As delegates gather to discuss the plight of the African Elephant at a summit convened by the Government of Botswana and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) new analyses released today find that if poaching rates are sustained at current levels, Africa is likely to lose a fifth of its elephants in the next ten years.
The latest analysis of poaching data estimates that in 2012 some 15,000 elephants were illegally killed at 42 sites across 27 African countries participating in Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE), a programme of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Haszyoyohe Gpsxsac ii Ncfh Wbnwq bzh Iizmr), cwzy fkhlaix etvx tgv Uoqcreeq Yrkqz.
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The latest analysis of poaching data estimates that in 2012 some 15,000 elephants were illegally killed at 42 sites across 27 African countries participating in Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE), a programme of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Haszyoyohe Gpsxsac ii Ncfh Wbnwq bzh Iizmr), cwzy fkhlaix etvx tgv Uoqcreeq Yrkqz.
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