Status+of+the+Asian+Elephant


 * [[image:sTATUS_JOLISA_!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.jpg width="408" height="283" caption="Loss of habitat"]] || [[image:status_Amal.jpg width="369" height="283" caption="Asian Elephant being shot by a poacher"]] ||

By Jolisa, Anna, Amal and Jason
===    The Asian Elephant is an endangered species. Only 28,000-42,000 still wander in the wild when there used to be 100,000. This is caused by poaching and logging. The elephants are killed for trampling crops. They are also killed because of their valuable ivory tusks. Other times they are murdered for food or their “magic” tail hairs. Fortunately they are not extinct. They might have been if we had not kept them in zoos and make them work in logging businesses. Adult elephants are nearly invincible compared to other animals. On the other hand the calves are easily killed by carnivores. They are also trampled by rhinoceros and buffalo. Let us hope that elephants never go extinct. === ===        Bibliography   The Life and Lore of the Elephant by Robert Delort   Elephants and Mammoths by Gwynne Vevers   Mammals by David Burnie   The Book of Mammals by National Geographic   In the Forest With Elephants by Roland Smith and Michael J. Schmidt  ===

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/178.shtml

 * [[image:Status_Anna.jpg width="374" height="278" caption="The habitat is shrinking"]] || [[image:Status_Jason.jpg width="382" height="278" caption="An elephant and a poacher"]] ||