500 Elephants

How does the author show that it is difficult to move an elephants?

• by telling the steps that the African Parks team took to relocate the elephants

• by totaling the number of elephants the African Parks team had to move

• by explaining the problems that caused the elephants to be moved

• Elephants are huge animals that are safer in zoos than in the wild.

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What is the main idea of the text?

• African Parks moved 500 elephants to a new wildlife preserve in order to protect them.

• Many organizations are doing big things to help elephants stay safe from poachers

• People love to learn more about elephants at the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve.

• Elephants are huge animals that are safer in zoos than in the wild.

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Why was having too many elephants a problem in Liwonde National Park?

• Because their herds did not have a good place to live, the elephants started to starve.

• Because they did not have enough food, the elephants began to eat farmers' crops.

• Because their tusks were worth a lot of money, poachers began to hunt them.

• Because they were so big, people became scared and killed them.

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Why does the author call the move "mammoth" in the heading of the first section and paragraph 6?

• to show how moving the large elephants was done by a lot of people

• to show how moving many elephants was important to save them

• to show how moving the big elephants was a complicated task

• to show how moving a few elephants made a lasting change

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