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Threats

Poaching

The African Bush Elephant faces the challenge of avoiding high risk endangerment with the constant threat of poaching and predators on the rise.  With the high demand for Ivory in Eastern Asia, the black-market trade network has left the species close to extinction.  Poachers target the elephant’s tusk for the ivory and in some cases, remove the tusk while the elephant is still alive. CITES reports the black market is believed to be the main culprit for targeting around 17,000 elephants in various areas. Currently the species has been pushed further into reaching the stage of extinction. Poaching of the elephant has dated back all the way to the years of 1970 and 1980, which was considered the largest killings in history. Unfortunately, the species is placed in harm's way, due to the limited conservation areas provided in Africa.  In most cases the killings of the African Bush Elephant have occurred near the outskirts of the protected conservations.  Areas found mostly in Central and Western Africa contains the greatest decline in the African Bush Elephants. IUCN’s statistical data concludes, the population has taken a great decline of 111,000.  

Predators

The species faces the challenge of avoiding predators such as: humans, lions, hyenas, and crocodiles.  Typically, larger elephants are not preyed upon, unless the species is deemed ill or weak by the predator. Predators target the African Bush Elephant’s newborns (calves), due to the calves being smaller in size and straying away from the herd. Over the years, certain regions in Africa have been known to contain an abundant amount of the elephants’ carcasses. These graveyards are overwhelmed by lions and hyenas, prowling and foraging for what is left from the elephant's corpse. Human interference plays a major role in the drastic decline of the elephants’ species. Vast areas, which used to make up Sub-Saharan Africa are transformed into agricultural developments and large building infrastructures. The sudden disturbance amongst these areas leaves the elephants without an stable habitat and limits their ability to roam freely.  Large corporations connected with commercial logging and mining have stripped apart the land, giving poachers easy access to the African Bush Elephant.  As human developments continue to grow, the human population faces the trouble of coming into contact with the elephant’s more frequently, due to the species desperate search for food and water. Farmers residing in nearby areas trouble with the African Bush Elephants rummaging through their crops. In many cases the elephants are killed instantly when they disturb a village or forage upon a farmer’s crop.

Conservation

Legal Protections/Status

The dramatic decline of the African Bush Elephant has resulted in various legal protections being placed in several states of Africa. Certain measures focus primarily on encouraging  habitat management and protection with legal action.  These legal protections restrict the species from being harmed by poachers and other wildlife threats.  Regions known as Range states, are responsible for ensuring certain areas inhabited by the species are preserved.   The decline of the species was brought to attention worldwide in 1989. During this time officials placed a ban stating the elephants could no longer be hunted for the ivory found in their tusks. Currently, many conservation araes are limited, at least 70% of the species range resides in areas which are not protected by the law.

Status

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Organization/Content

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Length

Wikipedia's guidelines on article sizesuggest the writer refrain from using excessive amounts of information in a article. All information presented in the article must connect to the topic without any discrepancies. Feature articles that pertain to larger well-known artist like Aaliyah and Tupac will include a word count of 9,000 words or more. Good articles such as Eazy-E and Lisa Lopes tend to have a word count of 2,000 to 5,000 words due to the artist having less popularity.

Citations/Sources

The incorporation of links is very valuable for writing an article on Wikipedia. Articles which are considered “featured” and “good” include at least twenty or more sources. Wikipedia states the context matters when deciding if a article contains reliable sources. For a better understanding, any information included in the article must be able to support the text. When questioning if an article is  reliable, the readers look towards the sources to see if it is deemed as credible. An article related to music biographies may include credible sources such as: Billboard magazine, Rolling Stone, Vibe magazine, and  articles from New York times. Links are presented throughout the text with citations or hyperlinks when information is being applied from that given source.

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