Africa: Elephant Death Toll Rises

In Africa, more elephants are being killed than are being born in a year, finds study.

Researchers said in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that almost 35,000 elephants have been killed since 2010 in the African continent, reported the BBC. They also warned that if the killing continues at this rate, the entire population will be wiped out in the next 100 years.

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