Too tempting, too easy: poachers kill Kenya's biggest elephant

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisJun 16, 2014, 5:55 pm98 pts
While illegal, the ivory trade is having a huge impact on elephant populations throughout the world. A new report issued by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) finds that while there was a small reduction in the number of African elephants killed by…

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