https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p ivory trade en-us 2016-12-02 14:16:38 UTC 2023-04-12 20:02:22 UTC hello@padlet.com logan_collier https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141383869 The problem is that elephants, Rhinos, and other animals are getting poached, or illegally killed. They are getting poached to the point where there aren't many of these creatures left. They could one day become extinct.]]> 2016-12-02 14:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141383869 logan_collier https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141386762 17th - 19th century-- The demand for ivory booms world wide.

1950s- Elephant hunting gains popularity, and elephant numbers continue to shrink.

1978-  African Elephants are listed as a threatened species.

1980s- elephant numbers drop from about from 1.2 to 600,000.

1989- CITES bans all ivory trade.

2008- CITES permits 4 African countries to sell ivory to Japan and China. The legal ivory makes it possible for illegal ivory to be sold.

]]> 2016-12-02 14:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141386762 logan_collier https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747141 The main cause is money. There is a high demand for ivory all over the world. Poachers want money so they poach the elephants and get lots of money selling the ivory on the black market. The demand for ivory being so high makes the prices skyrocket. Another cause is lack of enforcement. The ivory trade ban is not well enforced, therefore the poaching still occurs.]]> 2016-12-05 14:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747141 logan_collier https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747181 There is a major decrease in the Elephant population. In 1800 there were over 26 million, but today there are around only 1 million. There is an effect on the surviving elephants as well. Often the mothers are the target for poacher. The youngest offspring then often die with the mother because they are not old enough to do much on there own. The older offspring are then orphaned by unrelated females. ]]> 2016-12-05 14:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747181 logan_collier https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747296 There was a ban on ivory sales in 1989 to decrease the killing of Elephants. This actually worked for a while. The Elephant population started to rise, but In 2007 the population began to decline again. The reason for this is because legal ivory was back on the market. African countries were given permission to sell stock piles of tusks. When legal ivory can be sold that makes it to where poachers can sell their illegal ivory as legit ivory. ]]> 2016-12-05 14:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747296 logan_collier https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747493 My solution is to educate people about Ivory and where it comes from that way not as many people would want to buy it. The demand for ivory would go down and the prices will go down too. If the prices are down then poachers won't be able to make very much money, and this will force them to find other means of making money. I would also the reenact the 1989 ivory trade ban making it illegal for any country to sell ivory. This would make the demand for ivory go down even more because everyone would know that the ivory they are buying is illegal/ poached ivory.  I would have larger areas that are protected areas and not allow any hunting on that property. I would also enforce this very strongly with DNRs all around the property arresting people who try and poach there. ]]> 2016-12-05 14:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/logan_collier/4g86n6p4kr8p/wish/141747493