Elephants are valued by some people because their tusks are made of ivory. Although it is illegal, people kill elephants, take the ivory, and sell it to make a variety of objects like jewelry and sculptures. This activity is an example of which threat to biodiversity?

Poaching is the illegal killing or capture of wild animals, often to sell valuable body parts. Killing elephants for their ivory is therefore poaching. Habitat destruction, pollution, and nonnative species are different threats to biodiversity.

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