World Elephant Day: Poaching remains ‘unacceptably high’ for African elephants

Mongabay
By Shreya DasguptaAug 12, 2016, 5:00 am217 pts
Poaching has decimated elephant populations across Africa. Every year, an estimated 30,000 African elephants are killed for the illegal ivory trade, and fewer than 400,000 animals are thought to remain today. Now, two new reports suggest that the upward trend of elephant poaching for the illegal ivory trade…

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