shellfish to gorillas and elephants -- are
considered at risk. Most of these species are endangered by human activities: from illegal
poaching and over-exploitation, to pollution, global warming and habitat
destruction. Poaching and
Give up your ivory to save elephants.
Twenty years ago elephants were being wiped out by poachers. International outcry halted the trade in ivory and elephant herds started to recover. Now elephants are in crisis once again. The ivory trade
been a bloody week for elephants as 22 were found slaughtered for their ivory in Chad, and investigators seized illegal ivory in Portugal and India.
The elephants were killed by