PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY Student`s Name Course Professor Institution Date Driving Force for Destruction of Elephants The demand for Ivory mostly in Asia as led to the slaughter of Africa Elephants. In the 1980`s, Japan led in the demand for ivory resulting in the slaughter of thousands of elephants CITATION The l 1033 (The Economist, 2013). During the period, Japan was importing up to 500 tons of ivory equating to 50,000 elephants a
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