The Animal Population group researched many different African animals who are close to extinction. We have published many of our notes for the public. Included in these notes are pictures we found, and movies you can download and view from your personal computer. Our notes have been broken down into three pages to make it easier for you to download. These animals are endangered because poachers hunt them for their horns and then sell them on the black market.
Some people also think, wrongly, that the horn is a powerful medicine.
It is also used to make dagger handles for tribes in the Yemen. By the late 1970s less than 30,000 Black Rhinoceroses remained, and by 1984 these had fallen to 9,000 and continue to decline, with several populations becoming extinct. African Elephant The African Elephant can be found throughout all of the African mainland. The African Elephant, the largest living land animal, is vulnerable because it is under attack from poachers who hunt and kill it just to take its tusks. The tusks, which are in fact enormous front teeth, are made of ivory, and this is often carved to make valuable ornaments and jewelry.