The Adequate Trade: The Ivory Trade

Many elephants are dying because of the ivory trade. The ivory trade is a trade for elephant tusk. The ivory trade takes place in Africa. Most of the ivory is hunted for illegally and is mostly by poachers. Poachers are people who hunt illegally, and don’t have a license from the government. However, most poachers aren’t using the ivory the Chinese are. Three fourths of all ivory hunted is bought by the Chinese. Ivory is used to make many objects like rings, jewelry, chopsticks and other objects. There are about 220 ivory items in each shop. According to “Care for the Wild International”, poachers kill about 6,000 to 12,000 elephants a year. There are only about 400,000 elephants left in Africa. According to the text “Killing Fields”, a poacher