elephant...

...so endangered

precious, majestic, standing in beauty now numbering few

at the turn of the 20th century - there were a few million - african elephants and about 100,000 Asian elephants - today there are an estimated 450,000 - 700,000 african elephants - and between 35,000 - 40,000 wild asian elephants

these numbers are ridiculously low - and we are looking at the possibility of - extinction if we're not careful - which truly saddens my heart - humans need to recognize there are - many more similarities between themselves - and the elephant thereby putting a halt - to the poaching which occurs - along with the destruction of elephant habitat - when this happens and human eyes are opened - perhaps there will be hope for...

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happy day.....