Summary :
In the past four years, about 2,000 Savanna Elephants have been killed by ivory poachers in and around Chad's Zakouma National Park. Conservation has become very difficult for the guards, who have been shot and killed over the years. The World Conservation Society (WCS) is working on saving the current elephants in the park. The sudden drop in the population was noticed by Mike Fay, and other research showed that poaching was one again taking down the elephant population. There have been and are still many efforts going on to try and save this species, including the US government chipping in.
Opinion :
I think this is a very depressing topic, and the poachers should stop killing the elephants. The WCS should get more people involved in the problem, so maybe more could be done to stop the poaching. I also think the government and park guards should be more fierce in handling this situation. Since the elephants are only being used for their tusks, there are lots of dead elephants just lying around, which is heart-breaking. All in all, I think this situation should be taken seriously before the elephants go extinct.
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