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Ivory Poaching started during the late 1800's. before the start of ivory poaching there were millions of elephants in the world in both Africa and India. But because of hunting for ivory, their numbers are greatly reduced. There are only a few thousand of these giants left in the wild in both Africa and India.
ivory is expensive
Yes. Many people will kill elephants for their tusks, which are composed of ivory and can be worth a large sum of money.
West Africa is one of the countries that had a lot of gold, pepper, and Ivory. The Portuguese were interested in these things and thus initiated trading with them.
There are a few thousand elephants in the wild in Africa and India. Once upon a time they were in millions but due to habitat loss and extensive poaching for Ivory, their numbers have shrunk to a few thousands.
Engaging in hunting activities without obtaining proper authorization from the designated property overseer is commonly referred to as poaching.
Poaching of animals be checked in various ways. The best way is to discourage the trade of ivory which is the most common motive for poaching.
That is Ghana .
The Ivory Coast is located in West Africa. It can be found between Ghana and Liberia. It also borders the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Ivory trade is not supposed to be happeninganywhere, because it has been banned, due to excessive poaching of Rhinos and Elephants.
There are two countries between Mauritania and the Ivory Coast. They are Mali and Burkina Faso. Mauritania is located in Northwest Africa.
Africa