Elephants wear ivory-let’s make sure it stays that way!

Hi, I’m Ashleigh. I’m very glad you area reading my blog! Elephants are such magnificent animals, but they don’t gain the respect they deserve! Whilst elephants are helping us and the environmental world around us, we aren’t helping them, alternatively we are causing their death rates to increase! This is all down to poaching and the Ivory Trade. This is an issue I feel very strongly about. What have they done to deserve this torture? 
I hope that by the time you have read the very last word on this page you will feel as strongly as I do about the ivory trade and be more informed about the situation and thinking of ways to help!

Here is a true story.
A young elephant named Kanjoro is now happy and enjoying life at The Davis Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. But he hasn’t always been happy.  At just 20 months old Kanjoro was found on his own near Kanjoro Lugga in Ol Malo Ranch. He was seen alone by a Samburu Scout for 2 days, and as he was too young to survive without his herd, he needed to be rescued.
The reason Kanjoro needed rescue was due to poaching, as many elephants are.

Poaching scars all elephants for the rest of their lives. Elephants are social herd animals and mourn when a member of their herd dies.

That’s where The David Sheldrick Trust comes in to give young elephants the best start in life, and turn their frowns upside down!

It’s predicted that if elephants continue to be poached at the current rate they will be extinct by 2020!!!!!!!!!
Poaching has doubled in the last year and has reached the highest levels in over 2 decades since the ivory ban!!!
Poaching not only effects the elephants but also the community and world around them!

Thank you so much for taking interest in my blog I hope this has appealed to you. It would be much appreciated if you would post me your thoughts. If possible please could you answer these questions in your response:

• Have you heard about this organisation before?
• Do you now feel more aware about the devastating effects of the ivory trade?
• Would you now consider helping the trust by donating, fostering an elephant, persuading others to take action?

Please could you also tell me where you come from i.e your town and country!
For further information on the organisation go to http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/ Please help make sure that only elephants wear ivory!

Thank you for your time and taking an interest to my blog!
Ashleigh