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Hello Newsrounders, welcome to Johannesburg in South Africa. | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
I'm here because thousands of elephants are being illegally | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
killed every year across Africa for their ivory tusks. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
And I've spent the last week finding out why elephants are so important | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
and what is being done to stop that happening. | :00:26. | :00:27. | |
The biggest ever meeting of the worlds countries to talk | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
about how to protect wildlife is happening here. | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
And last night they agreed to call for a ban on the buying | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
The killing of elephants is a massive problem here in Africa | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
Elephants are some of the most famous and most loved animals on the | :00:45. | :01:12. | |
planet and today they are walking a road to extinction. | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
This counted and recorded the number of Elle fans and where they live. | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
They used a plane to fly across 18 African countries from Mali in the | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
west to South Africa where I am now. The results were shocking. In seven | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
years, one in three of Africa's elephants has disappeared. Elephants | :01:34. | :01:42. | |
without borders, a group involved in the census say 30,000 are being | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
killed a year and since 2007, Africa's lost 144,000 because of | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
poaching. That's when they're imlegally hunted | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
and killed for their tusks which can be sold around the world for huge | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
amounts of money as part of the Ivory trade -- illegally. They are | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
being killed faster than new elephants are being born and unless | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
something is done to stop Ivory poaching, there is a fear Elle fans | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
could die out within our lifetime. This is where it gets confusing. | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
Countries selling Ivory to each other isn't allowed, but buying and | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
selling old Ivory like antiques is still allowed in some countries. But | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
the illegal Ivory trade's not stopped. Poachers are still killing | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
elephants for their tusks and the Ivory is still being sent around the | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
world by networks of criminalsmost lick to places like China and | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
Vietnam where they can be carved into jewellery or ornaments. There | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
are different opinions as to whether the trade should be allowed. Some | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
countries say they should be allowed to sell Ivory to raise money for | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
elephants. Many other countries say the only way to stamp out poaching | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
is to ban the trade on Ivory completely. | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
Campaigners say this call for a ban on all ivory trading is a big | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
step forward in stopping elephants being poached. | :03:06. | :03:07. | |
But this ban would only apply if countries choose to follow it. | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
Finding ways to protect elephants has been really | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
So what makes these amazing creatures so cool. | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Here's 11 things you might not know about them. | :03:20. | :03:28. | |
There are only two types, African and Asian. Female Asian Elle fans | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
don't have tusks. Elle fans can be left tusked or | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
right tusked like being left or right handed. | :03:41. | :03:47. | |
-- a newborn elephant weighs more than 200 pounds, about 30 human | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
babies. Elephants have eye lashes. The | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
African elephant is the world's largest land animal. | :03:59. | :04:07. | |
Adult elephants cannot jump. They don't like bees. | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
An elephant's trump has more muscles than the whole human body put | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
together. Elephants can get sun burn. They use | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
sand or mud to protect themselves. Elephants are pregnant for 22 | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
months, almost two years! How amazing are these animals? ! | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
There's loads more online; take a look at our guide about elephants | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
and the ivory trade and test yourself with our elephant quiz. | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
Make sure you're watching Newsround tomorrow to find out what you tell | :04:40. | :04:47. | |
And we put your elephant questions to school kids in South Africa. | :04:48. | :04:58. | |
From the team in Johannesburg, have a brilliant evening. | :04:59. | :05:01. |