Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extincti...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 08/01/2008 - 10:15

African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989, but a conservation biologist believes there is little outcry because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals' plight.


 

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