Countries are demanding that ivory becomes a legal trade internationally, but this could cause the extinction of the species due to the high demand that is not in proportion to its sustainability. Changing the trade from illegal to legal will not solve the issue of extinction because the demand for ivory is still increasing even though the trade is considered illegal. During April, Kenya tried to make a statement to persuade the nation that the trade should become legal. Kenya set 105 tons or 6,500 elephants on fire to convince the government that not making the trade legal is the cause of the near extinction. The demand for ivory is increasing in Asia and is putting pressure on Kenya and other African nation to legalize the trade. If the legalization occurs, a large amount of young elephants will be killed in order to gain the same amount of ivory that would be seen on an older male elephant. Older male elephants will become extinct and the younger generations will become the next targets. If poaching stops during legalization, the elephants could still be victims of extinction due to the high demand of ivory. The legalization of ivory is a concern to nations. Ivory is used in many commercial products and this affects not only Asia and Africa, but the world because the utilization of ivory is seen internationally. Elephant's extinction will eventually put a stop to the use of ivory and if nations want to prevent this species from going extinct, nations must find a solution to decrease poaching and possibly replacing ivory with a different resource in order to decrease the demand for ivory. news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/wildlife-legal-ivory-trade-not-sustainable-study/
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