People kill animals for their meat, fur, teeth and so on. Animals are in great danger now. Every year, yellow-breasted buntings (黄胸鹀) fly from Siberia(西伯利亚) to southern China. They spend winter there. They fly over 4,000 kilometers. But when they arrive, they are in danger. People kill lots of the birds, because they think the birds taste good and eating their meat is good for health. In 2017, the birds became a kind of very endangered animals. If people don't do something about it, we will not see them in the future.
Elephants are also in danger. Elephants use their ivory to fight, lift things, get water and food. But it also brings them bad luck. People not only use it to make jewelry (珠宝), but also use it to make medicine. They think that medicine made of ivory can make people healthy. Every year，people kill about 27. 000 elephants. according to National Geographic. In fact, people don't really need the ivory. Only elephants need it. To protect the elephants, China started to stop the buying and selling of ivory on December 31st, 2017. So please don't buy things made of ivory. And remember Word Elephant Day is on August 12th.
