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Elephants were put on the endagered species list
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Elephants were listed under appendix 1 of CITES, or the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species
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100,000 elephants are being killed every year
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African Elephant conservation act of 1989
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The United States, Australia, and Europe banned the commercial import of ivory.
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The African elephant population act was passed to assist other conservation programs and financially aid them,
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Price of ivory in China has tripled
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The intensity of the slaughter of elephants reaches what it was in the 1980s when 100,000 elephants were being killed every year. (in Africa).
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African Elephants are predicted to go extinct within this century, probably mid 21st century.
