African Elephants Targated by Global Criminal Trafficking Networks

Author:
United Nations
Publisher:
United Nations
Publication Date:
23 May 2012
Tags:
Africa, International Organizations and Africa, Wildlife, Environment, Legal and Judicial Affairs

African elephants are increasingly targeted by global criminal trafficking networks, with illegal poaching and ivory trafficking reaching peak levels last year. But one man remains committed to saving these vulnerable creatures.

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