The African elephant, remarkably, is not considered endangered, rather, the species is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN. The Asian elephant is endangered.
African Elephants are vulnerable because of various reasons:
- Hunting & Poaching - Trophy Hunting and Ivory Poaching is the main reason for the decline in numbers of African elephants. There were once millions of these animals and now only a few thousand survive
- Habitat Loss - As human numbers grew, people started settling into forests and that has also affected elephant populations.
- Predators: the lion, that eats them, only when completely help less and alone; and humans, because humans use their tusks for ivory such as piano keys.
