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Either for the thrill of the hunt, or because there's money to be made from the parts of the animals. Ivory from elephant's tusks is very valuable to some. Tiger body parts are used in Eastern medicine.

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their tusks, which are valuable ivory. This is against the law.

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Can elephants be killed easily?

as easily as you...


What where elephants used for?

Elephants Tusks are used for paino keys and art. They are killed for their tusks.


How long have people been killing elephants for your selfish needs?

People have never killed elephants for my selfish needs.


What are they doing about it killing the elephants?

Its bad that the elephant is been killed.


Elephants being killed fir their tusks?

Yes,for ivory


Do elephants die?

no there live forever unless killed by a gun


How many elephants are killed for their tusks?

Hundreds of thousands of elephants have been killed over the past century by trophy hunters and ivory poachers. Approximately 100 years there were 5 to 10 million elephants that roamed the Savannah of Africa and today there are only a few thousand of these magnificent species left in the jungles of Africa.


What percentage of elephants die from hunters every year?

I'm not sure what percentage, but about 70,000 African elephants are killed annually by poachers for ivory which is in the elephants tusks. Hope this helps.


Why do elephants get killed for there skin?

because elephant skin is worth a lot of $$$$$


Can elephants kill people?

Yes, they can be killed in a stampede or by the powerful tusks.


Where was ivory obtained?

Mainly from Africa, from the tusks of elephants killed for that purpose.


Can an elephant eat a human alive?

Elephants do not eat humans or any meat. They eat plants.