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More African elephants are dying than being born, study shows

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Aug
2014

Africas fragile elephant population may be declining even faster than previously estimated, according to a major study published this week. The paper, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, estimates that 100,000 elephants were killed by poachers between 2010 and 2012, driven largely by increased demand for ivory in China and other parts of Asia. Over the past decade, the percentage of African elephant deaths due to poaching has increased from about 25 percent to between 60 and 70 percent, suggesting that deaths are now outpacing births on the continent. We are shredding the fabric of elephant society and exterminating populations across the continent, George Wittemyer, a professor at Colorado State University and lead author of the study, told BBC News.

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