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Elephant Poaching. Ivory Sales. 25,000 elephants were killed in 2011 for their tusks $95 per pound Average weight of a male tusk is 135 lbs , making one tusk worth about $12,825. Ivory Sales. The home of a Filipino collector is lavish with ivory religious icons. 1979; 1,300,000
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Elephant Poaching Ivory Sales
25,000 elephants were killed in 2011 for their tusks • $95 per pound • Average weight of a male tusk is 135 lbs, making one tusk worth about $12,825 Ivory Sales
The home of a Filipino collector is lavish with ivory religious icons.
1979; 1,300,000 • 2007; 472,000-690,000 • A %36-%53 decline in 28 years Estimated Population
People kill for the tusks • Easy way to make money • Do it to support family • In some countries, tusks are a symbol of power and wealth • Carved into religious statues Why?
Elephants could be extinct by 2024 Challenges our view on certain countries A few people influence the way others see their countries Demand for tusks are growing in certain countries due to their symbol of power and wealth Elephants will only be seen in zoos More people are choosing money over creatures The black market are making millions off the tusks every year Elephants maintain the Colophospermummopane Tree • Challenge and Change Society
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs • Elephants have deep family bonds • They morn the death of family members • When a family member is taken away, the level of saftey and belonging-ness are taken away Psychology
Studies have shown that when a herd loses an older female member, lose social bonding skills • Important factors when finding a mate • Impacts later fertility Psychology continued
Harry Harlow outlined the importance of the need of security from ones mother • Sometimes the elephant calves are left orphaned when their mother is killed for her tusks • The claves then grow up (if at all) not having the sense of love and security that their mother would of provided Harry Harlow
Elephant calves interact with different members of the herd • They all have a part in raising the individuals • When one or more of those figures are taken away from the youngster, they may not be learning all that they should be Symbolic interactionism
Society is a whole unit made up of interrelated parts that work together in order to maintain order and stability in society • All parts of the herd must be present to maintain order and achieve the things they need to survive • The balance is thrown off when members are killed • Each elephant must be present in order to obtain stability in the herd Functionalism
1. When an elephant calf grows up without a mother, it is possibly losing important learning skills. Do you think nurture vs. nature applies to the claves? If so do you think its nurture or nature that helps them learn? Would the calf be able to survive without its mother? Questions
2. People kill the elephants as an easy way to make money. If the government were to step in and help create opportunities to help individuals make legal sources of income, do you think that it would make a positive impact on the ivory trade? Or would the ivory sales still be prominent around the globe?
3. How would the extinction of elephants impact society? Would it just be another lost species like the Woolly Mammoth or the Do-Do Bird? What consequences would it have on the environment?
