Elephant Poaching in Africa - Some Statistics 2014

[Mel]

Tue Mar 25, 2014

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Kiprono said Kenya had lost 18 rhinos and 51 elephants to poachers so far this year.
Last year, 59 rhinos and 302 elephants were killed, compared with 30 rhinos and 384 elephants in 2012.

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Full article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/ ... D020140325

[Mel]

May 13, 2014

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According to African Parks Network (APN), an NGO that manages Garamba under agreement with the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation, 33 elephant carcasses have been discovered so far. Most appear to have been killed in April, but ten carcasses were discovered Friday, their tusks removed.

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Full article here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... ing-world/

[Mel]

According to The New Age Namibia lost 79 elephants in 2014.

[Mel]

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The years 2011, 2012 and 2013 witnessed the highest levels of poaching since the crisis of the 1980s.

KWS director general William Kiprono last month said Kenya lost 47 elephants and five rhinos to poaching in 2007, 384 and 30 in 2012, and 302 and 59 in 2013.

Last year, 164 elephants and 35 rhinos were poached, representing a significant decrease from previous years.

According to the UN Environment Program, Africa was home to an estimated 500,000 elephants but has been losing 30,000 annually to poaching.

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Full article here.

[Richprins]

Thanks, Mello!

[Flutterby]

Scary figures!

[Toko]

Elephant poaching rates for 2014 by MIKE