Poachers Kill Up To 40,000 African Elephants A Year
Researchers have quantified the contribution of poach to elephant declination for the first time , and they found that illegal killing is enough to endanger the selection of the species . Across the African continent , poachers have driven an average reducing of 2 to 3 percent a yr between 2010 and 2012 – that ’s 100,000 elephants in just three year . Theworkwas published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesthis week ....