Sentence examples for being slaughtered to from inspiring English sources

IN THE 1970S and 1980s Africa's elephants were being slaughtered to satisfy demand for ivory in Asia, above all Japan.

Last week, Profepa, Mexico's environmental protection agency, claimed that turtles were being slaughtered to feed a smuggling network similar to those of drug traffickers (such networks often overlap).

By 1886, when the Audubon Society was founded, more than five million birds a year were being slaughtered to satisfy the millinery trade.

His subsequent experiences in Brazil, where he witnessed hideous cruelties being inflicted on slaves, and in Argentina, where he saw the pampas Indians being slaughtered to make way for Spanish ranchers, only confirmed him in his egalitarian beliefs.

The H5N1 virus has been responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of birds and has led to hundreds of millions more being slaughtered to stop its spread.

In 1874, millions of buffalo were being slaughtered to make room for settlers and ranchers.

After CH4 emission measurements, all sheep were slaughtered to obtain rumen fluid samples.

For instance, it isn't convenient to learn how animals are slaughtered, to witness that process.

How many My Little Ponies, we asked, were slaughtered to make such a creation?

Thousands of sheep, cows and camels are slaughtered to mark the event.

At the end of the trial, pigs were slaughtered to obtain samples of pancreas and intestinal digesta.