Raising An Elephant

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Step 1: Raise Awareness, Build Community, and Creating Safe Habitat

Lots of people are oblivious to to the fact that elephant numbers are dropping, so they're not doing anything to help. One of the world's greatest communications services is the internet and social media. So appealing to the world of social media is one of the best ways to raise money and get the word to spread about the elephant problem. Almost any solution to help save the elephants is going to cost money, therefore if we raise money and awareness others can get involved. Being educated could convince more people to help out with the cause and show them how they can help. It's hard to know sometimes how to help with an issue, so if we spread the word about different …show more content…

In the black market a whole tusk can be sold for $50,000 (Frei, n.d.). The African wildlife foundation is an organization that focus on community empowerment and wildlife preservation (Learn about the elephants, n.d.). The program is doing many different projects to help the people in Africa. One project helps provide opportunities to become a ranger and training as well as other jobs. They give the people of Africa a way to make money in more respectable ways. They also are giving the people of Africa an education on conservation, so they know how to help the elephants. This organization wants to improve the community in African countries in order to improve the wildlife. If the community is stronger then less people may be convinced to poach for large amounts of cash. If more programs like this are created more poachers can be stopped. The organization not only focuses on elephants, there goal is to help all of Africa's wildlife. Thy have already accomplished things to help save other endangered species. For example, from their projects they have increased the mountain gorilla population by 25% (Learn about the elephants, n.d.). "They have also have doubled their investments across Africa since 2009, opening ten new facilities, science centers and ecolodges. These facilities provide jobs, research opportunities, and income for local communities and villages". This is the kind of organization that will create a future for

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