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Sep 7, 1500
1500
In the 1500 hundreds there was estimate of 26 million African Elephants -
Late 1800s
The mass of production with combs, piano keys, brush handles, and pool balls fuels an ivory frezy in eurpe -
Early 1900
shooting an African elephants was considered a great honor honor for eurapeans safari. -
1990
Only 600,000 elephants remain -
1913
The U.S is consuming more that 200 tons of ivory per year and the estimate of elephants have dropped 10 million -
1950
Elephant killing has increased and with estimates that 250 elephnats are killed each day. -
1973
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is agreed to on March 3, 1973. -
1973
The endangered species act is signed into law becoming immediately -
1977
The African Elephants is listed on CITES. International trade for commercial purpose continues; the international African ivory trade regulated by CITES. -
1978
the African elephant is listed as threatened under the endangered species act. A "Special rule" allows for commercial ivory trade to continue. -
1979
Elephant population is reported at one point three million according to the results of first Pan-Africa elephant led survey led by Dr. Iain Dougla-Hamilton -
1988
After 10 years it is recognized that supposley well-regulated international trade of elephants ivory is a fail :( -
1989
CITES agrees to list the African Elephnants on Appendics. -
1989
Only 600,000 elephants reamain. -
1990
Some elephant population start to recover -
1997
Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia submit proposals downlist their population to appendix 2 and sell their ivory sockpiles. -
2002
south Africa sumbits a propsal downlist their population to appendix II south africa, botswan, Namibia, and zimb seek another "one of sale". -
2007
The african elephnat see a coalition (AEC) countries are sucesful in passing CITES industries a 9-year moration on stockpile sale proposal -
2011
Numbers of poach elephants and large-sale ivory seiuzers are so high -
2009-2013
Empirical research, MIKE PIKE levels at ETIS ivory seizures demonstrate poaching of elephants for their ivory. -
2012
securatry of sate hillary clinton makes a call to Action to world leaders to stop this epic extict of elephants -
2013
U.S president Brock ombhama passed exutive order combating wildlife trafficking to attack the issues through the whole goverment -
2014
Paul Allen and elephants without borders launch the great elephant census -
2015
Great Elephats census is annoucend, elephant population has droped 30% -
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