非洲象濒临灭绝的英语作文

When you see an African elephant, you probably don't think that they look like they could be in danger, but they are. There are only about 415,000 African elephants when there used to be millions. They could become extinct if people don't act. The main reason that so many African elephants have died is poaching.

African elephants have tusks, important tools for digging and fighting. For poachers (people who hunt animals and kill them even though it's against the law), elephant tusks are a way to make money. That's because tusks are made of ivory, which is very valuable. Ivory is used to make expensive objects and statues that are very popular in Asia. Elephants are also killed for their meat and skin, but their tusks are the main reason. In 2012, more than 1,000 tusks were found hidden in shipments of other goods to Malaysia.

Thousands of African elephants die every year because of poaching. Sometimes many elephants are killed at one time. Teams of rangers in Africa work to stop these cruel poachers, but this is dangerous work.

The United States and China have passed new laws to make it even harder to sell and trade ivory. Both countries destroyed a lot of illegal ivory. Agreements between other countries and from international organizations also say that trading elephant ivory is not allowed.