The elephant ivory trade has been banned since 1990, but poaching continues.
Poaching accounts for about 40 percent, or 20,000, African elephant deaths a year.
Elephant tusks, rhino horn in burn piles in Kenya.
You can help build awareness that elephants continue to be killed for their ivory when you wear this tee shirt (below). Use it as a starting point for a discussion.
When you purchase a shirt, you also will help me fund my writing about wildlife.
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More information to share when you start a discussion on how elephants are faring today is here:
The state of the world’s elephant populations — Our World in Data
Elephant organizations:
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee
Maria Fotopoulos writes about the connection between overpopulation and biodiversity loss, and from time to time other topics that confound her.
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