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How will elephants become extinct?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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If you're meaning the African elephant or the Asian Elephant, then they could become extinct by means of over hunting and poaching. They are mainly hunted for their ivory. Most of their habitats are becoming destroyed or built on.

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