2007-02-14 23:18:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anirban Kumar 1 in Environment
Because the bad poachers are killing them for there ivory tusks..
Oh guess what now in the open market place "ivory" is out it is not appealing to the rich folks anymore!
2007-02-14 23:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most endangered species of elephant is the Asian Elephant.... this list shows the number of Asian Elephants alive in the world from 1900 to 2005 you can clearly see the number of elephants are decreasing!
1900: 200,000
Late 1970's: 25,000 - 36,000
1978: 28,000 - 42,000
1983: 30,000 - 40,000
1984: Fewer than 50,000
1990: 34,000 - 56,000
1991: 30,000 - 55,000
1995: No more than 50,000
1997: 35,000 - 50,000
2003: 30,000 - 40,000
2005: 35,000 - 50,000
2007-02-14 23:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by PINK_LADY 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greedy humans killed the animals for their ivory tusks. Ever heard of tickle the ivories...piano keys used to be made from ivory. People thought it to have medicinal properties as well. People never thought of the consequences that there might not be any left one day.
2007-02-14 23:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Killing for ivory. 2. Habitat destruction and elimination (turned into farmland).
2007-02-14 23:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because as usual, us humans thought we didn't need them.
2007-02-14 23:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by disco ball 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like you they are having a bad spell.
2007-02-20 21:39:38 · answer #6 · answered by raymondo C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋