Elephant poaching in Africa
An elephant takes a dust-bath in Tsavo West National Park, located in southern Kenya. A slowdown in the increase of Kenya’s elephant numbers is raising fears that hard-fought gains in saving the animals may be reversed.
Africa's elephants are endangered by the illegal trade in ivory.
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