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The Elephant

By Elisa Whalin

THE ELEPHANT CAN REACH INTO THE

HIGHEST TREES. ALL 

ELEPHANTS ARE AMAZING.

ELEPHANTS HAVE TUSKS.

LETHAL WEAPONS AGAINST THEIR 

ENEMIES. BUT 

PEOPLE LIKE THEIR TUSKS ALSO.

HUMANS USE IVORY TO DECORATE HOUSES

AND MAKE MEDICINES. HUMANS ARE

NASTY

TO INNOCENT ELEPHNATS.

STOP!

ASK YOURSELF, HUMANS, DO YOU

REALLY UNDERSTAND? YOU'RE KILLING

ELEPHANTS!

DO

YOU DESERVE TO DIE?

IF YOU WERE HUNTED BY 

NASTY HUMANS.

GOING, GOING, GONE..

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By Katie Henderson, Bexley Grammar School in Kent

Elephants live all over the world,

We should treat them with respect

So why are people killing them?

It is not right, unjust.

Can't you see it is all going wrong?

Killed for their ivory tusks

Their fine mighty large bodies

Are being wasted for ornaments.

These beautiful beasts

Are becoming extinct

The happiness they should have

Is replaced by mourning of others.

The ideology of living simply and protecting animals

Is no longer existent

People are killing them for money

What have the elephants done to us?

Why are we killing them?

These endangered animals.

The eighth wonder of the world

Is being slaughtered for man's advantage.

It is not fair,

Support and protect the elephants

So the orphans can keep their family

Look at them and think: 'We can do something and we need to do something'.

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By Francesca W., Bexley Grammar School in Kent

The elephants were happy and content,

Larking about drinking from the river,

There is a rustle in the bushes,

The elephants were happy and content.

The elephants were in shock,

They were running in all directions,

Then the shot rang out

The elephants were in shock.

The elephant lays there silent and still,

Her tusks have been removed.

The rest of the herd were looking on in dismay.

The elephant lays there silent and still.

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By Josh W, Bexley Grammar School in Kent

Isn't it lovely, seeing an elephant

Larking in the sun.

Also with their children,

Exploring life, never knowing

What's going to happen next.

They stop to grab a drink,

From a stream that ran through the jungle

One of the baby elephants gets distracted,

Wandering over to a piece of fruit.

Clueless, excited, not knowing what's going to happen next.

The mother has already experienced child death

Through poaching

She has seen it before, a young elephant,

Being bated, reeled into wickedness,

The mother sees, she feels horror, 

Desperately trying to warn her child, from death

She cries with all her heart, screaming,

The baby gets scared and panics,

She runs frantically then, snap!

The mother never saw her baby, again...

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By Lucy Nicholls, Bexley Grammar School in Kent

All elephants are in urgent need of help

You may not hear it, but inside they yelp,

Harmless elephants are forced to die,

If they've done nothing, why oh why?

While elephants are left to shrink so small,

Their predators laugh and stand up tall

All the elephants have to try

If they've done nothing, why oh why?

These predators are just full of hate,

Can't they see the mess they'll create?

All the elephants must want to cry

If they've done nothing, why oh why?

Would the elephants lose a life?

Why should they be put up against a knife?

Why should they die, cry or try?

Why should this happen, why oh why?

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By Caitlan, Bexley Grammar School in Kent

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Save the Elephants

by Megan Esfie at Bexley Grammar School in Kent

Save the elephant

All day long they walk

Vague understanding of poaching

Educate the people

Tusks taken for their wealth

Here, now, we need to help them

Elephants are worth it

Elephants are vulnerable

Let us help them

Elephants need us

Poached for ivory

Help needed to save them

Amazing creatures

No self-protection

They need to be saved

Save them today