New data shows continued decline of African forest elephants

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 18:20 in Biology & Nature

New data from the field in Central Africa shows that between 2002 and 2013, 65 percent of forest elephants were killed. New data from the field in Central Africa shows that between 2002 and 2013, 65 percent of forest elephants were killed. They are being poached, for their ivory, at a shocking 9 percent per year.

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