Poaching has killed off 60 percent of Africa’s forest elephants since 2002, a new study showed. Research found that it take more than 20 years for female forest elephants to reproduce, but they also give birth only once every five to six years. An elephant is killed about every 15 minutes for its ivory, fueling a dangerous wildlife trafficking industry. “The slow reproductive rate as well as present poaching rates in the central African area does not bode well for forest elephants,” Andrea Turkalo of the Wildlife Conservation Society said. They are poaching these elephants quicker than they could even try to reproduce. Adding another extinct animal to our never ending list is horrible and we should make many efforts to stop contributing by killing for human needs. After these elephants are safely protected we can work on saving more endangered species due to humans. Its time for the animals to start hunting us.
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