The article Slaughter of the African Elephants is about how in different country's ivory is the new thing out and its very expensive. People that really don't have money if they see an elephant they will chop there head off just to get there ivory. Some people want to do things to stop the killing of this animal some things they could do is crack down on poaching, follow the money trail, and people should stop buying ivory. A reason they shouldn't kill elephants for they ivory because they babies would die slow of hunger because they need there mother milk.