Meet the African elephant—the largest land animal on Earth. This species is protected under the US Endangered Species Act, a 50-year-old law that safeguards wildlife not only in America but also abroad. One of the greatest threats to African elephant conservation is wildlife crime, including poaching of the species for their ivory tusks. Other significant threats African elephants face in the wild include habitat loss and degradation, regional instability, climate change, and human-wildlife conf