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Are african elephants endangered

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Ozella Dooley

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5y ago
Updated: 7/27/2021

African Elephants are endangered because hunters are killing them for their ivory and other body parts. It is estimated that by 2020 African elephants will be extinct.

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Why are African Elephant endangered?

African Elephants are endangered because hunters are killing them for their ivory and other body parts. It is estimated that by 2020 African elephants will be extinct.


Are African elephant going extinct?

African elephants are an endangered species. Each year, more than 40,000 elephants are killed for their tusks. Between 2002 and 2011, the number of African elephants decreased by 62 percent.


Why are African elephant?

Poaching was the cause of destruction of elephant species. The African bush elephant, the larger of the two African elephants, is not endangered, but considered "Vulnerable". The smaller African forest elephant, however, is endangered.


How many kinds of elephant is there?

Two are currently not extinct, but they are both endangered. There are African Elephants and Indian Elephants.


Are elephants endangered animals?

yes, only Asian though, not African


What animals are in endangered?

endangered animals include: giant pandas, mountain gorillas,whales, African elephants, seabirds


Are elephants endangered species?

The Asian elephant is endangered.The African elephant is vulnerable.


How was the endangerment of the African elephant caused?

African elephants are endangered because of poachers hunting ivory from the elephant's tusks


Are elephants endangered?

The Asian Elephant is listed as Endangered by the IUCN, the African Bush (Savanna) Elephant is listed as Vulnerable, and the conservation status of the African Forest Elephant is unknown.Answersadlyyes


Is all African elephants endangered?

Yes they are because its not like the ones that live in the forest are gonna be endangered and the ones that live on bare land arnt!!


Are elephants extinct or on endangered?

They are endangered right now, because there still are elephants around


Why are both Asian and African elephants endangered?

Yes.I think Asian elephants are more endangered,though.