My presentation is about elephants, their lifestyle and their contributions to the international underground economy. Captive and wild elephants alike are threatened by endangerment, and this presentation will serve to raise awareness of this problem.

1. The wild, the captive, and the unfortunate tricks of the trade.

8. There are an approximate 600, 000 African Elephants compared to only about 60, 000 Asian Elephants, in today’s world.

9. Both African and Asian elephants are under threat from poachers who kill them for their ivory tusks. Fortunately today's world is more aware of the impact of ivory poaching and smuggling. An international five-year moratorium on ivory trading was agreed in 1989. More recent methods to track elephants and fight poaching involve 'fingerprinting' their footprints and ear patterns.