Question

read this excerpt from a passage. unfortunately, saving elephants had a negative economic effect on some people. in 1999, in response to pressure from business interests that were losing money because of the ban on the ivory trade, cites allowed limited trade in stockpiled tusks. ivory that already had been harvested from elephants could once again be bought and sold. but disaster for the african elephant followed. poachers, or illegal hunters, rushed to kill more elephants. many people had foreseen that illegal trading of ivory would flourish again if any trading at all were allowed. following the cites decision, african elephants died in large numbers. a 2014 new york times editorial reported that approximately 30,000 to 35,000 african elephants were killed each year. only a complete ban of the ivory trade can save the african elephant from extinction. which type of logical fallacy appears in this excerpt? post hoc fallacy fallacy of the single cause cherry picking reversing causal direction

Explanation:

The passage claims that only a complete ban of the ivory trade can save African elephants from extinction, suggesting that the ivory - trade is the single cause of the threat to African elephants. However, there could be other factors like habitat loss, human - elephant conflict etc. This is the fallacy of the single cause.

Answer:

Fallacy of the single cause