actions‚ or events that are “absurd”. 4- zoo director: is not possible to do a rubber elephant and nobody knows that is fake The worker- According the book the workers were old people‚ so is absurd that they tried to inflate the elephant with his their mouth. The children- in the story said‚ after saw the elephant was fake the children never believe in elephants and they turned into hooligans‚ this part is of course absurd‚ how the children turned
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Elephants Just in the past 10 years‚ ten thousands of elephants have been slaughtered. Sometimes the killers don’t wait till the elephants are dead to take the ivory. This causes the elephant to suffer greatly. Elephants are endangered. Many baby elephants are killed for their tiny stubs of ivory‚ how to save them‚ and the origins of elephant abuse. Some devastating facts about elephants are that they have been dropping 62% over the last decade. (Pg1) About 100 African elephants are killed a day
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watch this creature and I would never get enough of it. Yes‚ many people of course know this giant‚ the largest living mammal on land‚ none other than the elephant‚ yet most of them know very little about this threatened species a major tourist attraction in the island. It is well known among Asian societies‚ including our own‚ elephants for centuries have played prominent roles in the pageants of monarchs‚ religious ceremonies as well as in the theater of war. Alexander the Great is reputed
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Kara Schlesinger ENG124 January 28th‚ 2015 Paper #1: Popular and Scholarly Sources The name of the magazine in which the article‚ “Fighting for Elephants” is located is BBC Wildlife . The article was found in the January issue of this magazine. The article is a story about a woman who tries to save elephants in her every day life. An appropriate audience for this magazine would be matured adults who appreciate the science fiction aspect of today’s society‚ animal enthusiasts‚ animal activists
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The African Elephant is the largest land mammal today. He has huge ears. The African Elephant is from the one of Asia. The African Elephant has 3 nails on its hind legs while the element Asian elephant owns 4 .The elephant trunk of Africa has two appendages instead of one for the one from Asia. African elephants live south of the Sahara‚ in savannas and forests and sometimes in semi- desert regions. Asian elephants live in Southeast Asia and India and prefer forests dense. Asian elephants are intelligent
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the article “Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk”‚ and the passage “Elephants Know When They Need A Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” they both talk about how the elephants try to achieve a collective goal. The elephants worked with a helping trunk to test and achieve this goal and the mahouts‚ or elephant trainers would test how the elephants use their cooperative skills. Their task was to use their and rope-pulling skills and work together as a team. Overall‚ in the article “Elephants Can Lend A
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types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant (although There are two types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant (although sometimes the African Elephant is split into two species‚ the African Forest Elephant and the African Bush Elephant). Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. Both female and male African elephants have tusks but only the male Asian elephants have tusks. They use their tusks for digging and finding food. Female elephants are called
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