Report unmasks indiscriminate killer of elephants: poaching not for ivory, but for skin

Mongabay
May 14, 2018, 1:29 am110 pts
Growing Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is a rapidly growing threat to the species’ survival in neighboring Myanmar, a new report warns. Over the past decade, Myanmar has seen a significant increase in the number of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) killed, with conservationists…

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