Before the common era elephants were used more violently for war (e.g. They would charge through the opposing side crushing many people under their feet). Elephants were used for warfare, during the Shang Dynasty (17th - 12th century BC), in the Persian war and in India in the 4th century BC. Elephants used in World War 1 and World War 2 did more peaceful work (e.g. Farming and carrying heavy loads). There are only two elephant species left today. The African and Asian elephants. Asian elephants are most commonly used. They are smaller than African Elephants. They have smaller ears, dark grey-brown skin with patches of pink in some areas. Only male elephants have tusks, unlike African Elephants, both male and female have tusks. Asian Elephants were the first species to be tamed. Asian Elephants are easier to train than African Elephants, because they live near people so they’re used to them and are more friendly. African elephants are more wild. People started using elephants, because they can do heavy labor (e.g. One can haul a load that would take many horses), elephants are highly intelligent therefore are easy to train. …show more content…
These elephants helped ploughing on the fields, loading hay, watering the fields and towing heavy loads. A well known elephant that helped during World War 1 was Lizzie. Lizzie was a trained circus, Asian elephant. She was sent to do heavy labor at Thomas Ward Ltd, a company that recycled scraps of metal and supplied the recycled metal to companies in Britain that needed metal to make military supplies for the army (e.g.