The huge increase in the human population has caused the destruction of the Asian forest for human population. As a result, (1)____________________________. Originally they lived all over the continent, but now there are only small isolated populations left. These isolated elephant populations are vulnerable to extinction.
While Asian elephants are (2)_________________________, they are also killed for ivory and skin. In July 1990, a British wildlife group uncovered a black market for elephant skin. Elephants are shot in the forest along the border between Thailand and Burma, and their skin was sold to factories in Bangkok. (3)_______________________, etc, to sell to tourists.
