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More elephants are being poached in Africa than are born there

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nigglynellie Sat 23-Aug-14 17:17:24

It's just awful! Elephants, Rhino's, extraordinary cruelty to Dolphins, vile Zoo's, circuses and God knows what more besides. Is there no end to man's appalling inhumanity to the animal kingdom, it's just evil and I despair.

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Grannyknot Tue 19-Aug-14 21:58:45

Like you whitewave I can't bear it. What on earth will happen in the long run.

The orphaned juveniles often become "delinquent" and the late conservationist Lawrence Anthony )The Elephant Whisperer) took on an entire herd made up of rogue elephants from these broken societies. It's a fascinating but heartbreaking book. Explains a lot of the OP too.

www.theelephantwhisperer.com/

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whitewave Tue 19-Aug-14 21:46:22

I absolutely can't bear this. I was listening to it on radio 4 this morning.

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Elegran Tue 19-Aug-14 19:10:43
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Researchers believe that since 2010 an average of nearly 35,000 elephants have been killed annually on the continent. The researchers have found that between 2010 and 2013, Africa lost an average of 7% of its entire elephant population each year.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28842965

"Because elephant births boost the population by about 5% annually, this means that overall more of the animals are being killed than are being born. We are talking about the removal of the oldest and biggest elephants. That means removal of the primary breeding males and removal of family matriarchs and mothers. This leaves behind orphaned juveniles and broken elephant societies."

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