Why are elephants endanged?

Answer 1

They were over hunted by poachers who wanted to sell their tusks which are quite quite valuable as ivory.

The ivory was once used for billiard balls and also piano keys.

However they are not really on the endangered species list they are one lower called threatened. Also, African natives view them as dangerous to people and their crops, so they shoot them.

The poachers did, killing them to use their tusks for the ivory trade.

also Habitat destruction has played a part in declining numbers.

and When we pollute the world we kill the elephants' home like some forests in Africa and even when we litter that makes a gas which causes the air to be polluted

Mostly by poachers, who earned big money in the ivory trade, selling the elephant's tusks. There has been some gains made in African elephant population recently, but the Asian species is still threatened with poaching and habitat loss. Because people buy ivory, and because its homeland is being converted to farming.

People who are poaching Elephants for their Ivory is the major factor in the endangerment for these great animals.
People who are poaching Elephants for their Ivory is the major factor in the endangerment for these great animals.
The two main factors involved in elephant endangerment are illegal poaching for tusks and habitat destruction.

Answer 2

Because of money hungry people (pochers) who want to sell their tusks---Ivory