Evolution

Darwin said that evolution, is the change of features and adaptions in creatures based on a progression  and in a way that betters the creature to it's environment. A key component is not that evolution creates the best of the ultimate creature but that it makes better creatures than the one before and if this creature is the best adapted and nothing changes in it's environment then evolution will pause. Man is creating creatures that have to evolve in a way that is beneficial in one way and not so much in another. There is a species of elephant that has evolved to have a recessive gene for tusklessness. The reason behind this is that poachers will not kill an elephant that has no tusks, they are not worth anything. This is a good defense against poachers yet is not a good in the terms of the fitness of an elephant. Tusks are a sign of strength to potential mates and are used in fighting other elephants for food, territory etc. Is this really an evolutionary trait if it is brought on by something not in their natural environment? I would say yes because whether or not humans should be in the African jungles and shooting elephants, they are, and if the elephants can find a way of defense,then good for them. Is this however something we as humans, should allow  to happen? Should we let our power hunger and want for dominance destroy the rest of the Earth, no. As much as we choose to ignore that we are cut from the same cloth as all living things, it is not something we will get rid of anytime soon.