African bush elephant, One-off ivory sales, 2008

African bush elephant sits in the field note for 2008 under “One-off ivory sales”, and the figure beside it is 2021. At the end of the children’s table, check that the label and the notebook match, and correct the notebook if they do not. Do not merge a zoo birthday with the field survey. This week, keep only the field side. Canneries, ivory, longlines or shikar scaled the take. At the children’s corner, open African bush elephant so the notebook shows 2008 first, 2021 next, and “One-off ivory sales” beside them.

This week, before you open the animal book in the children’s corner, write only the name, the year, and the figure on the notebook, then read those three lines once and close the book. At home, leave the notebook on the shoe shelf and, the next morning, read the three lines aloud once, then shut it. The order is African bush elephant, 2008, 2021, then “One-off ivory sales”. When the picture book is done, look again only at 2008 for African bush elephant and leave 2021 on the notebook.

Do not line the species up by size, danger, or popularity. If someone asks which animal is greater, read the field entry for that year again. Check the picture-book label against the notebook, and leave any ranking space blank. Do not merge a zoo birthday with the field survey. This week, keep only the field side. Match One-off ivory sales with 2021 at the children’s corner before you close 2008 for African bush elephant. African bush elephant sits in the field note for 2008 under “One-off ivory sales”, and the figure beside it is 2021.